Paolo Decuzzi, Ph.D.
Adjoint
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Paolo Decuzzi, Ph.D.
Adjoint Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
School of
Health Information Sciences
The University of Texas at
Houston – Health Science Center
at Houston
- Associate Professor of
Mechanical Engineering
Center of Bio-Nanotechnology
and –Engineering for
Medicine
The University of Magna Graecia – Italy
- University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences
1825 Pressler, Suite 537D
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: (713) 500-3363
Office: SRB 537D
Research Areas
 Dr. Paolo Decuzzi received his Doctoral Degree in Mechanical Engineering
at the University of Naples – Italy in 2001. He has been a visiting scientist in
several EU and US Universities, including the Dept. of Theoretical and Applied
Mechanics of the University of Michigan where he spent half of his 3-year PhD course collaborating
with Dr. J. Barber (1999-2000); at the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering of the University of
Southampton – UK in collaboration with Dr. Wood (2001); at the Princeton Material Institute collaborating
with Dr. D. Srolovitz (2003); and at the M. Doris Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute
of the Ohio State University collaborating with Dr. Ferrari (2004).
Current research projects include:
the development of nanoparticles
for the intravascular delivery of therapeutics and in-vivo biomedical
imaging; the development of microfludic
devices for the in-vitro and ex-vivo analysis of fluid mechanics
and biophysical events; the development
of nanocantilever beams and nano-porous particles for
gas detection and biochemical analysis
of fluids. The main fields of application are biomedical, particularly
oncology and cardiovascular disease,
as well as biochemical warfare agents detection, industrial
quality and process control. Research
interests include also: the study of adhesion and friction at
the micro/nano scale; the optimal
design of RF-MEMS switches; the multiscale modeling of non-continuos
and non-homogeneous solids; fracture
and failure mechanics; transport and diffusion within the
microcirculation; the analysis of
the specific and non-specific interactions at bio-artificial interfaces
(bioadhesion).
Dr. Decuzzi has published more than
70 papers in peer-reviewed international
journals and conferences. He is associate editor
for the international journals Biomedical
Microdevices and Journal of the Serbian Society of Computational
Mechanics. He has 3 patents currently
under review by the USPTO. His research activity on “Geometry in Drug Delivery and
Biomedical Imaging” is currently supported by the The Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
in USA and on
“Friction and Adhesion at the Nano Scale” by the Eurocores
Programs in EU.
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