ERC: Elisa Cimetta

After her bachelor's degree and PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Padua, she was Associate Research Scientist in the laboratory of Prof Vunjak-Novakovic at Columbia University in New York. During that time, she was awarded a prestigious fellowship by the New York Stem Cell Foundation and earned a postgraduate certification in business and administration. She is the co-founder of EpiBone Inc., manufacturer of patient-specific engineered bone and osteochondral tissues in Phase I-II clinical trials. Now Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering (DII), in 2017 she won an ERC Starting Grant from the EU. Within EU research programs, she also won a Proof of Concept Grant in 2024.Her BIAMET laboratory is based at the DII and the Pediatric Research Institute (IRP). With over 15 years of experience in the field of bioreactors and microbioreactors development, she has been a pioneer in the development of tools, technologies and devices aimed at studying biological systems and bringing them closer to new clinical applications.