Faculty

Postdoctoral And Postgraduated Fellows

PhD Students/Candidates

Master Students

in progress

Anna Bernardi D'Agostino

πŸŽ“ Thesis: TBD

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Cinzia Soresina, Simone Pezzuto, Giovanni Cappello

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique, CNRS, Grenoble (France)

in progress

Cecilia Torboli

πŸŽ“ Thesis: TBD

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Cinzia Soresina, JΓ‘n EliaΕ‘

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Boehringer Ingelheim, Vienna (Austria)

in progress

Davide Navarri

πŸŽ“ Thesis: Shape-informed neural operators for partial differential equations on diffeomorphic families of domains

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Adrian Tepole

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: University of Austin, TX (USA)

in progress

Enrico Rizzardi

πŸŽ“ Thesis: TBD

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Edward Vigmond

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Lyric, Bordeaux (France)

in progress

Lejdi Lusha

πŸŽ“ Thesis: TBD

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Rachele Nieri, Andrea Pugliese, Cinzia Soresina

in progress

Marianna Vaona

πŸŽ“ Thesis: TBD

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller, Gonzalo Maso Talou

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Auckland (New Zealand)

in progress

Riccardo Ferlauto

πŸŽ“ Thesis: TBD

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller, Francesca Susin

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: University of Padova, Padova (Italy)

in progress

Simone Baroncini

πŸŽ“ Thesis: (tentative) Population PK and PK/PD for Phase3 dose selection, ethnicity effect, and paediatric extrapolation

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Cinzia Soresina, Massimiliano Germani

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. (Italy)

in progress

Tommaso Davì

πŸŽ“ Thesis: TBD

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Cinzia Soresina, Giovanni Cappello

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique, CNRS, Grenoble (France)

2024

Martina Chiesa

πŸŽ“ Thesis: A BISTABLE MODEL FOR CANCER CELL POPULATION DYNAMICS AND STEADY STATE PHENOMENA: FROM IN-VITRO EXPERIMENTS TO EQUATIONS

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Giulia Pozzi, Giovanni Cappello

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique, CNRS, Grenoble (France)

2024

Gaia Fumagalli

πŸŽ“ Thesis: SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM DYNAMICS USING GAUSSIAN PROCESS EMULATOR: A PROOF OF PRINCIPLE

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Joost Lumens

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: CARIM, Maastricht (The Netherlands)

2024

Gabriele Caresia

πŸŽ“ Thesis: IMPACT OF LEAKY VESSELS IN WALL SHEAR STRESS COMPUTATION FOR MODEL-BASED FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE PREDICTION

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Deparment of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)

2024

Enia Ottavi

πŸŽ“ Thesis: RULE-BASED MODELLING OF CARDIAC FIBERS IN COMPLEX ATRIAL GEOMETRIES WITH APPLICATIONS TO ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY SIMULATIONS

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Ulrich Schotten

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: CARIM, Maastricht (The Netherlands)

2024

Camilla Pera

πŸŽ“ Thesis: TOWARDS A SEX-SPECIFIC ACTION POTENTIAL MODEL FOR RABBIT ATRIAL CELLS: MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND ANALYSIS

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Katja Odening

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Department of Physiology, U. Bern (Switzerland)

2023

Sarah Sanvido

πŸŽ“ Thesis: MECHANICAL COUPLING OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL VESSEL NETWORKS AND ELASTIC THREE DIMENSIONAL TISSUES

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Deparment of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)

2023

Sara Vardanega

πŸŽ“ Thesis: VIRTUAL POPULATION DATABASE GENERATION USING A CLOSED-LOOP MODEL OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Jordi Alastruey

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Department of Biomedical Engineering, King's College, London (UK)

2023

Ismaele Bailo

πŸŽ“ Thesis: HYBRID MULTI-SCALE STOCHASTIC AGENT-BASED MATHEMATICAL MODELS TO DESCRIBE DRUG PENETRATION AND EVOLUTION IN TUBERCULOSIS TARGET SITES

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Federico Reali, Andrea Pugliese and Anna Fochesato

2023

Ester Bergantin

πŸŽ“ Thesis: IN SILICO VALIDATION OF TRANSLUMINAL ATTENUATION GRADIENT-BASED FLOW DISTRIBUTION FOR MODEL-BASED FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE PREDICTION

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Deparment of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)

2023

Elena Bernardelli

πŸŽ“ Thesis: INVESTIGATING BRAIN CLEARANCE MECHANISMS: A MATHEMATICAL APPROACH TO DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ESTIMATION

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Kent-Andre Mardal

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Simula Research Laboratory, Oslo (Norway)

2023

Alessandro Gatti

πŸŽ“ Thesis: 2D AND 3D NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF ACTION POTENTIAL PROPAGATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY IN MYELINATED AND UNMYELINATED AXONS

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Marie Rognes

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Simula Research Laboratory, Oslo (Norway)

2022

Jacopo Collini

πŸŽ“ Thesis: LUMPED PARAMETER INFLOW MODEL FOR 1-D BLOOD FLOW SIMULATIONS, COMPARISON WITH PRESCRIBED AORTIC WAVEFORMS

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Jordi Alastruey

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Department of Biomedical Engineering, King's College, London (UK)

2022

Giulia Monopoli

πŸŽ“ Thesis: IN SILICO VALIDATION OF CORONARY BLOOD FLOW PREDICTION USING 3D ULTRASOUND-ACQUIRED VELOCITY AND NEURAL NETWORKS

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Fredrik Eikeland Fossan

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Deparment of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)

2022

Federica Mengo

πŸŽ“ Thesis: UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR NON-INVASIVE MODEL-BASED INSTANTANEOUS WAVE-FREE RATIO PREDICTION

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Fredrik Eikeland Fossan

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento (Italy)

2022

Eleonora Chiti

πŸŽ“ Thesis: CORONARY BLOOD FLOW DISTRIBUTION METHODS FOR MODEL-BASED FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE PREDICTION

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Deparment of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)

2022

Caterina Dalmaso

πŸŽ“ Thesis: UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR NON-INVASIVE MODEL-BASED INSTANTANEOUS WAVE-FREE RATIO PREDICTION

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Fredrik Eikeland Fossan

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento (Italy)

2022

Bianca Maria Laudenzi

πŸŽ“ Thesis: COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF BLOOD AND CSF FLOW DYNAMICS IN CEREBRAL VASCULAR-PERIVASCULAR NETWORKS

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Francesco Costanzo

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University (USA)

2022

Andrea Bizzotto

πŸŽ“ Thesis: MODELLING THE FIRST WAVE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN ITALY

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese and Ilaria Dorigatti

2022

Alex De Nardi

πŸŽ“ Thesis: ESTIMATION OF AVIAN WEST NILE VIRUS ANTIBODY SEROPREVALENCE THROUGH A BAYESIAN INFERENCE APPROACH

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese and Giovanni Marini

2021

Michela D'Amario

πŸŽ“ Thesis: PARAMETERS ESTIMATION FOR MODELLING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN ITALY

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Sara Sottile and Andrea Pugliese

2021

Giada Romitti

πŸŽ“ Thesis: CORONARY BLOOD FLOW, COMPARISON BETWEEN IN SILICO AND IN VITRO MODELS

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller, Luigi Fraccarollo and Markus Holzner

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH (Switzerland)

2021

Francesco Menegale

πŸŽ“ Thesis: A MODEL FOR WEST NILE VIRUS TRANSMISSION AMONG MOSQUITOES AND BIRDS IN EMILIA-ROMAGNA (ITALY)

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese

2021

Francesca Brutti

πŸŽ“ Thesis: 3D AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION OF THROMBUS IN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Michele Conti and Lucas O. MΓΌller

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAr), University of Pavia (Italy)

2021

Fabio Carrer

πŸŽ“ Thesis: EVOLUTION OF PATHOGENS IN RESPONSE TO VACCINATION

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese and Eva Kisdi

2021

Chiara Colombo

πŸŽ“ Thesis: MATHEMATICAL PROPERTIES-PRESERVING PARAMETER ESTIMATION FOR A BLOOD FLOW MODEL USING OVINE AND HUMAN IN VITRO DATA

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Eleuterio F. Toro

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: N/A

2021

Alessia Casalucci

πŸŽ“ Thesis: A PATIENT-SPECIFIC MRI AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DYNAMICS COUPLED TO THE GLOBAL CIRCULATION

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Eleuterio F. Toro

2020

Valentina Veronesi

πŸŽ“ Thesis: MODELING THE INFLUENCE OF MALNUTRITION ON MEASLES EPIDEMIOLOGY IN ETHIOPIA

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese and Piero Poletti

2020

Serena Cristellon

πŸŽ“ Thesis: HYBRID MATHEMATICAL MODELLING IN SYSTEMS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese, Giancluca Selvaggio, and Luca Marchetti

2020

Giorgia Pase

πŸŽ“ Thesis: AN IMAGE-BASED COMPUTATIONAL HEMODYNAMIC STUDY OF HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller, Christian Vergara and Marco Fedele

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: MOX, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)

2020

Alessia Lucca

πŸŽ“ Thesis: COMPUTATIONAL FFR ESTIMATION IN STABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE WITH 1D AND 3D MODELS

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Luigi Fraccarollo, Lucas O. MΓΌller and Eleuterio F. Toro

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: MOX, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)

2019

Laura Di Domenico

πŸŽ“ Thesis: A NOVEL THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK TO ACCOUNT FOR HETEROGENEOUS INFECTIOUS PERIODS IN AN SIS EPIDEMIC MODEL

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese and Vittoria Colizza

2019

Giovanni Maggi

πŸŽ“ Thesis: BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS: MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELS

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese

2019

Francesca Scioletti

πŸŽ“ Thesis: MODELS FOR WEST NILE VIRUS INFECTION

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese

2019

Elisabetta Colosi

πŸŽ“ Thesis: BAYESIAN INFERENCE OF CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE TRANSMISSION FROM NOSOCOMIAL DATA

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese and Giorgio Guzzetta

2019

Anna Saini

πŸŽ“ Thesis: PHYSIOLOGICALLY STRUCTURED POPULATION MODELS APPLIED TO TRAPPING DATA OF DROSOPHILA SUZUKII

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese

2019

Alice Lusuardi

πŸŽ“ Thesis: INFECTIOUS DISEASE: WHEN A HOST POPULATION GOES EXTINCT

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese and Eva Kisdi

2019

Alessandra Spilimbergo

πŸŽ“ Thesis: MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS AND NUMERICAL TREATMENT OF A ONE-DIMENSIONAL BLOOD FLOW MODEL WITH DISCONTINUOUS PROPERTIES AND PASSIVE SCALAR TRANSPORT APPLIED TO NETWORKS OF VESSELS

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Eleuterio F. Toro

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