Daniele Cei

Daniele Cei was born in Pisa (PI) in 1987. He holds a PhD in " Automatics, Robotics and Bioengineering " at the University of Pisa in May 2015. His PhD research project was focused on develop and optimization of a dynamic in vitro model as alternative to animal testing. It involves both i) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling and ii) design and realisation of bioreactors to cultivate and monitor cell culture under dynamic conditions.

He holds the bachelor and master degrees in Biomedical Engineering (both with honours) at the University of Pisa, respectively in 2009 and in 201!.

His bachelor thesis concerned the development and characterization of 3D polymeric scaffold for skeletal muscle tissue engineering, aiming at generating a model for drug and aging tests. The results were published in the " Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine"

His master thesis was aimed at designing a bioreactor system for the perfusion of 3D natural polymers scaffold that reproduce the structural properties typical of hepatic tissue. After conducting a preliminary feasibility study and a characterization of the 3D scaffold, the bioreactor was designed making large use of CFD analysis to optimize the system.

His current research is mainly devoted at the design and realization of dynamic system for in-vitro cell cultures, in order to mimic the human pathophysiological environment. Part of this work was performed abroad as Visiting PhD Student at the Comprehensive Pulmonary Center of the Helmholtz Zentrum of Munich (D), gaining experience in the physicochemical characterization of aerosol and airborne nanoparticles and in cell cultures techniques.

Currently he is part of the R&D IVTech team, focusing his attention on the design, production and test of peristaltic pumps for in vitro model devices.

Research Center "E. Piaggio"

mail: daniele.cei@centropiaggio.unipi.it

Phone: +39 050 2217 061
Fax.: +39 050 2217051