Faculty

Postdoctoral And Postgraduated Fellows

PhD Students/Candidates

Master Students

in progress

Antonella Giorgio

πŸŽ“ Thesis: TBD

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Cinzia Soresina and Valeria Giunta

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Swansea University, UK

in progress

Beatrice Podini

πŸŽ“ Thesis: TBD

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Uyen Nguyen, Roel Meiburg

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

in progress

Carlo Aleotti

πŸŽ“ Thesis: Assessing Fall Risk in Healthy Older Adults Using Triaxial Accelerometer Data: A Machine Learning Approach

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Mario Lauria, Alessandra Dodich

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Centro di Riabilitazione Neurocognitiva (CeRiN) in Rovereto, Universita' di Trento

in progress

Daniele Capelli

πŸŽ“ Thesis: TBD

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

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Chiesi Farmaceutici

in progress

Francesco Pacenza

πŸŽ“ Thesis: TBD

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Mario Lauria

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Centro di Ricerca Sport Montagna e Salute (CeRiSM) in Rovereto, Universita' di Verona

in progress

Giovanna Elena Gagliardi

πŸŽ“ Thesis: TBD

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

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Institute of Fluid Mechanics, French National Centre for Scientific Research, Toulouse

in progress

Laura Valvassori

πŸŽ“ Thesis: TBD

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

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Institute of Computer-assisted Cardiovascular Medicine, CharitΓ© - UniversitΓ€tsmedizin Berlin

in progress

Marianna Vaona

πŸŽ“ Thesis: A lumped-parameter model of the rat cardiovascular system for in silico hemodynamic studies

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

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

in progress

Paolo Ferrari

πŸŽ“ Thesis: TBD

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Roel Meiburg, Uyen Nguyen

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

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

Sara Bonacina

πŸŽ“ Thesis: TBD

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Cinzia Soresina, Annalisa Iuorio, Francesco Giannino

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: UniversitΓ  di Napoli

in progress

Tommaso Davì

πŸŽ“ Thesis: A fully coupled mechanochemical model for tumor growth: mathematical formulation and numerical discretization

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

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

2025

Simone Baroncini

πŸŽ“ Thesis: Population pharmacokinetic modelling and simulations for phase III dose selection and paediatric extrapolation

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

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

2025

Lejdi Lusha

πŸŽ“ Thesis: Mathematical approaches to structured populations: theory and application to Drosophila suzukii

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

2025

Enrico Rizzardi

πŸŽ“ Thesis: A computational approach for the geometric and functional reconstruction of the cardiac Purkinje network from electrical recordings

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

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

2025

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)

2025

Cecilia Torboli

πŸŽ“ Thesis: From equations to oncology: capturing tumor dynamics through mathematical modeling of PROTAC mechanisms

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

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

2025

Anna Bernardi D'Agostini

πŸŽ“ Thesis: Starvation-driven cells patterning: integrating lab experiments and a mathematical model

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

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)

2024

Beatrice Vincenzi

πŸŽ“ Thesis: Impact of the ERAS protocol on complications and costs of patients undergoing colorectal surgery

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Mario Lauria, Massimo Guerriero

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria in Negrar (VR)

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

Lorenza Sanfilippo

πŸŽ“ Thesis: Analysing adherence to perioperative care in colorectal surgery in patients using the iColon smartphone application

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Supervisors: Mario Lauria, Massimo Guerriero

πŸ›οΈ Visiting: Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria in Negrar (VR)

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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