Bio

• Current appointments

  • Aug. 2026 - present: Director, CCTMIH (School of Design), University of Leeds (UK)

  • Jul. 2023 - present: Professor of Healthcare Materials, School of Design & School of Dentistry

  • Dec. 2018 - present: Joint appointment with School of Dentistry, University of Leeds

• Previous academic appointments

  • Nov. 2020 - Aug. 2026: Deputy Director, CCTMIH (School of Design), University of Leeds (UK)

  • 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, HZG Institute of Biomaterials (DE)

  • Mar. 2005 - Sept. 2005: MSc project, Powder Technology Laboratory,  EPFL (CH)

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