Members

Eugenio Martinelli (Co-director)

He is a Full Professor at the Department of Electronic Engineering of Tor Vergata. He was responsible for several national and international projects in biomedical, food, and space application contexts. In 2016 he won the EUROSENSORS Fellowship Award for outstanding contribution in the field of signal processing and data analysis in the sensor field. He held various keynote presentations at national and international conferences. His main research interests are machine learning algorithms, sensors and their interfaces, lab-on-chip, and their biomedical applications. He serves as an associated editor of different international journals in the field of sensors and multivariate data analysis and machine learning. He is the author of six patents and more than 220 publications in international journals and congresses (more than 7200 citations and an H-index equal to 44 on the Scopus database)

Arianna Mencattini

She is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata. Her main research interests are related to image and video processing techniques for the development of computed assisted diagnosis systems, analysis of speech and facial expressions for the automatic emotion recognition, and for the design of novel cell analysis algorithms for biological investigations. She has co-authored more than 100 papers on international journal and conferences and she co-edited two books on computerized medical diagnosis.

Paola Casti

She is a researcher at the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata. Her research interests are in image and video analysis for biomedical applications, machine learning, and computer-aided diagnosis.

Michele D’Orazio

He is a researcher at the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata. His main research interests are related to Machine Learning and Deep Learning algorithms applied to biomedical applications.

Joanna Filippi

She is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata. Her main research interests are related to Machine Learning algorithms for biomedical applications and the design and fabrication of Lab-On-Chip devices.

Gianni Antonelli

He is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata. His research interests focus on designing and fabricating Lab-On-Chip devices and sensor/actuator system integration.

Giorgia Curci

She is a PhD student at the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata. Her research interests focus on the design and fabrication of Lab-On-Chip devices for biomedical applications, in particular for muscle diseases.

Alessia Riccardi

She is a grant holder at the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata. Her research interests focus on designing and fabricating Lab-On-Chip devices for biomedical applications, in particular, neural cell culture.

David Della-Morte Canosci (Co-director)

He is an Full Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami FL, US and Internal Medicine, at the Department of Systems Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome. Director of the Research Center, San Raffaele University, Rome. Principal Investigator of the Northern Manhattan Study (NOMAS) (Columbia University, NY, USA), one of the most important and recognized epidemiological studies in the world. Member of international scientific societies and editorial boards of important international scientific journals. He is the author of more than 200 international publications, more than 100 works at international conferences, 2 international patents. He is the winner of European and international grants (AHA, NIH) on genetic, epidemiological and basic science studies in cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors that increase the incidence of mortality in the western population. He is a member of numerous international scientific societies, such as the American Academy of Science (AAS) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). He is the winner of numerous prestigious national and international awards such as the “Cicerone Award” for scientific merits and the USA O1A Award for extraordinary ability in science.

Donatella Pastore

She is an Associate Professor. She has expertise in in vitro experiments performed in different models of endothelial cells like HUVEC and HCAEC. She is coauthor of 21 peer reviewed papers. She is involved in research about Diabetes Mellitus, insulin pathway, endothelial dysfunction and apoptotic mechanism. In particular, she studies the role of oxidative stress in insulin resistance and neurological alteration by using neuroblastoma cell line.

Francesca Pacifici

She is a Research Associate. She has a great expertise in cell culture (insulinoma beta cells, adipocytes 3T3-L1, HepG2) and in particular with muscle and insulinoma cell lines. She is coauthor of 18 peer reviewed journals. She studies the involvement of antioxidant enzymes in insulin secretion, aging, sarcopenia and mitochondrial homeostasis by using different technical approach such as ELISA, Western Blot, PCR and qRT-PCR. She has also expertise with neuronal cell line to study senescence and neuronal differentiation.