{"id":151675,"date":"2025-05-12T14:17:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-test.unipi.it\/ateneo\/organizzazione\/persone\/arianna-menciassi-81447-en\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:42:36","slug":"arianna-menciassi-81447-en","status":"publish","type":"unipi_persone","link":"https:\/\/www-test.unipi.it\/en\/abous-us\/organization\/people\/arianna-menciassi-81447-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Arianna Menciassi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Docente Esterno | Email: arianna.menciassi@santannapisa.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"unipi-persone-chiave":"81447","unipi-persone-nome":"Arianna","unipi-persone-cognome":"Menciassi","unipi-persone-email":"arianna.menciassi@santannapisa.it","unipi-persone-cv":"Arianna Menciassi is Full Professor of Biomedical Robotics at Scuola Superiore Sant\u2019Anna (SSSA, Pisa, Italy) and team leader of the \u201cSurgical Robotics & Allied Technologies\u201d Area at The BioRobotics Institute. <br \/>\r\nShe obtained the Master Degree in Physics (summa cum laude, 1995) at the Pisa University and the PhD in Bioengineering at SSSA (1999). She was Visiting Professor at the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Mecaniques et des Microtechniques of Besancon (France), and at the ISIR Institute at the Universit\u00e9 Pierre et Marie Curie, in Paris. She has a substantial devotion to training and education, both at SSSA and at the University of Pisa, having served as preceptor to 15 postdoctoral associates, 25 PhD students and ~ 60 graduate degree recipients.<br \/>\r\nHer main research interests involve surgical robotics, biomedical robotics, smart solutions for biomedical devices, biomechatronic artificial organs, microsystem technology and micromechatronics, with a special attention to the synergy between robot-assisted therapy and micro-nano-biotechnology-related solutions. She also focuses on magnetically-driven microrobots and microdevices, as well as on biomedical integrated platforms for magnetic navigation and ultrasound-based treatments.<br \/>\r\nShe carries on an important activity of scientific management of several projects, European and extra-European, thus implying many collaborations abroad and an intense research activity. <br \/>\r\nShe is co-author of more than 400 scientific publications and 7 book chapters on biomedical robots\/devices and microtechnology. She is co-Editor of a book on piezoelectric nanomaterials for biomedical applications. Arianna Menciassi is co-inventor of 81 patents (national and international): 24 patents have been granted in Italy since the year 2004; 27 patents have been granted also abroad. She served until August 2013 in the Editorial Board of the IEEE-ASME Trans. on Mechatronics. She is Member of the Editorial Board for Soft Robotics (since 2012); she is Topic Editor of the International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (since 2013); she is Member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Medical Robotics Research (since 2015); she has been recently appointed as Editor of APL Bioengineering and member of the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports.<br \/>\r\nShe is Co-Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Surgical Robotics, she is in the Steering Committee of the Society for Medical Innovation and Technology and in the Steering Committee of the IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience. <br \/>\r\nIn the year 2007, she received the Well-tech Award (Milan, Italy) for her researches on endoscopic capsules, and she was awarded by the Tuscany Region with the Gonfalone D\u2019Argento, as one of the best 10 young talents of the region.","unipi-persone-link-esterno-cv":"https:\/\/www.santannapisa.it\/en\/institute\/biorobotics\/surgical-robotics-and-allied-technologies-area","unipi-persone-modalita-ricevimento":"","unipi-persone-luogo-ricevimento":"Normally, The BioRobotics Institute, Viale R. Piaggio 34, Pontedera (PISA)","unipi-persone-ore-ricevimento":"To be defined by e-mail with the Professor. Contact: arianna.menciassi@santannapisa.it","unipi-persone-telefono":"","unipi-persone-sitoweb":"","unipi-persone-cariche":"","unipi-persone-link-orario-lezioni":"https:\/\/unipi.prod.up.cineca.it\/calendarioPubblico\/matricola=13301 ","unipi-persone-link-registro-lezioni":"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/registri.php?ri=13301 &tmplt=principale.tpl","unipi-persone-settore-scientifico":"","unipi-persone-ruolo":"Docente Esterno","unipi-persone-arpi":"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/cris\/rp\/rp20577","unipi-persone-pubblicazioni":"<ul class=\"pubblicazioni-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1242498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Semiautonomous Robotic Manipulator for Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Tamadon, Izadyar; Sadati, S. M. Hadi; Mamone, Virginia; Ferrari, Vincenzo; Bergeles, Christos; Menciassi, Arianna - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1160911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The use of a novel sensorized simulation platform for real-time labor progression assessment<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Mannella, Paolo; Tognarelli, Selene; Pancetti, Federica; Morchi, Laura; Menciassi, Arianna; Simoncini, Tommaso - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1136610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A fully implantable device for intraperitoneal drug delivery refilled by ingestible capsules<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Iacovacci, V.; Tamadon, I.; Kauffmann, E. F.; Pane, S.; Simoni, V.; Marziale, L.; Aragona, M.; Cobuccio, L.; Chiarugi, M.; Dario, P.; Prato, S. D.; Ricotti, L.; Vistoli, F.; Menciassi, A. - 2021 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1068079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soft Graspers for Safe and Effective Tissue Clutching in Minimally Invasive Surgery<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Huan, Yu; Tamadon, Izadyar; Scatena, Cristian; Cela, Vito; Naccarato, Antonio Giuseppe; Menciassi, Arianna; Sinibaldi, Edoardo - 2021 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1081003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ValveTech: a Novel Robotic Approach for Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Tamadon, Izadyar; Mamone, Virginia; Huan, Yu; Condino, Sara; Quaglia, Claudio; Ferrari, Vincenzo; Ferrari, Mauro; Menciassi, Arianna - 2020 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1058459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TOWARDS A NOVEL FULLY-IMPLANTABLE ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS: SITE OF IMPLANT IDENTIFICATION AND OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONALITY IN REAL HUMAN ANATOMY<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Vistoli, F; Iacovacci, V; Kauffmann, E; Simoni, V; Tamadon, I; Costa, F; Ricotti, L; Boggi, U; Menciassi, A - 2019 - 1.5 Abstract 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\/1103244\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speed of sound in rubber-based materials for ultrasonic phantoms<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Cafarelli, A.; Miloro, P.; Verbeni, A.; Carbone, M.; Menciassi, A. - 2016 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/142507\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cellular electric stimulation mediated by piezoelectric nanotubes<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Ciofani, G; Raffa, Vittoria; Danti, Serena; Menciassi, Arianna; Dario, Paolo; Petrini, Mario; Cuschieri, A. - 2010 - 6.1 Brevetto)<\/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><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/135011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evaluation of cationic liposomes composed of an amino acid-based lipid for neuronal transfection<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Obata, Y; Ciofani, G; Raffa, Vittoria; Cuschieri, A; Menciassi, Arianna; Dario, Paolo; Takeoka, S. - 2009 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/134599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magnetic alginate microspheres: system for the position controlled delivery of nerve growth factor<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Ciofani, G; Raffa, Vittoria; Menciassi, Arianna; Cuschieri, A; Micera, S. - 2009 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a 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