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Current position
• Associate Professor of Bioengineering
• Lecturer of Advanced Modelling in Biomechanics, Ph.D in Bioengineering
• Lecturer of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer and 3D modeling of biomedical devices and biological structures, BSc. in Biomedical Engineering
• Memberships: European Society of Biomechanics (ESB) and the Italian chapter of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB-ITA), Virtual Physiological Human Institute (VPHi)

Academic experience
• 2023-2025: Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
• 2021-2023: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
• 2019-2021: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.
• 2018: Visiting PhD student, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Wales, UK.

Education and Training
• 2019: PhD in Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano.
• 2016: Master Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.
• 2013: Bachelor Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Scientific interests
• Computational Biomechanics
• Numerical models (FEA, CFD and FSI) and machine-learning models
• Study of cardio- and neurovascular diseases and procedures.

Competitive Research Grants Won
• 2024 - 2029 PI of the project “PROTEGO: Prognostic assessment of valvular aortic disease treatment coupling Immunological and biomechanical profiles”. European Research Council, call ERC-2024-STG.
• 2023 - 2028 Unit PI of the project “Towards GEMINI: A Generation of Multi-scale Digital Twins of Ischaemic and Haemorrhagic Stroke Patients”. European Union’s Horizon 2023, call HORIZON-HLTH-2023-TOOL-05-03.

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