DIPARTIMENTO DI CHIMICA, MATERIALI E INGEGNERIA CHIMICA "GIULIO NATTA"

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person FRANCESCA BERTI
label TEMPORARY PROFESSOR
share SECTION BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
CONTACTS
phone +39 02 2399 4283
email francesca.berti@polimi.it
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web Polimi Personal Page
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RESEARCH
group LaBS - CompBiomech
group LaBS - MeDBioMech
PROFILE

Current position

  • Assistant Professor (Law 240/2010, “Junior”) in Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry Materials and Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan (since February 2024).
  • Research associate at the EdelmanLab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (MA), United States of America.
  • Member of: European Society of Biomechanics and Italian Chapter of the European Society of Biomechanics (since 2016), European Structural Integrity Society (since 2018), “Virtual Physiological Human” Society (since 2020).

Academic experience

  • 2019-2023: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry Materials and Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan.
  • 2018: Visiting PhD student at the EdelmanLab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (MA), United States of America.

Education

  • 2019: PhD in Materials Engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan.
  • 2016: Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering – Biomechanics and Biomaterials, Polytechnic University of Milan.
  • 2013: Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan.

Research activity

  • Mechanical characterization of biomaterials.
  • Design and verification of patient-specific implantable devices.
  • Finite element computational modeling.