Annalisa Tirella

Dr Annalisa Tirella obtained her BSc (highest hons.) in Biomedical Engineering at University of Pisa (Italy), and her MSc (highest hons.) in Biomedical Engineering at University of Pisa (Italy). She was awarded a PhD in Materials for Environment and Energy from the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy), receiving the GNB Patron PhD thesis award from the Italian Group of Bioengineering (GNB, Italy). 

Dr Annalisa Tirella started her postdoctoral experience, first as Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Pisa (Italy). She accepted a temporary Lecturer position in Bioengineering at the University of Cagliari (Italy), before being appointed as Research Fellow at the Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council (CNR, Italy) where she had the opportunity to establish herself as independent researcher. 

In 2014, Dr Annalisa Tirella joined the University of Manchester as Lecture in Pharmaceutics and established the BioEngineered System group (Tirella’s group) with principal research interest focus on manufacturing multi/functional advanced materials, controlled delivery of therapeutic agents and characterize cell-material interaction for regenerative medicine applications. 

My areas of research revolve around the manufacturing of advanced biomaterials to engineer tissue-specific microenvironments; the use of emerging technologies to manufacture biomedical devices; and the design of nano/micro technologies to control the release of therapeutic agents.

Key competences: Natural-derived polymers; Hydrogels; Additive manufacturing; Micro-physiological systems; Microfluidics; Nanoparticles; Drug delivery

Member COC committee (TERMIS-EU)

Dr Annalisa Tirella has presented > 30 keynote/invited talks and oral presentations at international conferences, with > 20 published abstracts and conference proceedings.