Gabriela GRAZIANI profile

Dr. Gabriela Graziani is a Researcher at Polytechnic University of Milan, where she conducts research regarding materials science applied to orthopaedics, with a special focus on nanostructured ceramic and metallic coatings and their combination with 3D printing and 3D bioprinting and on the development of new biomaterials from re-use of waste sources. She also carries out research on materials for cultural heritage conservation, with a specific reference to the development of consolidants and protectives for ancient stone, mortars and archaeological bone. She obtained her Master Degree (2012) and her PhD (2016) in Engineering at the University of Bologna. She has been researcher at Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, adjunct professor of Ceramic Materials at the University of Bologna, visiting Researcher at Princeton University (2014) and at the New York University (2023). She is Secretary General of the European Orthopaedic Research Society and a member of the Industry Alliance Committee of the Orthopaedic Research Society. Her research was awarded with several prices including the ON-EORS award in 2021, a 10.000 AlmaCurie prize from the University of Bologna for participation to the MSCA call 2021, a 10.000 prize for start-up ideas (Programme Reactor, Fondazione Golinelli, Bologna) and by a visiting and training period at the “Mind The Bridge Startup School” (San Francisco, CA). She received funding from Principal Investigator of the project “A new strategy to address tumor relapses by nanostructured implantable devices”, financed by the Italian Ministry of Health, WP leader of projects funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scottish Funding Council and the Scottish Government (RSE Saltire International Collaboration Award) and by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (5 per mille for Scientific Research) and key person of the Euronanomed Project “NANOVERTEBRA - Next generation antibacterial nanostructured osseointegrated customized vertebral replacement”.

MAIN RESEARCH TOPICS Biomaterials: - Biomimetic coatings and biomaterials, based on calcium phosphates (CaP) - Metal- and metal/CaP-based antibacterial biomaterials and nanocoatings for biomedical applications - Development and 3D printing and bioprinting of hydrogels, ceramics and polymer-ceramic composites - Development of advanced tissue models for in vitro tests (3D printing and microfluidics) - Development of biomaterials from marine sources (nanostructured coatings, 3D printed scaffolds) - Anti-tumor biomaterials, based on metals/CaPs combinations - Combination of additive manufacturing and nanoscale materials. Cultural heritage conservation - New treatments based on hydroxyapatite/calcium phosphates for stone consolidation and protection - New treatments for conservation of archeological bones

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2837-5977