Principal Investigators description

Principal investigators

Principal investigators (PI) are senior scientific staff at the head of a Research Line. They are responsible for the implementation of the scientific program, for their part of the budget and coordinates their staff.


Today, IIT has almost 80 PIs.

IIT People

Principal Investigators
Agnieszka Wykowska Senior Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator Social cognition in human-robot interaction
Alberto Diaspro Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator Nanoscopy & NIC@IIT
Alessandra Sciutti Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies
Alessandro Gozzi Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Functional Neuroimaging
Alessio Del Bue Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Visual Geometry and Modelling
Andrea Cavalli Researcher - Principal Investigator Computational and Chemical Biology
Andrea Barberis Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Synaptic Plasticity of Inhibitory Networks
Angelo Reggiani Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator D3 Validation
Annamaria Petrozza Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Advanced Materials for Optoelectronics
Antonio Bicchi Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation
Antonio Ambrosio Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Vectorial Nano-imaging
Arash Ajoudani Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Human-Robot Interfaces and Physical Interaction
Arianna Traviglia Researcher - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Cultural Heritage Technologies
Athanassia Athanassiou Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Smart Materials
Barbara Caputo Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator Visual and Multimodal Applied Learning
Barbara Mazzolai Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Bioinspired Soft Robotics
Benedetto Grimaldi Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Molecular Medicine
Camilla Coletti Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator 2D Materials Engineering
Chiara Bartolozzi Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator Event-Driven Perception for Robotics
Claudio Semini Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator Dynamic Legged Systems
Cristian Ciraci' Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator Computational Nanoplasmonics
Cristina Becchio Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Cognition, Motion and Neuroscience
Davide De Pietri Tonelli Senior Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator Neurobiology of miRNA
Fabio Biscarini Researcher - Principal Investigator Organic Neuroelectronics
Fabio Benfenati Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Neuroscience and Smart Materials
Fabrizio Pirri Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Advanced Materials for Sustainable Future Technologies
Ferruccio Pisanello Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Multifunctional Neural Interfaces with deep-brain regions
Francesca Santoro Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator Tissue Electronics
Francesco Nicassio Researcher - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Genomic Science
Francesco Papaleo Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Genetics of Cognition
Francesco De Angelis Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Plasmon Nanotechnologies
Francesco Di Stasio Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator Photonic Nanomaterials
Gabriella Panuccio Researcher - Principal Investigator Enhanced Regenerative Medicine
Gian Gaetano Tartaglia Researcher - Principal Investigator RNA Systems Biology
Giancarlo Ruocco Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Nanotechnologies for Neurosciences
Giandomenico Iannetti Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Neuroscience and Behaviour
Gianni Ciofani Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Smart Bio-Interfaces
Giuliano Iurilli Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator Systems Neurobiology
Giuseppe Vicidomini Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Molecular Microscopy and Spectroscopy
Guglielmo Lanzani Researcher - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Nanomaterials for Energy and Lifescience
Ilka Kriegel Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator Functional Nanosystems
Irene Bozzoni Researcher - Principal Investigator Non coding RNAs in Physiology and Pathology
John Assad Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator IIT@Harvard
Laura Cancedda Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Brain Development and Disease
Liberato Manna Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator NanoChemistry
Lorenzo Natale Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Humanoid Sensing and Perception
Luca Berdondini Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Microtechnology for Neuroelectronics
Lucia Beccai Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Soft BioRobotics Perception
Luciano Fadiga Researcher - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Multiscale Brain Communication
Marco De Vivo Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Molecular Modeling and Drug Discovery
Marco Maggiali Technologist - Facility Coordinator iCub Tech
Marco Crepaldi Technologist - Facility Coordinator Electronic Design Laboratory
Mario Caironi Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Printed and Molecular Electronics
Massimiliano Pontil Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Computational Statistics and Machine Learning
Massimo De Vittorio Researcher - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Nanotechnologies for Humans and Biosystems
Mauro Gemmi Technologist - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Electron Crystallography
Michael Vincent Lombardo Senior Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Monica Gori Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Unit for Visually Impaired People
Nicola Tirelli Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Polymers and Biomaterials
Nikolaos Tsagarakis Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Humanoids & Human Centered Mechatronics
Paolo Netti Researcher - Principal Investigator - Center Coordinator Bio-Logic Materials
Paolo Decuzzi Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Nanotechnology for Precision Medicine
Pier Paolo Pompa Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Nanobiointeractions & Nanodiagnostics
Raffaella Tonini Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Neuromodulation of Cortical and Subcortical Circuits
Roman Krahne Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Optoelectronics
Rosaria Brescia Technologist - Facility Coordinator Electron Microscopy
Salvatore Maria Aglioti Researcher - Principal Investigator Neuroscience and society
Sauro Succi Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator Mesoscale Simulations
Sergey Artyukhin Senior Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator Quantum Materials Theory
Stefano Panzeri Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Neural Computation
Stefano Gustincich Researcher - Principal Investigator Non-coding RNAs and RNA-based therapeutics
Teresa Pellegrino Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications
Tiziano Bandiera Senior Researcher - Principal Investigator D3 PharmaChemistry
Tommaso Fellin Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Optical Approaches to Brain Function
Valter Tucci Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Genetics and Epigenetics of Behavior
Velia Siciliano Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator Synthetic and Systems Biology for Biomedicine
Walter Rocchia Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator Computational mOdelling of NanosCalE and bioPhysical sysTems