Prof. Semih Esin holds an M.D. and Ph.D. in the UNIPI · Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery of the University of Pisa. His scientific career includes Ph.D. studies in immunology at the Karolinska Institutet from June 1992 to June 1997 (Ph.D. awarded in June 1997). He was a professor (assistant) at the Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery from July 2002 to 2022 and associate professor at the same department since January 2022. His major research interests lie in investigations of macrophages, bacteria, flow cytometry, immunology of infectious diseases, innate immunity, cell culture, antimicrobials, cytokines, and biofilm-associated infections.
Mario Milazzo is an assistant professor at the University of Pisa, where he
graduated in 2010 in Mechanical Engineering. He received a Ph.D. in BioRobotics
in 2016 at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. His research interests cover a large
number of fields, including multiscale modeling, mechanics, biomaterials,
mechatronics, and industrial robotics. He has been the recipient of a 3-year
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, in collaboration with the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA). In parallel to the academic
activity, he has been involved, both as a project manager and team leader, in
several projects with national and international companies (e.g., Ge, Brembo,
Magneti Marelli, and Piaggio).
Prof. Serena Danti is a senior researcher at the Department of Civil & Industrial Engineering, the University of Pisa (UNIPI). She received an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pisa in 2003. In 2004, she was enrolled in a multidisciplinary Ph.D. program at the Centre for Excellence in Computer Assisted Surgery (ENDOCAS) in Pisa, and in 2006, she was appointed as a scholar research associate at the Centre for Excellence in Tissue Engineering (Mikos Lab), Rice University, Houston TX, USA. She received her Ph.D. in March 2007, defending a thesis on middle ear tissue engineering. She is a Professor of Biomaterials for Materials and holds a Nanotechnology Master's Degree (degree in sharing with NEST laboratory, Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa). She has qualified on a national basis for an associate professorship in Materials Science & Engineering and Bioengineering. She acted as a scientific co-coordinator of research projects on ear tissue engineering funded by the Tuscany Region, MIUR, and the Italian Ministry of Health. She has authored about 90 papers in international journals, 12 book chapters, and 5 patents. She received research fellowships from Pisa Hospital, ENT, Audiology & Phoniatrics Unit, where she established a laboratory of otologic bioengineering (OtoLab). Her main interests are ears, bones, and cancer.
