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Senior Postdoctoral Scientist by Italian Institute of Technology Freelance Scientific Editor and Writer & Data Analyst

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Stefano Palagi obtained his MSc degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2009 at the University of Pisa, Italy. In January 2013, he received a PhD in “Innovative Technologies – Biorobotics” at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa, Italy). From February 2013 to January 2014 he was a research fellow at the Center for Micro-BioRobotics@SSSA (Pisa, Italy) of Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. From January 2014 to May 2018, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Stuttgart, Germany) in the Max Planck Research Group for Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems. From June 2015, he was also a fellow of the Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems. Since May 2018 he is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Micro-BioRobotics@SSSA (Pisa, Italy) of Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. His research interests are at the intersection of material science, robotics, and artificial intelligence, and include the development of bioinspired soft robots at small scales, as well as of innovative actuation mechanisms and control schemes for bioinspired soft robots.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Robotics Engineering
• ☆ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing

Research Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Postdoc

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Center for Micro BioRobotics

May 2018 - Present

Postdoc

Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme

January 2014 - May 2018

PhD Fellow

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Center for Micro BioRobotics

January 2010 - January 2014

Education

PhD (The BioRobotics Institute)

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

January 2010 - January 2013

MSc (Biomedical Engineering)

Università degli Studi di Pisa

October 2007 - December 2009

BSc (Biomedical Engineering)

Università degli Studi di Pisa

September 2004 - October 2007

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

BOOK CHAPTER

Stefano Palagi, Riddhi Das, Saravana Prashanth Murali Babu, Barbara Mazzolai (2020). Soft Robotic Locomotion by Peristaltic Waves in Granular Media .

Stefano Palagi (2020). Soft Microrobots Based on Photoresponsive Materials .

Stefano Palagi, Eunjin Choi, Hyeon-Ho Jeong, Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer (2019). Soft Continuous Surface for Micromanipulation driven by Light-controlled Hydrogels .

Stefano Palagi, Alexander von Rohr, Sebastian Trimpe, Alonso Marco, Peer Fischer (2018). Gait Learning for Soft Microrobots Controlled by Light Fields .

Stefano Palagi, Tian Qiu, Andrew G. Mark, Kai Melde, Peer Fischer (2016). Wireless Actuator Based on Ultrasonic Bubble Streaming .

Stefano Palagi, Andrew G. Mark, Kai Melde, Hao Zeng, Camilla Parmeggiani, Daniele Martella, Diederik S. Wiersma, Peer Fischer (2016). Soft Continuous Microrobots with Multiple Intrinsic Degrees of Freedom .

Stefano Palagi, Andrew G. Mark, Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer (2016). Auxetic Metamaterial Simplifies Soft Robot Design .

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Stefano Palagi, Eunjin Choi, Fabian Adams, Anina Gengenbacher, Daniel Schlager, Philippe-Fabian Müller, Christian Gratzke, Arkadiusz Miernik, Peer Fischer, Tian Qiu (2020). A High-Fidelity Phantom for the Simulation and Quantitative Evaluation of Transurethral Resection of the Prostate . Annals of Biomedical Engineering.

Stefano Palagi, Dhruv P. Singh, Peer Fischer(2019). Light-Controlled Micromotors and Soft Microrobots . Advanced Optical Materials. p. 1900370. Wiley

Stefano Palagi, Peer Fischer(2018). Bioinspired microrobots . Nature Reviews Materials. 3. (6). p. 113--124. Springer Nature

von Rohr, Alexander and Trimpe, Sebastian and Marco, Alonso and Fischer, Peer and Palagi, Stefano(2018). Gait learning for soft microrobots controlled by light fields. arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.03225.

Stefano Palagi, Tian Qiu, Fabian Adams, Kai Melde, Andrew Mark, Ulrich Wetterauer, Arkadiusz Miernik, Peer Fischer(2017). Wireless Acoustic-Surface Actuators for Miniaturized Endoscopes . {ACS} Applied Materials {\&} Interfaces. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Stefano Palagi, Tian Qiu, Andrew G. Mark, Kai Melde, Fabian Adams, Peer Fischer(2017). Active Acoustic Surfaces Enable the Propulsion of a Wireless Robot . Advanced Materials Interfaces. p. 1700933. Wiley-Blackwell

F. Adams, T. Qiu, A. Mark, K. Melde, S. Palagi, A. Miernik, P. Fischer (2017). 1099 Wireless micro-robots for endoscopic applications in urology . European Urology Supplements.

Stefano Palagi, Kai Melde, Eunjin Choi, Zhiguang Wu, Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer(2017). Acoustic Fabrication via the Assembly and Fusion of Particles . Advanced Materials. p. 1704507. Wiley-Blackwell

Stefano Palagi, Andrew G. Mark, Shang Yik Reigh, Kai Melde, Tian Qiu, Hao Zeng, Camilla Parmeggiani, Daniele Martella, Alberto Sanchez-Castillo, Nadia Kapernaum, et al.(2016). Structured light enables biomimetic swimming and versatile locomotion of photoresponsive soft~microrobots . Nature Materials. 15. (6). p. 647--653. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Palagi, S., Mark, A.G., Reigh, S.Y., Melde, K., Qiu, T., Zeng, H., Parmeggiani, C., Martella, D., Sanchez-Castillo, A., Kapernaum, N., et al.(2016). Structured light enables biomimetic swimming and versatile locomotion of photoresponsive soft microrobots . Nature Materials. 15. (6). p. 647-653.

Qiu, T., Palagi, S., Mark, A.G., Melde, K., Adams, F., Fischer, P.(2016). Wireless actuation with functional acoustic surfaces . Applied Physics Letters. 109. (19).

Stefano Palagi, Gioia Lucarini, Alessandro Levi, Barbara Mazzolai, Paolo Dario, Arianna Menciassi, Lucia Beccai(2014). Navigation of Magnetic Microrobots With Different User Interaction Levels . {IEEE} Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 11. (3). p. 818--827. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ({IEEE})

Lucarini, G., Palagi, S., Beccai, L., Menciassi, A., Lucarini, G., Palagi, S., Beccai, L., Menciassi, A.(2014). A power-efficient propulsion method for magnetic microrobots . International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems. 11. (1).

Stefano Palagi, Edwin WH Jager, Barbara Mazzolai, Lucia Beccai(2013). Propulsion of swimming microrobots inspired bymetachronal wavesin ciliates: from biology to material specifications . Bioinspiration {\&} Biomimetics. 8. (4). p. 046004. {IOP} Publishing

Palagi, S., Jager, E.W., Mazzolai, B., Beccai, L.(2013). Propulsion of swimming microrobots inspired by metachronal waves in ciliates: From biology to material specifications . Bioinspiration and Biomimetics. 8. (4).

Palagi, S., Mazzolai, B., Innocenti, C., Sangregorio, C., Beccai, L.(2013). How does buoyancy of hydrogel microrobots affect their magnetic propulsion in liquids? . Applied Physics Letters. 102. (12).

Stefano Palagi, Virginia Pensabene, Edoardo Sinibaldi, Lucia Beccai, Barbara Mazzolai, Virgilio Mattoli, Paolo Dario, Arianna Menciassi(2011). Controlled Magnetic Propulsion of Floating Polymeric Two-Dimensional Nano-Objects . Advanced Robotics. 25. (8). p. 1029--1047. Informa {UK} Limited

Sinibaldi, E., Pensabene, V., Taccola, S., Palagi, S., Menciassi, A., Dario, P., Mattoli, V.(2010). Magnetic nanofilms for biomedical applications . Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine. 1. (2).

OTHER

Stefano Palagi, Debora Walker, Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer(2018). {NANOSCALE} {ROBOTIC} {AGENTS} {IN} {BIOLOGICAL} {FLUIDS} {AND} {TISSUES} . 19--42{WORLD} {SCIENTIFIC}

Stefano Palagi, Debora Walker, Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer(2017). Micro- and nanorobots in Newtonian and biological viscoelastic fluids . 133--162Elsevier {BV}

Stefano Palagi, Francesco Greco, Barbara Mazzolai, Lucia Beccai(2013). Bioinspired Design and Energetic Feasibility of an Autonomous Swimming Microrobot . 415--417Springer Science $\mathplus$ Business Media

CONFERENCE PAPER

Stefano Palagi, Tian Qiu, Johannes Sachs, Peer Fischer(2018). Soft Miniaturized Linear Actuators Wirelessly Powered by Rotating Permanent Magnets . {IEEE}

Stefano Palagi, Andrew G. Mark, Kai Melde, Tian Qiu, Hao Zeng, Camilla Parmeggiani, Daniele Martella, Diederik S. Wiersma, Peer Fischer(2017). Locomotion of light-driven soft microrobots through a hydrogel via local melting . {IEEE}

Mark, A.G. and Palagi, S. and Qiu, T. and Fischer, P.(2016). Auxetic metamaterial simplifies soft robot design . Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 2016-June. p. 4951-4956.

Stefano Palagi, Giacomo Cerretti, Daniele Martella, Hao Zeng, Camilla Parmeggiani, Andrew G. Mark, Kai Melde, Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer, Diederik S. Wiersma, et al.(2016). Towards photo-induced swimming: actuation of liquid crystalline elastomer in water . {SPIE}-Intl Soc Optical Eng

Palagi, S., Mark, A.G., Melde, K., Zeng, H., Parmeggiani, C., Martella, D., Wiersma, D.S., Fischer, P.(2016). Soft continuous microrobots with multiple intrinsic degrees of freedom . 2016 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales, MARSS 2016.

Qiu, T., Palagi, S., Mark, A.G., Melde, K., Fischer, P.(2016). Wireless actuator based on ultrasonic bubble streaming . 2016 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales, MARSS 2016.

Mark, A.G., Palagi, S., Qiu, T., Fischer, P.(2016). Auxetic metamaterial simplifies soft robot design . Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 2016-June. p. 4951-4956.

Cerretti, G., Martella, D., Zeng, H., Parmeggiani, C., Palagi, S., Mark, A.G., Melde, K., Qiu, T., Fischer, P., Wiersma, D.S.(2016). Towards photo-induced swimming: Actuation of liquid crystalline elastomer in water . Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 9738.

Stefano Palagi, Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer(2015). 3D-printed soft microrobot for swimming in biological fluids . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ({IEEE})

Stefano Palagi, Barbara Mazzolai, Lucia Beccai(2012). Modeling of a propulsion mechanism for swimming microrobots inspired by ciliate metachronal waves . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ({IEEE})

Stefano Palagi, Gioia Lucarini, Virginia Pensabene, Alessandro Levi, Barbara Mazzolai, Arianna Menciassi, Lucia Beccai(2012). Wireless swimming microrobots: Design and development of a 2 {DoF} magnetic-based system . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ({IEEE})

Stefano Palagi, Virginia Pensabene, Lucia Beccai, Barbara Mazzolai, Arianna Menciassi, Paolo Dario(2011). Design and development of a soft magnetically-propelled swimming microrobot . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ({IEEE})

Palagi, S., Pensabene, V., Mazzolai, B., Beccai, L.(2011). Novel smart concepts for designing swimming soft microrobots . Procedia Computer Science. 7. p. 264-265.