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- Lecturer in Interventional
- Dept of Med Phys & Biomedical Eng
- Faculty of Engineering Science
During my research activity I have worked as Research Assistant in several projects funded by the European Commission, such as the FP7 SQUIRREL, the FP7 STIFF-FLOP and the H2020 FourByThree projects.
I received my PhD in Robotics from King’s College London in 2017. I also hold a MScEng in Electrical and Automation Engineering and a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florence in Italy which I received in 2010 and 2013 respectively.




I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Medical and Soft Robotics in the Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Co-Investigator in the Surgical Robot Vision, Rosetrees Enterprise Fellow and a member of the UCL Robotics Institute.
In my research I investigate novel soft robotic technologies to enhance robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery and medical imaging. I am generally interested in soft robotics and its application in surgical, industrial and rehabilitation robotics, with particular focus on safe human-robot interaction.
I am also interested in consultancy work in robotics, especially in the field of surgical robotics, soft robotics and bio-inspired robotics, variable stiffness mechanism and smart materials.
I am responsible for the delivery of the lectures of the UCL Computer Science module COMP0127 – Robotic Systems Engineering for the MSc in Robotics and Computation and for the MRes in Robotics.
01-MAR-2020 | Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Medical and Soft Robotics | Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering | University College London, United Kingdom |
01-OCT-2017 – 28-FEB-2020 | Research Associate | Computer Science | University College London, United Kingdom |