Elena is an engineer working as Marie Sklodowska-Curie Cofund Fellow with Prof. Paolo Decuzzi at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. She received her BSc and MSc in Biomedical Engineering and her PhD in Chemical and Materials Science from the University of Pisa. She carried out her post-doctoral training in the laboratories of Prof. Steven R. Little at the University of Pittsburgh, where she developed and engineered polymeric microparticles and thermoresponsive hydrogels for the treatment of ocular pathologies. Her current research focuses on the development and characterization of nano/microparticles and thermoresponsive hydrogels for the prolonged release of molecules to treat neurological disorders.
Profile: Elena Bellotti
