Alberto Rainer, PhD
Born in 1976, Dr. Alberto Rainer holds an Associate Professor position in Industrial Bioengineering at the Department of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma. He is also Associate Researcher at the Institute of Nanotechnology (NANOTEC) of the National Research Council, Rome.
His academic background includes a MS degree in Materials Engineering at the University of Trieste (2002), a postgraduate Master in Biomaterials at the Interuniversity Research Center on Materials for Biomedical Engineering (2006) and a PhD in Materials for Environment and Energy at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (2007).
His teaching activities include responsibility for the following courses for the MS Program in Biomedical Engineering: Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials and Bionanotechnologies.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Tissue Engineering
Development of 3D culture systems for stem cell based tissue engineering
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Advanced in vitro models
In vitro alternatives to animal models
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Microfabrication and microfluidics
3D bioprinting & organ-on-a-chip devices
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Biomaterials chemistry
Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured biomaterials
EDUCATION
2007
University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy
PhD in Materials for Environment and Energy
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2002
University of Trieste, Italy
MS in Materials Engineering