Bio
Current appointments
Jul. 2023 - present: Professor of Healthcare Materials, School of Design & School of Dentistry
Nov. 2020 - present: Deputy Director, Clothworkers' Centre for Textile Materials Innovation for Healthcare (CCTMIH, School of Design), University of Leeds (UK)
Dec. 2018 - present: Joint appointment with School of Dentistry, University of Leeds
Previous academic appointments
Jul. 2020 - Jun 2023: Associate Professor (Healthcare Materials), School of Design & School of Dentistry
Apr. 2016 - Jun. 2020: Lecturer in Healthcare Materials, School of Design
Education
PGCert in Professional Innovation Management, University of Leeds (UK, 2014)
Ph.D. in Materials in Life Sciences, University of Potsdam (DE, 2010)
M.Sc. (Laurea Magistrale) in Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Turin (IT, 2005)
B.Sc. (Laurea) in Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Turin (IT, 2003)
Research experience
Oct. - Dec. 2015: Wellcome Trust - ISSF visiting fellow at University of Michigan (US)
Jun. - Aug. 2012: Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation visiting postdoctoral fellow, Osaka University (JP)
Mar. 2011 - Sept. 2013: WELMEC postdoctoral fellow, University of Leeds (UK)
Mar. 2006 - Dec. 2010: SFB 760 PhD fellow, Institute of Biomaterial Science, HZG (DE)
Mar. 2005 - Sept. 2005: MSc project, Powder Technology Laboratory, EPFL (CH)