Current team
Scientists, engineers, artists: come build with us.
Like building for the life sciences, not just studying them? Read our creed and see if this is your kind of work.
Moises Di Sante
Tenure-track Assistant Professor (RTT)
Stem cells and genome editing
moises.disante@unipv.it
Melissa Pezzotti
Post-doctoral researcher
Advanced optical methods in tissue engineering
melissa.pezzotti@unipv.it
Eloisa Torchia
Post-doctoral researcher
Mechanobiology in engineered cell culture platforms
eloisa.torchia@unipv.it
Alumni
Built here, carried forward.
Former members whose work helped shape SPL.
- Giulia Ballio — Research assistant · Molecular biology
- Julius Zimmermann , 2025 — Bioimage analysis and computational modeling
- Sandipan Chattaraj , 2025 — Computational modeling of cell mechanics
- Emanuele Carnevale Baraglia , 2025 — Organelle acidification and computational modeling
- Bohdana Horda , 2024 — Hydrogel fabrication and engineered cell culture systems
- Daniela Canevari , 2025 — Project administration and reporting
- Dr. Chimwemwe Msosa , 2024 — CICOPS fellow · Biomedical engineering
- Alice Albini , 2022 — Project management and laboratory operations
- Ahmed S. Khalil , 2021 — Post-doctoral research
Former thesis students
Former thesis students: Arianna Mauro (BS, 2021), Eloisa Torchia (MS, 2021), Giulia Sbaruffati (BS, 2021), Ingrid Tombini (BS, 2021), Maria Sofia Iacopinelli (BS, 2021), Mariagrazia Zaccara (BS, 2021), Adele Chiavetta (BS, 2022), Alberto Passolunghi (BS, 2022), Alessia Ciciriello (BS, 2022), Armando Oscar Rossi (MS, 2022), Asja Maggiore (BS, 2022), Bohdana Horda (MS, 2022), Chiara Leoncavallo (BS, 2022), Davide Prati (BS, 2022), Elisa Cevoli (BS, 2022), Emanuele Pozzato (BS, 2022), Federica Pallavicini (BS, 2022), Francesca Mastrosimone (BS, 2022), Giorgia Francabandiera (BS, 2022), Kirolles Farid (BS, 2022), Libera Chielli (MS, 2022), Lorenzo Legovini (BS, 2022), Margherita Asia Fumagalli (BS, 2022), Michele Papa (MS, 2022), Miriam Di Pumpo (MS, 2022), Muhammad Mohsin (MS, 2022), Vittoria Bartoli (BS, 2022), Alessia Gallo (MS, 2023), Chiara Gregorelli (BS, 2023), Emanuele Carnevale Baraglia (MS, 2023), Hamza Saqrane (BS, 2023), Domnica Gabriela Gurau (MS, 2024), Francesca Ceriani (BS, 2024), Irene Berlinghieri (BS, 2024), Martina Onetti (BS, 2024), Matilde Randi (BS, 2024), Sara Rigolli (MS, 2024), Camilla Chiariello (MS, 2025), Chiara Pucci (BS, 2025), Francesca Delú (BS, 2025), Margherita Gualerzi (BS, 2025), Francesca Ceriani (MS, 2026), Gaia Consolo (BS, 2026).