{"id":155157,"date":"2025-05-12T14:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/ateneo\/organizzazione\/persone\/leonardo-ricotti-121459-en\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:53:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:53:22","slug":"leonardo-ricotti-121459-en","status":"publish","type":"unipi_persone","link":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/en\/about-us\/organisation\/people\/leonardo-ricotti-121459-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonardo Ricotti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Docente Esterno | Email: leonardo.ricotti@santannapisa.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"unipi-persone-chiave":"121459","unipi-persone-nome":"Leonardo","unipi-persone-cognome":"Ricotti","unipi-persone-email":"leonardo.ricotti@santannapisa.it","unipi-persone-cv":"Leonardo Ricotti, Ph.D., (gender: male, date of birth: 02\/03\/1982) obtained a M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Pisa in 2007 (110\/110 cum laude) and a PhD in Biorobotics at SSSA, in 2012 (100\/100 cum laude). He is currently Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Biorobotics at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and head of the \u201cMicro-nano-bio systems and targeted therapies\u201d Lab at the BioRobotics Institute. He supervises or co-supervises 9 PhD students and has been the tutor of 23 M.Sc. theses on bioengineering topics.<br \/>\r\nHe carries out innovative research efforts at the interface between different disciplines, such as robotics and mechatronics, materials science, molecular biology and biotechnology. He is co-author of 67 scientific publications (44 on ISI journals) and 6 book chapter. He is also inventor of 7 patents. He has a H-index of 19 and a total of 871 citations according to the Scholar source and a H-index of 14 and a total of 609 citations according to the Scopus source.<br \/>\r\nHe is Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Regenerative Medicine, Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine and he has been Associate Editor for the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in 2015 and in 2016. <br \/>\r\nIn 2012, he received the \u201cMassimo Grattarola\u201d award for the best PhD Thesis in bioengineering. In 2013, he received two \u201cBest Oral Presentation\u201d awards for Conference talks concerning bio-hybrid system development. In July 2014, he was awarded with the European Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Doctoral Award.<br \/>\r\nThe projects that he devised and that he currently manages are: VESPRO (funding: 60 k\u20ac, role: Project Manager), MOTU (funding: 850 k\u20ac, role: WP Principal Investigator), RELIEF (funding: 600 k\u20ac, role: Co-Principal Investigator), Bio-Enable (funding: 350 k\u20ac, role: Technical Project Manager), Smart APP (funding: 15k\u20ac, role: Project Coordinator), M2Neural (funding: 355 k\u20ac, role: Project Manager), SUAVES (funding: 90 k\u20ac, role: Project Manager), GeT Small (funding: 40 k\u20ac, role: Project Manager), ROBO-IMPLANT (funding: 680 k\u20ac, role: Project Manager).","unipi-persone-link-esterno-cv":"http:\/\/www.santannapisa.it\/it\/personale\/leonardo-ricotti","unipi-persone-modalita-ricevimento":"Meetings with the teacher can be arranged by contacting him by e-mail (leonardo.ricotti@santannapisa.it).","unipi-persone-luogo-ricevimento":"","unipi-persone-ore-ricevimento":"","unipi-persone-telefono":"","unipi-persone-sitoweb":"","unipi-persone-cariche":"","unipi-persone-link-orario-lezioni":"https:\/\/unipi.prod.up.cineca.it\/calendarioPubblico\/matricola=33418","unipi-persone-link-registro-lezioni":"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/registri.php?ri=33418&tmplt=principale.tpl","unipi-persone-settore-scientifico":"","unipi-persone-ruolo":"Docente Esterno","unipi-persone-arpi":"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/cris\/rp\/rp47561","unipi-persone-pubblicazioni":"<ul class=\"pubblicazioni-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1260867\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Optimized Magnetically Docked Ingestible Capsules for Non-Invasive Refilling of Implantable Devices<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Al-haddad, Hind; Guarnera, Daniele; Tamadon, Izadyar; Arrico, Lorenzo; Ballardini, Giulia; Mariottini, Francesco; Cucini, Alessio; Ricciardi, Simone; Vistoli, Fabio; Isabella Rotondo, Maria; Campani, Daniela; Ren, Xuyang; Ciuti, Gastone; Terry, Benjamin; Iacovacci, Veronica; Ricotti, Leonardo - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1213262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Primers for the Adhesion of Gellan Gum-Based Hydrogels to the Cartilage: A Comparative Study<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Trucco, Diego; Riacci, Laura; Vannozzi, Lorenzo; Manferdini, Cristina; Arrico, Lorenzo; Gabusi, Elena; Lisignoli, Gina; Ricotti, Leonardo - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1213261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Piezoelectric nanocomposite bioink and ultrasound stimulation modulate early skeletal myogenesis<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Paci, Claudia; Iberite, Federica; Arrico, Lorenzo; Vannozzi, Lorenzo; Parlanti, Paola; Gemmi, Mauro; Ricotti, Leonardo - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1137391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D Printed Perfusable Renal Proximal Tubule Model with Different Extracellular Matrix Compositions<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Mazzeo, A.; Iacovacci, V.; Riacci, L.; Trucco, D.; Lisignoli, G.; Vistoli, F.; Ricotti, L. - 2021 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1139868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biomedical Applications: An Intravascular Magnetic Catheter Enables the Retrieval of Nanoagents from the Bloodstream [Adv. Sci. 9\/2018]<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Iacovacci, V; Ricotti, L; Sinibaldi, E; Signore, G; Vistoli, F; Menciassi, A - 2018 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1223150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Investigation of interactions between boron nitride nanotubes and C2C12 cells<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Ciofani, G.; Ricotti, L.; Menciassi, A.; Danti, S.; Moscato, S.; Nesti, C.; Petrini, M. - 2009 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>","unipi-persone-didattica":"<ul class=\"registri-list\"><li>Bionic organs and tissues (modulo dell'insegnamento advanced interventional and therapeutic technologies cod. 1103i) per Laurea Magistrale in Bionics 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