Giorgia MONTALBANO

Position: Assistant Professor

Emal: giorgia.montalbano@polito.it
Tel.: +39 0110904321

Biomedical engineer, specialized in the development of biomaterials for regenerative medicine and additive manufacturing technologies.  Obtained a master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2016, after spending 7 months at the Newcastle University (UK), where new systems based on collagen/alginate/fibrin hydrogels were developed for encapsulation of pancreatic β-cells for the treatment of diabetes type I.
PhD in Bioengineering and Medical-Surgical Sciences, focused on the design of biomimetic collagen-based scaffolds by means of 3D printing and electrospinning technologies, developed for boosting the regeneration of bone tissue.

Participant in research activities of several national and international projects such as ERC project BOOST, EU-funded projects MOZART, GIOTTO, and REBORN that led to the collaboration with important national and international universities and research institutes such as MERLN Institute of Maastricht University, Newcastle University, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli of Bologna (IOR) and Centro Piaggio (University of Pisa).
Currently responsible of the research unit at POLITO for the PRIN 2022 PNRR FOCAL "Fiber optics sensors as a platform for cancer diagnosis and in vitro model testing".

Since October 2022 Assistant Professor at the IRIS group (Improving Regeneration by Intelligent Scaffolds), at Politecnico di Torino, working on development of innovative biomaterials ranging from the macro to the nanoscale (3D-scaffolds, micro and nanoparticles, resorbable fibers, and smart surfaces with osteoproductive, antibacterial and biomolecule release properties) and scaffold biofabrication.

Author of 29 papers including research articles and book chapters (H-index 13 and more than 700 citations) mainly in the field of biomaterials, antibacterial surfaces, surface functionalization, biofabrication and tissue engineering.