Sede ufficiale: VIA G. CARUSO, 16, 56122 PISA
Email: gabriele.fortunato@unipi.it
Profilo
Struttura: Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione
Settore scientifico-disciplinare: Bioingegneria IBIO-01/A
Didattica
Attività didattica
Incarichi di responsabilità didattica di moduli/insegnamenti
- Principi di bioingegneria (cod. 844II) per Laurea in Ingegneria biomedica
Incarichi di co-docenza in moduli/insegnamenti
- Impianti Protesici (Modulo dell'insegnamento Biomateriali ed Impianti Protesici Cod. 052II) per Laurea in Ingegneria biomedica
Ricerca
Interessi di ricerca
Fortunato's research activity is focused on the analysis of various bioprinting and biofabrication technologies. His interests in this field include CAD design and prototyping of bioprinters and medical devices, the application of innovative additive manufacturing technologies, and the characterization of biomaterials. A significant part of his research has been devoted to the hardware and software development of robotic systems for the reconstruction and regeneration of anatomical defects directly on the patient through in situ bioprinting. In his work, Fortunato has also explored the combination of different fabrication technologies (extrusion-based bioprinting, inkjet printing, electrospinning, laser cutting) with the aim of fabricating multi-scale and multi-material scaffolds for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. He is also involved in the design of bioreactors for the dynamic culture and electromechanical stimulation of engineered tissues. This research is carried out from a technological perspective (device design) and is also supported by finite element modeling and experimental analysis through mechanical, rheological, and electrical characterization of (bio)materials and biological materials. Fortunato is also actively involved in the development of open-source medical devices.
Currently, Fortunato’s research is focused on the design of 3D in vitro models within the framework of the PNRR project THE: Tuscany Health Ecosystem – Spoke 4: Nanotechnologies for diagnosis and therapy. In particular, he is working on the development of a 3D in vitro eye model that reproduces both the posterior (Blood Retinal Barrier) and anterior (Corneal stroma) portions of the eye, for theragnostic applications. His entire research activity is also aligned with the ForeLab (Human-Centric Systems and Smart Materials Devices research lines) and CrossLab (Additive Manufacturing laboratory) projects of his home department.
Pubblicazioni
- A cylindrical slicing algorithm for four-axis non-planar bioprinting of complex geometries (Guerra, Andrea; Fortunato, Gabriele Maria; Franco Bonatti, Amedeo; Vozzi, Giovanni; De Maria, Carmelo - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Automatic Photo-Cross-Linking System for Robotic-Based In Situ Bioprinting (Fortunato, Gabriele Maria; Batoni, Elisa; Pasqua, Ilenia; Nicoletta, Matteo; Vozzi, Giovanni; De Maria, Carmelo - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- A fully automatic non-planar slicing algorithm for the additive manufacturing of complex geometries (Fortunato, G. M.; Nicoletta, M.; Batoni, E.; Vozzi, G.; De Maria, C. - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Motion compensation system for robotic based in situ bioprinting to balance patient physiological movements (Fortunato, G. M.; Bonatti, A. F.; Batoni, E.; Macaluso, R.; Vozzi, G.; De Maria, C. - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Surface reconstruction and tissue recognition for robotic-based in situ bioprinting (Fortunato, Gabriele Maria; Batoni, Elisa; Bonatti, Amedeo Franco; Vozzi, Giovanni; De Maria, Carmelo - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Robotic platform and path planning algorithm for in situ bioprinting (Fortunato, Gabriele Maria; Rossi, Gabriele; Bonatti, Amedeo Franco; De Acutis, Aurora; Mendoza-Buenrostro, Christian; Vozzi, Giovanni; De Maria, Carmelo - 2021 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- An interfacial self-assembling bioink for the manufacturing of capillary-like structures with tuneable and anisotropic permeability (Wu, Yuanhao; Fortunato, Gabriele Maria; Okesola, Babatunde O; Brocchetti, Francesco Luigi Pellerej di; Suntornnond, Ratima; Connelly, John; De Maria, Carmelo; Rodriguez-Cabello, Jose Carlos; Vozzi, Giovanni; Wang, Wen; Mata, Alvaro - 2021 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Endothelial cells support osteogenesis in an in vitro vascularized bone model developed by 3D bioprinting (Chiesa, Irene; De Maria, Carmelo; Lapomarda, Anna; Fortunato, Gabriele Maria; Montemurro, Francesca; Di Gesu, Roberto; Tuan, Rocky S; Vozzi, Giovanni; Gottardi, Riccardo - 2020 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Pectin-GPTMS-Based Biomaterial: toward a Sustainable Bioprinting of 3D scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Application (Lapomarda, Anna; De Acutis, Aurora; Chiesa, Irene; Fortunato, Gabriele M.; Montemurro, Francesca; De Maria, Carmelo; Mattioli Belmonte, Monica; Gottardi, Riccardo; Vozzi, Giovanni - 2019 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- An ink-jet printed electrical stimulation platform for muscle tissue regeneration (Fortunato, Gabriele Maria; De Maria, Carmelo; Eglin, David; Serra, Tiziano; Vozzi, Giovanni - 2018 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)