Faculty
Postdoctoral And Postgraduated Fellows
PhD Students/Candidates
Master Students
Anna Bernardi D'Agostino
π Thesis: TBD
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Cinzia Soresina, Simone Pezzuto, Giovanni Cappello
ποΈ Visiting: Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique, CNRS, Grenoble (France)
Cecilia Torboli
π Thesis: TBD
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Cinzia Soresina, JΓ‘n EliaΕ‘
ποΈ Visiting: Boehringer Ingelheim, Vienna (Austria)
Davide Navarri
π Thesis: Shape-informed neural operators for partial differential equations on diffeomorphic families of domains
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Adrian Tepole
ποΈ Visiting: University of Austin, TX (USA)
Enrico Rizzardi
π Thesis: TBD
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Edward Vigmond
ποΈ Visiting: Lyric, Bordeaux (France)
Lejdi Lusha
π Thesis: TBD
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Rachele Nieri, Andrea Pugliese, Cinzia Soresina
Marianna Vaona
π Thesis: TBD
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller, Gonzalo Maso Talou
ποΈ Visiting: Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Auckland (New Zealand)
Riccardo Ferlauto
π Thesis: TBD
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller, Francesca Susin
ποΈ Visiting: University of Padova, Padova (Italy)
Simone Baroncini
π Thesis: (tentative) Population PK and PK/PD for Phase3 dose selection, ethnicity effect, and paediatric extrapolation
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Cinzia Soresina, Massimiliano Germani
ποΈ Visiting: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. (Italy)
Tommaso Davì
π Thesis: TBD
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Cinzia Soresina, Giovanni Cappello
ποΈ Visiting: Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique, CNRS, Grenoble (France)
Martina Chiesa
π Thesis: A BISTABLE MODEL FOR CANCER CELL POPULATION DYNAMICS AND STEADY STATE PHENOMENA: FROM IN-VITRO EXPERIMENTS TO EQUATIONS
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Giulia Pozzi, Giovanni Cappello
ποΈ Visiting: Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique, CNRS, Grenoble (France)
Gaia Fumagalli
π Thesis: SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM DYNAMICS USING GAUSSIAN PROCESS EMULATOR: A PROOF OF PRINCIPLE
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Joost Lumens
ποΈ Visiting: CARIM, Maastricht (The Netherlands)
Gabriele Caresia
π Thesis: IMPACT OF LEAKY VESSELS IN WALL SHEAR STRESS COMPUTATION FOR MODEL-BASED FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE PREDICTION
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller
ποΈ Visiting: Deparment of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)
Enia Ottavi
π Thesis: RULE-BASED MODELLING OF CARDIAC FIBERS IN COMPLEX ATRIAL GEOMETRIES WITH APPLICATIONS TO ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY SIMULATIONS
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Ulrich Schotten
ποΈ Visiting: CARIM, Maastricht (The Netherlands)
Camilla Pera
π Thesis: TOWARDS A SEX-SPECIFIC ACTION POTENTIAL MODEL FOR RABBIT ATRIAL CELLS: MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND ANALYSIS
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Katja Odening
ποΈ Visiting: Department of Physiology, U. Bern (Switzerland)
Sarah Sanvido
π Thesis: MECHANICAL COUPLING OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL VESSEL NETWORKS AND ELASTIC THREE DIMENSIONAL TISSUES
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller
ποΈ Visiting: Deparment of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)
Sara Vardanega
π Thesis: VIRTUAL POPULATION DATABASE GENERATION USING A CLOSED-LOOP MODEL OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Jordi Alastruey
ποΈ Visiting: Department of Biomedical Engineering, King's College, London (UK)
Ismaele Bailo
π Thesis: HYBRID MULTI-SCALE STOCHASTIC AGENT-BASED MATHEMATICAL MODELS TO DESCRIBE DRUG PENETRATION AND EVOLUTION IN TUBERCULOSIS TARGET SITES
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Federico Reali, Andrea Pugliese and Anna Fochesato
Ester Bergantin
π Thesis: IN SILICO VALIDATION OF TRANSLUMINAL ATTENUATION GRADIENT-BASED FLOW DISTRIBUTION FOR MODEL-BASED FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE PREDICTION
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller
ποΈ Visiting: Deparment of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)
Elena Bernardelli
π Thesis: INVESTIGATING BRAIN CLEARANCE MECHANISMS: A MATHEMATICAL APPROACH TO DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ESTIMATION
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Kent-Andre Mardal
ποΈ Visiting: Simula Research Laboratory, Oslo (Norway)
Alessandro Gatti
π Thesis: 2D AND 3D NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF ACTION POTENTIAL PROPAGATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY IN MYELINATED AND UNMYELINATED AXONS
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Simone Pezzuto, Marie Rognes
ποΈ Visiting: Simula Research Laboratory, Oslo (Norway)
Jacopo Collini
π Thesis: LUMPED PARAMETER INFLOW MODEL FOR 1-D BLOOD FLOW SIMULATIONS, COMPARISON WITH PRESCRIBED AORTIC WAVEFORMS
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Jordi Alastruey
ποΈ Visiting: Department of Biomedical Engineering, King's College, London (UK)
Giulia Monopoli
π Thesis: IN SILICO VALIDATION OF CORONARY BLOOD FLOW PREDICTION USING 3D ULTRASOUND-ACQUIRED VELOCITY AND NEURAL NETWORKS
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Fredrik Eikeland Fossan
ποΈ Visiting: Deparment of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)
Federica Mengo
π Thesis: UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR NON-INVASIVE MODEL-BASED INSTANTANEOUS WAVE-FREE RATIO PREDICTION
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Fredrik Eikeland Fossan
ποΈ Visiting: Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento (Italy)
Eleonora Chiti
π Thesis: CORONARY BLOOD FLOW DISTRIBUTION METHODS FOR MODEL-BASED FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE PREDICTION
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller
ποΈ Visiting: Deparment of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)
Caterina Dalmaso
π Thesis: UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR NON-INVASIVE MODEL-BASED INSTANTANEOUS WAVE-FREE RATIO PREDICTION
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Fredrik Eikeland Fossan
ποΈ Visiting: Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento (Italy)
Bianca Maria Laudenzi
π Thesis: COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF BLOOD AND CSF FLOW DYNAMICS IN CEREBRAL VASCULAR-PERIVASCULAR NETWORKS
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Francesco Costanzo
ποΈ Visiting: Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University (USA)
Andrea Bizzotto
π Thesis: MODELLING THE FIRST WAVE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN ITALY
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese and Ilaria Dorigatti
Alex De Nardi
π Thesis: ESTIMATION OF AVIAN WEST NILE VIRUS ANTIBODY SEROPREVALENCE THROUGH A BAYESIAN INFERENCE APPROACH
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese and Giovanni Marini
Michela D'Amario
π Thesis: PARAMETERS ESTIMATION FOR MODELLING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN ITALY
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Sara Sottile and Andrea Pugliese
Giada Romitti
π Thesis: CORONARY BLOOD FLOW, COMPARISON BETWEEN IN SILICO AND IN VITRO MODELS
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller, Luigi Fraccarollo and Markus Holzner
ποΈ Visiting: Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH (Switzerland)
Francesco Menegale
π Thesis: A MODEL FOR WEST NILE VIRUS TRANSMISSION AMONG MOSQUITOES AND BIRDS IN EMILIA-ROMAGNA (ITALY)
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese
Francesca Brutti
π Thesis: 3D AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION OF THROMBUS IN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Michele Conti and Lucas O. MΓΌller
ποΈ Visiting: Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAr), University of Pavia (Italy)
Fabio Carrer
π Thesis: EVOLUTION OF PATHOGENS IN RESPONSE TO VACCINATION
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese and Eva Kisdi
Chiara Colombo
π Thesis: MATHEMATICAL PROPERTIES-PRESERVING PARAMETER ESTIMATION FOR A BLOOD FLOW MODEL USING OVINE AND HUMAN IN VITRO DATA
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Eleuterio F. Toro
ποΈ Visiting: N/A
Alessia Casalucci
π Thesis: A PATIENT-SPECIFIC MRI AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DYNAMICS COUPLED TO THE GLOBAL CIRCULATION
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Eleuterio F. Toro
Valentina Veronesi
π Thesis: MODELING THE INFLUENCE OF MALNUTRITION ON MEASLES EPIDEMIOLOGY IN ETHIOPIA
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese and Piero Poletti
Serena Cristellon
π Thesis: HYBRID MATHEMATICAL MODELLING IN SYSTEMS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese, Giancluca Selvaggio, and Luca Marchetti
Giorgia Pase
π Thesis: AN IMAGE-BASED COMPUTATIONAL HEMODYNAMIC STUDY OF HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller, Christian Vergara and Marco Fedele
ποΈ Visiting: MOX, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
Alessia Lucca
π Thesis: COMPUTATIONAL FFR ESTIMATION IN STABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE WITH 1D AND 3D MODELS
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Luigi Fraccarollo, Lucas O. MΓΌller and Eleuterio F. Toro
ποΈ Visiting: MOX, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
Laura Di Domenico
π Thesis: A NOVEL THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK TO ACCOUNT FOR HETEROGENEOUS INFECTIOUS PERIODS IN AN SIS EPIDEMIC MODEL
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese and Vittoria Colizza
Giovanni Maggi
π Thesis: BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS: MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELS
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese
Francesca Scioletti
π Thesis: MODELS FOR WEST NILE VIRUS INFECTION
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese
Elisabetta Colosi
π Thesis: BAYESIAN INFERENCE OF CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE TRANSMISSION FROM NOSOCOMIAL DATA
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese and Giorgio Guzzetta
Anna Saini
π Thesis: PHYSIOLOGICALLY STRUCTURED POPULATION MODELS APPLIED TO TRAPPING DATA OF DROSOPHILA SUZUKII
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese
Alice Lusuardi
π Thesis: INFECTIOUS DISEASE: WHEN A HOST POPULATION GOES EXTINCT
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Andrea Pugliese and Eva Kisdi
Alessandra Spilimbergo
π 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
π¨βπ« Supervisors: Lucas O. MΓΌller and Eleuterio F. Toro