Poalo Antonio Netti | Mechanobiology | Best Researcher Award

Published on by Popular Scientist

Prof. Dr. Poalo Antonio Netti | Mechanobiology | Best Researcher Award

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy

Prof. Paolo Antonio Netti is a leading expert in biomaterials and bioengineering, currently Full Professor at the University of Naples “Federico II” and Director of the Centre for Advanced Biomaterials for Health Care at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT). He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the same university and completed postdoctoral research at Harvard University and MIT.

Profile:

🎓 Education:

  • Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering – University of Naples Federico II (1994)

  • M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering – University of Naples Federico II (1990)

🏫 Academic & Research Roles:

  • Full Professor of Bioengineering (since 2016), University of Naples Federico II

  • Director, Centre for Advanced Biomaterials for Health Care, IIT (since 2009)

  • Former Director, Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Biomaterials (CRIB)

  • Teaching Coordinator – Master Degrees in Industrial Bioengineering & Materials Engineering

  • Postdoctoral Fellow – Harvard University & MIT, USA (1994–1996)

🧬 Research Interests:

  • Biomaterials for healthcare, tissue regeneration, nanomedicine & diagnostics

  • Tissue engineering, advanced drug delivery systems, and cell-instructive microenvironments

  • Development of microfluidic platforms, biosensors, and biofabrication technologies

🏅 Honors & Recognitions:

  • 🏆 Jean Leray Award, European Society for Biomaterials (1998)

  • 🇮🇹 Commendatore della Repubblica Italiana for scientific merits (2007)

  • 🎓 Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE)

  • 🌍 Fellow, European Alliance for Medical and Biomedical Engineering and Science (EAMBES)

  • 🎖 Chair, ERC PE5 Panel (2015–2018)

  • 👨‍💼 President, Italian National Bioengineering Group (GNB) since 2021

📊 Impact & Publications:

  • 📚 450+ scientific papers, 30+ book chapters, and 30+ patents

  • 🧪 Published in Inorganic Chemistry, ACS Biomaterials, Scientific Reports, Biofabrication, etc.

  • 📈 15,000+ citations – recognized as a key figure in expanding the biomaterials paradigm

🌐 Community & Leadership:

  • 💡 Member of EU Scientific Panels for Biomaterials Research (FP7)

  • 📌 Contributor to the Italian National Research Program (PNR 2020–2026)

  • 🧪 Scientific coordinator in national/international biomedical engineering initiatives

📊 Citation Metrics Summary – Prof. Paolo Antonio Netti:

  • Total Citations: 20,389

  • Cited Documents: 15,564

  • Total Publications: 601

  • h-index: 73

Publication Top Notes:

  • Regulation of nuclear deformation via spatiotemporal modulation of cytoskeleton forces on photo-switchable surfaces
    Biomaterials, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2025.123512

  • In-flow motion dynamics for mechanical-based clustering of cells under different compression conditions
    Book Chapter, 2024. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55315-8_29

  • Carbon quantum dots in breast cancer modulate cellular migration via cytoskeletal and nuclear structure
    Nanotoxicology, 2024. DOI: 10.1080/17435390.2024.2419418

  • Bioprinting of human dermal microtissues precursors as building blocks for endogenous in vitro connective tissue manufacturing
    Biofabrication, 2024. DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/ad3aa5

  • Development of an azobenzene-based cell culture photoresponsive platform for in situ modulation of surface topography in wet environments
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c04186

  • Capturing the spatial and temporal dynamics of tumor stroma for on-chip optimization of microenvironmental targeting nanomedicine
    Lab on a Chip, 2023. DOI: 10.1039/D2LC00611A

  • Wide-range viscoelastic compression forces in microfluidics to probe cell-dependent nuclear structural and mechanobiological responses
    Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 2022. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0880

  • Coupled hydrodynamic flow focusing (cHFF) to engineer lipid–polymer nanoparticles (LiPoNs) for multimodal imaging and theranostic applications
    Biomedicines, 2022. DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10020438

  • Decellularized matrices for tumor cell modeling
    Methods in Cell Biology, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2019.11.015

  • Dynamic manipulation of cell membrane curvature by light-driven reshaping of azopolymer
    Nano Letters, 2020. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04307

  • Engineered β-hairpin scaffolds from human prion protein regions: Structural and functional investigations of aggregates
    Bioorganic Chemistry, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.103594