- EDUCATION
2006-2009 PhD in Information Technology for Health: Assessment and Management of Innovation in Biomedical Sector. PhD Thesis defend on 12 February 2009.
University of Pisa, Italy. PhD Supervisor Giuseppe Megali.
2003-2003 Master “Experts in the rational and efficient energy employment”.
Universities of Pisa, Florence and Siena, Italy.
1995-2000 Master degree in Computer Engineering – Course in industrial automation and robotics
University of Pisa, Italy.
- CURRENT POSITION(S)
2020 – Present Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Information Engineering – University of Pisa , Pisa, Italy
2015- 2020 Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Information Engineering – University of Pisa , Pisa, Italy
- PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2012- 2025 Founder and Chief Technical Officer e-SPres3D S.r.l, Pisa – Italy
2006 – 2008 Research collaborator, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa (Italy)
2002 – 2005 Machine Vision and Virtual Reality R&D Department Leader
DSM Via Mirabello 45, Pavia, Italy
- FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2018 Best Paper Award at AVR-Augmented Virtual Reality with “Proof of concept: wearable augmented Reality Video See-Through Display for neuro-endoscopy”
2017 Best Paper Award at AVR-Augmented Virtual Reality with “Robust Laparoscopic Instruments Tracking Using Colored Strips”
2012 Best Poster Award CARS 2012 “Value of 3D MRI reconstructions for the anatomical localization of deep pelvic endometriosis”
2011 Winner StartCup Toscana (Business Plan competition) with e-SPress3D S.r.l.
2009 2nd classified Mimos 2009 for the best Phd Thesis in modeling and simulation
2006 Scholarship University of Montpellier (France) for “Images and Robotics summer school” 2006
2007 – 2008 Phd scholarship University of Pisa 2006, 2007, 2008
2003 Master scholarship “Experts in the rational and efficient energy” Campus Lucca with the Universities of Pisa, Siena and Florence (Italy)
2001 – 2001 Research Scholarship CNR – Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies section, Padua, Italy
- SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
2010 – 2021 6 Postdocs/ 11 PhD/ 17 Master Students
Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy
- TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2014 – 2015 Lecturer of Natural and Artificial Senses course, Biomedical Engineering degree, Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy.
2015 – Present Lecturer of Computer Assisted Surgery course, Biomedical Engineering degree, Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy.
2018 – Present Lecturer of Bioengineering Technology course, hearing care professional degree, University of Pisa, Italy.
2020 – Present Lecturer of Electronic Bioengineering course, Physiotherapy degree, University of Pisa, Italy.
2020 – Present Lecturer of Signal sound treatment methods course, hearing care professional degree, University of Pisa, Italy.
- ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2020 International Scientific Program Committee member EuroVR, Spain
2019 President IDBN Congress (Italian Digital Biomanufactoring Network), Italy
2019 International Program Committee member EuroVR, Estonia
2016 Scientific Committee Member and coordinator of the “special track augmented visualization in surgery” – AVR conference 2016. Proceedings pubblicati su Lectures Notes in Computer Science (indicizittati in Scopus).
2012 Scientific Committee Member Workshop Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery CARS Congress 2012, Italy
2011 Scientific Committee Member ICS4Med International Workshop on Interactive Computing Systems for Medicine and Health Care, Italy
2011 Scientific Committee Member Workshop on Multimedia Techniques for Augmented Reality: Presence and Emotion in Virtual Environment (INTERPRET), France
2010 Scientific Committee Member Congress “La Medicina Incontra la Realtà Virtuale: Applicazioni in Italia della Realtà Virtuale in Medicina e Chirurgia”, organizzato da MIMOS (Movimento Italiano Modellistica e Simulazione), Italy.
2009 Scientific Committee Member EuroPACS course (European Society for the promotion of Picture Archiving and Communication Systems in Medicine Academy) 25-26 September, Italy
- INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2015– Present Member of the research center “E. Piaggio” for Biomedical Engineering and Robotics, Pisa
2009– Present Member of the EndoCAS Center for Computer Assisted Surgery, University of Pisa , Pisa (Italy).
2015- Present Faculty member of the Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy.
2015-2020 Courses schedule arrangement commission member, School of Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy.
2018- 2020 Advisory Board Member of the PhD Program in Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy.
2019- Present Member of the Quality Commission for the Bachelor and Master degree in biomedical engineering, University of Pisa, Italy.
2017- 2021 Member of the Commission for the Professional certification in Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy.
2020- 2021 Member of the Commission for the evaluation of Professors and Researchers productivity- Engineering Area, University of Pisa, Italy.
2013- 2021 Member of the Ethics Committee for the clinical trials evaluation – ESTAV Nord Ovest, Toscana, Italy.
- REVIEWING ACTIVITIES
Editorial board member The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery
Editorial board member Digital
Editorial board member Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics
Editorial board member Jacobs Journal of Computer Science
Associate editor journal Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Bionics and Biomimetics section
Editorial board member The Scientific Pages of Muskuloskeletal Surgery
Reviewer for more than 20 Journals as: Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
Project proposals Evaluator Technologies pour la santé et l’autonomie (TecSan) – Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) France
Project proposals Evaluator Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong
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