Meet the team

I lead the 3D Bioprinting and Tissue Engineering Group at Politecnico di Milano.

My research focuses on regenerative medicine, advanced in-vitro modelling, and bioprinting strategies for tissue and organ repair, with a particular interest in amniotic fluid-derived cells.

I trained at Politecnico di Milano and conducted my postdoctoral research at UCL in London. I was recently awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to develop an innovative tissue-engineering-based therapy for spina bifida.

I earned my Ph.D. in Bioengineering at Politecnico di Milano in 2024. I am currently enrolled as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Turin, and I am collaborating with Prof. Pellegata’s lab as a visiting researcher.

My expertise lies in the design, characterization, and processing of soft biomaterials with a focus on developing complex in vitro models. My research is primarily focused on the biofabrication of bioinstructive hydrogel-based matrices, employed as substrates to grow both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. In the Pellegata Lab, my research focuses on the development of bioinstructive bioinks, able to guide stem cell differentiation.

When I am not doing this, you are likely to find me in the middle of a river, casting flies, trying to fool some trout.

I am a Ph.D. student in the Pellegata Lab since November 2024.

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering from the University of Pavia and a Master’s degree in Bioengineering from Politecnico di Milano, where I specialized in Bioinformatics.

My research focuses on transcriptomic and proteomic profiling of amniotic fluid-derived cells, aiming to better understand fetal development and congenital disease modeling. I specialize in developing and applying pipelines for single-cell RNA-seq analysis, including cell clustering, annotation, and comparative studies between healthy and diseased samples.

On a more personal note, I love sports, especially football, and I never say no to a good beer at the pub. If you’d like to chat about research, science, or your favorite football team, feel free to get in touch!

I am Carlotta, and I joined the lab in November 2024 as a PhD student.

I obtained my bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at Politecnico di Bari and later completed my master’s degree at Politecnico di Milano, where I specialized in Cells, Tissues and Biotechnologies. My PhD project explores new innovative 3D bioprinting based methods for guiding stem cell differentiation to develop a tissue engineered approach to treat spina bifida.

I split my free time between climbing plastic rocks and the hopeless quest to cook like my grandma.