Smart And Neuromorfic Biointerfacing Systems
Contact person: Erokhin Victor
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Dr. Victor Erokhin

PhD, Senior Scientist (ISI VoS h=30)

Victor received his MS degree in Physics and Engineering in 1983 (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology), PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences in 1990 (Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences). Since 2011 works in IMEM-CNR. Editor in Chief of BioNanoScience (Springer) and member of the editorial board of other international scientific journals. He was the chairman (co-chairman) of International Conferences (Symposia in Conferences). 

   
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Dr. Pasquale D’Angelo

PhD, Researcher

Pasquale D’Angelo graduated in Physics and got his PhD in Innovative Technologies for Materials, Sensors and Imaging at the University of Naples Federico II. He spent his postdoc fellowship in national (ISMN-CNR) and international (ISIS-Strasbourg, Imperial College London) realities. He moved to the IMEM-CNR institute to serve as research scientist in 2012. His research activity within the Biotechtronics Lab is currently focused on the implementation of different devices for bioelectronics (electrical and electrochemical biosensors and neuromorphic devices), as well as on the development of systems for Biotechnologies, such as systems for drug delivery and tissue engineering, with a particular attention onto 3D printed artifacts. He recently paid attention to biomaterials, systems for energy, peptide electronics and 2D materials.  

   
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Dr. Giuseppe Tarabella

PhD,  Researcher

Giuseppe Tarabella received his PhD in 2012 in Science and Technology of Innovative Materials at the University of Parma. He worked in the Organic Bioelectronics area, with Organic Electrochemical Transistors (OECT) applied as biosensors. As part as his PhD program, he spent 3 months in 2009 at the University of Cornell, in the group of Prof. George Malliaras. He is author of 40 peer-reviewed papers, 3 books chapters and 2 patents. In 2015 he contributed to the writing of the successfully funded regional project Therseo, devoted to the development of new wearable sensors based on conjugated polymers. He worked as Senior Research Scientist in the Health Research Group at Camlin Italy and as coordinator of the microfabrication unit of CAMLIN. Since December 2021 is researcher at the Biotechtronics Lab of the IMEM Institute, with research interests in organic bioelectronics, unconventional computing, peptide electronics and, more recently, in biotechnologies.

   
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Dr. Simone Luigi Marasso

PhD,  Researcher

His current position is role Researcher at CNR-IMEM and he is responsible for the research activities at the operative unit at the Politecnico di Torino. He received his master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Politecnico di Torino in 2005. After obtaining his PhD in Electronic Devices in 2010, he conducted a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and he worked in Chilab, materials and microsystem laboratory of Politecnico di Torino, Chivasso (TO), Italy. Since 2018, he is involved in the foundation of the Piemonte Quantum Enabling Technology LAB, in which he is contributing for the cleanroom design and set-up. His expertise in the process implementation, gained in the laboratory research work, will allow to define the design, select the better materials and solutions for the fabrication of the sensors and their integration in the Organ on a Chip biosensing platform. 

   
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Dr. Silvia Battistoni

PhD,  Researcher

Silvia Battistoni obtained her MD in Material Science and Technology from University of Rome "Tor Vergata" in 2013 and the P.h.D. degree (CUM LAUDE) in Material Science and Technology from University of Parma in 2017. After 3 year of Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at CNR-IMEM, she is now serving as Researcher at CNR-IMEM where her research activity is placed in the framework of Organic Electronics & Bioelectronics especially in the design,assembly and characterization of polymer-based electronic devices for sensing and neuromorphic applications. 

   

Dr. Vardan Galstyan

PhD,  Researcher

Vardan Galstyan obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2008 from Yerevan State University. From 2009 to 2023, V. Galstyan worked at the University of Brescia and CNR-INO. In 2022, V. Galstyan obtained National Scientific Habilitation as a Full Professor in the Italian higher education system. Since 2023, Dr. Vardan Galstyan is a researcher at the Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism, National Research Council of Italy (IMEM-CNR). His research activities focus mainly on the synthesis of organic/inorganic nanomaterials and nanocomposites, as well as the investigation of their fundamental and functional properties for applications in the fields of gas and biosensors, energy, and biomedicine.

   

Dr. Davide Vurro

PhD,  Researcher

Davide Vurro received his MSc in Science and Technologies of Materials (STM) from the University of Bari, Aldo Moro in 2016. Afterward, he received a Ph.D. degree in STM at the University of Parma in 2019. In 2023, dr. Vurro was appointed as a researcher at the IMEM-CNR, Biotechtronics Lab. His research covers processes for materials and devices assembly, such as additive manufacturing techniques to develop bioelectronics and energy applications based on biocompatible and sustainable biopolymer-based materials that he designs and realizes within a green chemistry approach.

   

Giuseppe De Giorgio

PhD,  Researcher

Giuseppe De Giorgio: Giuseppe De Giorgio is a Fellow Researcher at the Biotechtronics Lab of the IMEM-CNR institute. He received his Ph.D. in Biotechnology and Biosciences in 2022 at the Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma. His main research interests are the synthesis of biomaterials for biomedical and sensor applications, the development of innovative drug delivery systems, the synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles and nanostructured materials, and the application of engineered materials for the treatment of human diseases.

   

Dr. Elena Dembech

PhD,  Researcher

Elena Dembech joined the Biotechtronic group as a postdoctoral researcher in 2024. She obtained her PhD in Biotechnology and Biosciences from the SCVSA Department, University of Parma in 2023. With a strong background in protein production and characterization, she is now applying her skills to wearable biosensors for healthcare. At IMEM-CNR, she is involved in the development of strategies for the recognition of target molecules using bioelements, in the functionalization of biosensors interfaces with biomolecules (DNA, antibodies, enzymes), and in performing the electrical characterization of devices, in particular organic transistors based on the OECTs architecture and operating in biosensing mode.

   

Pietro Squeri

Researcher

Pietro Squeri is a researcher in the Biotechtronics Lab. He is specialized in bioinformatics and molecular dynamics, with a strong interest in data-driven approaches for biosensing applications. At IMEM-CNR,he focuses on computational analysis of biomolecular interactions, modeling of biomolecular functionalization and the optimization of materials used in sensor technologies. His goal is to add a computational perspective to experimental research to enhance the performance of biosensors in biomedical and biotechnological field.

   

Aris Liboà

PhD Student,  Researcher

Aris Liboà, born in Turin, graduated cum laude in food safety and food risk management in University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE) and currently Ph.D. Student in University of Parma (UNIPR), enrolled in the XXXVIII cycle of Ph.D. program in material science and technology. He carries out his study program through a collaboration between CNR–IMEM and Kemin Cavriago s.r.l., thanks to the research line on Organic Electronics & Bioelectronics active in IMEM through which producing electrochemical biosensors for application in biosensing field in presence of complex biological matrixes and then their application on real  productive processes in Kemin industries.
Among his main focuses, drug delivery, sensors printing and functionalization have primary importance for different applications in agrifood and medicine industries. Indeed, these topics have a significant impact for the sustainability on food and feed production and transformation. He is currently involved on the study and production of different coating for improving the shelf life of lipophilic vitamins, nanosponges production and implementation as a drug delivery, biosensors production and functionalization for in-line detection. Other fields of interest mainly regards volatilome analysis and characterization of different biological matrixes, MOX sensors’ design and implementation, sustainability on food production processes.

   

Ilenia D'Onofrio

PhD Student,  Researcher

Currently, Ilenia D’Onofrio received her master’s degree in Genomic, Molecular, and Industrial Biotechnologies from the University of Parma in 2023 and, currently, is a Ph.D. student in Material Science and Technology at the Department of Chemical, Life and Environmental Sustainability Sciences of the University of Parma, in collaboration with the Biotechtronics Lab of the IMEM-CNR institutey. Her activity focuses on biosensing devices, as well as on the synthesis and characterization of polymer-based drug delivery systems.for applications in healthcare.

   

Salvatore Del Basso

PhD Student,  Researcher

Salvatore Del Basso received her master’s degree in Genomic, Molecular, and Industrial Biotechnologies from the University of Parma in 2024. Currently, he is a Ph.D. student in Material Science and Technology at the Department of Chemical, Life and Environmental Sustainability Sciences of the University of Parma, in collaboration with the Biotechtroncs Lab at the IMEM-CNR institute. In this context, he conducts a research activity on unconventional computation based on synthetic peptides and living beings (algae), as well as on peptide electronics and 3D manufacturing.

   
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Dr. Matteo Cocuzza

PhD,  Associated Professor at DiSAT, Politecnico di Torino

Matteo Cocuzza got his MD in Electronic Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, in 1997, and the Ph.D. degree in Electronic Devices in 2003. Currently Professor at the Dept. of Applied Science and Technology of Politecnico di Torino and associated researcher of IMEM-CNR. In 1998, he was one of the founders of the Chilab-Materials and Microsystems Laboratory. He is currently lecturer of master's degree courses related to MEMS, micro- and nano-technologies, also in the framework of the International Master Degree in Nanotechnologies for ICT (joined master between Politecnico di Torino, INPG Grenoble and EPFL Lausanne). His research activity is focused on MEMS and microsensors for industrial applications, on the development of microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip for biomedical applications and, more recently, on the development and application of polymeric 3-D printing technologies. 

   
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Dr. Salvatore Iannotta

PhD,  Associated Scientist

Salvatore Iannotta got his Laurea Degree in Physics at the University of Bologna (1976) and his PhD in Chemistry at the (uelph Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry- Waterloo - Ontario Canada (1984). Currently, he is an Associate Research Director of IMEM. He has been Professor up to 2020 at the PhD School on Science and Technology of Materials of the University of Parma (since 2009). He also has been Director of IMEM-CNR (Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism) from 2008 to 2018. Member of the board of directors of the Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK) and of scientific/stirring committees of national and International conferences, he has been the coordinator of several research projects on a national and international basis in the fields of nanostructured, molecular, organics, hybrid materials and related systems, including their applications to gas and bio-sensing, energy (photovoltaics in particular) and biomedicine.

 

   

 

Dr. Svetlana Erokhina

PhD,  Associated Scientist

   

Visiting

  • Luciano Ferrucci - Master Student Politecnico di Torino - 2022
  • Dr. Ivan Dimov – University of Cambridge - 2023
  • Antonio Costanza - Master Student Politecnico di Torino – 2024
  • Zirong Zhou - PhD Student Fudan University, Shangai – 2025
  • Prof. Xiongchuan Huang – Fudan University, Shangai – 2025

Supervision (BsC, MsC):

  • Elisa Muzzi, BsC 2021
  • Ilenia D’Onofrio, MsC 2023
  • Domenico Consilvio, MsC 2024
  • Maria Antonietta grosso, BsC 2024
  • Salvatore dal Basso, MsC 2024
  • Caterina Bonzi, MsC 2025
  • Antonio Larocca, MsC 2025
  • Antonio Limardo, MsC 2025

Alumni

  • Dr. Tatiana Berzina, PhD
  • Dr. Roman Sajapin, PhD
  • Dr. Adeliia Faizullina, PhD
  • Dr. Stefania Boi, PhD
  • Dr. Rocco Carcione, PhD
  • Dr. Valentina Ricci, PhD
  • Dr. Regina Burganova, PhD
  • Dr. Carlotta Peruzzi, PhD
  • Dr. Alice Dimonte, PhD
  • Dr. Angelica Cifarelli, PhD