Gabriele Greco

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2020 PhD in Civil, Environmental and Mechanics Engineering cum laude.

Thesis: “Experimental nanomechanics of natural or artificial spider silks and related systems”

Special label “Doctor Europaeus

2016 Master’s Degree in Physics. University of Ferrara. 110/110 cum laude.

Thesis: “Mechanical Properties of spider’s silk: investigation of nonlinear stress regimes under

Quantized Fracture Mechanics”

2014 Bachelor’s Degree in Physics. University of Ferrara. 110/110 cum laude.

Thesis: “I-V characteristic of nanocrystalline semiconductors for sensors application”

2010 High school graduate. Liceo Ariosto di Ferrara. 100/100 cum laude

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Spider Silks and webs

Spider Biomechanics

Octopus biomechanics

Spiders behaviour and ecology

Biomechanics

Physiology

Biomimicry and biomimetic approach

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Founding and Council member of

Aracnofilia (Italian Association of Arachnology - The Italian Center for the Study of Arachnids, http://www.aracnofilia.org/)

Member of Society of Experimental Biology

Reviewer activity: 

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Journal of Experimental Biology

Journal of Biomaterials Science: Polymer Edition

Materials

Fibers

Soft Matters

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06/2019 SEB Annual Meeting Travel Grant  

2020-2022, Principal Investigator projects “Mechanics of natural or artificial silk and related systems” under Caritro foundations grant.

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17/09/2019 Different spider silk junctions as a tool to improve the structure efficiency of spider’s orb web., AIMETA 2019, Roma (IT)

04/07/2019 The mechanics of tangle and orb webs: the comparison of two hunting behaviours, SEB Seville 2019, Seville (ES)

05/07/2018 Weibull statistics applied to spider silk, EUROMECH 2018, Bologna (IT)

05/07/2018 Spiders web: an example of structure composed by multi-functional Materials, EUROMECH 2018, Bologna (IT)

21/09/2017 Spider Silk and its Statistical Analysis, EUROMAT 2017, Thessaloniki (GR)

24/07/2017 Strength of spider web junction, Sheffield Silk Conference, Sheffield (UK)

15/06/2017 Il Tempo della Fisica e della Biologia: una possibile congiunzione?, Tempo tra esattezza ed infinito, Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia (Tor Vergata, Roma)

02/06/2017 Statistica alimentare: un approccio oggettivo per una scelta consapevole, Next Generation Chef, Alma-Scuola Internazionale di cucina italiana

Conferences organization:

Frontiers in Silk Science and Technologies, Trento, June 12-15th, 2019, Local Committee

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Other Pubblications:

Gabriele Greco, Il Tempo della Fisica e della Biologia: una possibile congiunzione?, TEMPO TRA ESATTEZZA E INFINITO VOL.II, pag 324, 2019, ISBN: 9788832931990, Universitalia

Gabriele Greco, Diversamente cibo, ALMA – next generation chef: 90 prospettive per i professionisti dell’ospitalità, PLAN Edizioni, 2018

Kundanati, Greco, Pugno, 2017; Ingegneria Bio-Ispirata a coleotteri e ragni (Bioinspired engineering from Beetles and Spiders), Entomata n.5: 10-13

Exhibits:

04/13/2017-07/16/2017 Trappole e Veleni – Il fascino segreto di ragni e scorpioni, organized with Aracnofilia (Associazione Italiana di Aracnologia)

Tv Experiences:

“Uomo dei ragni”, RAI Scuola, Memex doc. (http://www.raiscuola.rai.it/articoli-programma-puntate/memex-doc-luomo-dei-ragni/38432/default.aspx)

Spider silk and webs in Memex - Galileo [in Italian], Rai Scuola, 5 November 2018. Link [from min 21:25].

Spiders in Memex - Galileo [in Italian], Rai Scuola, 26 October 2018. Link [from min 19:35].

Online articles:

Greco Gabriele, La signora Darwin: dietro un grande uomo si nasconde una donna eccezionale, http://www.scienze-naturali.it/ambiente-natura/la-signora-darwin-dietro-un-grande-uomo-si-nasconde-una-donna-eccezionale

Greco Gabriele e Carlo Maria Legittimo, L'allevamento dei Theraphosidae, https://www.aracnofilia.org/i-ragni-esotici/lallevamento/

Special interest:

Professional graduate “Sommelier” by AIS (Associazione Italiana Sommelier) in 2016

Seminaries under invitation:

15/03/2019 Mechanical properties of fibres: an experimental approach, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm

01/12/2018 Spider’s diversity: the hidden beauty, Centro Antiveleni Ospedale Carreggi, Firenze.

7/11/2018 Silk and Hairs: A biomimetic approach, University of Ferrara, Department of Physics

27/06/2017 Spiders and Scorpions in medical issues, Baxter Biopharma, (private class)

04/29/2017 Insegnamento a 8 zampe: I ragni e l’approccio biomimetico; Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste, (Associazione Italiana di Aracnologia).

30/01/2017 Which technologies can we learn from spiders?, University of Ferrara, Department of Physics

7/11/2016 Spiders’ hairs: biomimetic approach, University of Ferrara, Department of Physics

17/12/2015 Spiders’ hairs: biomimetic approach, University of Ferrara, Department of Physics

Pubblications: 

G. Greco, T. Arndt, B. Schmuck, J. Francis, F. G. Bäcklund, O. Shilkova, A. Barth, N. Gonska, G. Seisenbaeva, V. Kessler, J. Johansson, N. M. Pugno & A. Rising, Tyrosine residues mediate supercontraction in biomimetic spider silk, Communications Materials, 2021, 2, 43.

A. Bucciarelli, G. Greco, I. Corridori, N. M. Pugno, A. Motta, A design of experiment rational optimization of the degumming process and its impact on the silk fibroin properties, ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 2021, 7, 4, 1374–1393 (Cover article)

G. Greco, N. M. Pugno, How spiders hunt heavy prey: the tangle web as a pulley and spider’s lifting mechanics observed and quantified in the laboratory, J. R. Soc. Interface, 2021, 18: 20200907, doi: 10.1098/rsif.2020.0907. (Cover article)

G. Greco, V. Mastellari, C. Holland, N. M. Pugno, Comparing modern and classical perspectives on spider silks and webs, Perspectives on Science, 2021, 29: 2, 133-156

V. Mastellari, G. Greco, Spider Silks and Webs in Ancient and Modern Knowledge: A Comparison, AKAN – Antike Naturwissenschaft und ihre Rezeption, (accepted)

G. Greco J. Francis, T. Arndt, B. Schmuck, F. Bäcklund, A. Barth, J. Johansson, N. Pugno, A. Rising, Properties of Biomimetic Artificial Spider Silk Fibers Tuned by Post Spin Bath Incubation, Molecules, 2020, 25 (12), 3248, doi:10.3390/molecules25143248

G. Greco, N. M. Pugno, Mechanical Properties and Weibull Scaling Laws of Unknown Spider Silks, Molecules, 2020, 25(12), 2938, doi: 10.3390/molecules25122938

G. Greco, Jonas Wolff, Nicola Maria Pugno, Strong and tough silk for resilient attachment discs: the mechanical properties of piriform silk, in the spider Cupiennius salei (Keyserling, 1877)., Front. Mater., 2020, 7:138. doi: 10.3389/fmats.2020.00138

Gabriele Greco, Federico Bosia, Francesca Tramacere, Barbara Mazzolai and Nicola Pugno, The role of hairs in the adhesion of octopus suckers: a hierarchical peeling approach, Bioinspir. Biomim., 2020, 15 035006, doi: 10.1088/1748-3190/ab72da

Alessandra Dellaquila & Gabriele Greco, Elisabetta Campodoni, Mauro Mazzocchi, Barbara Mazzolai, Anna Tampieri, Nicola M. Pugno, Monica Sandri, Optimized production of a high‐performance hybrid biomaterial: biomineralized spider silk for bone tissue engineering, J. APPL. POLYM. SCI. 2019, doi: 10.1002/APP.48739

Yuejiao Yang & Gabriele Greco, Devid Maniglio, Barbara Mazzolai, Claudio Migliaresi, Nicola Pugno, Antonella Motta, Spider (Linothele megatheloides) and silkworm (Bombyx mori) silks: Comparative physical and biological evaluation, Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2019, doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.110197

Hamideh Mirbaha, Parviz Nourpanah, Paolo Scardi, Mirco D’incau, Gabriele Greco, Luca Valentini, Silvia Bittolo Bon, Shahram Arbab and Nicola Pugno, The Impact of Shear and Elongational Forces on Structural Formation of Polyacrylonitrile/Carbon Nanotubes Composite Fibers during Wet Spinning Process, Materials 2019, 12, 2797; doi:10.3390/ma12172797

Gabriele Greco, Maria F. Pantano, Barbara Mazzolai & Nicola M. Pugno, Imaging and mechanical characterization of different junctions in spider orb webs, Scientific Reports, (2019) 9:5776 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42070-8

Roberto Guarino, Gabriele Greco, Barbara Mazzolai, Nicola M. Pugno; Fluid-structure interaction study of spider’s hair flow-sensing system, materialstoday: Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 7, Part 1, 2019, Pages 418-42, DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2018.11.104

Meng Xu, Sayantan Pradhan, Francesca Agostinacchio, Ramendra K. Pal, Gabriele Greco, Barbara Mazzolai, Nicola M. Pugno, Antonella Motta, and Vamsi K. Yadavalli; Easy, Scalable, Robust, Micropatterned Silk Fibroin Cell Substrates, Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 1801822, DOI: 10.1002/admi.201801822