Congratulations to Francesco Iorio for successfully defending his doctoral thesis titled “Innovation in tendon biomimetic scaffolds production” on 11th May, 2026.
Francesco completed his doctoral project in our Institute, supervised by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini in co-tutelle with the University of Teramo, Italy, co-supervised by Prof. Valentina Russo and Prof. Barbara Barboni. The project was carried out in the frame of the Doctoral Training Network Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions “PERSPECTIVES FOR FUTURE INNOVATION IN TENDON REPAIR” (P4FiT), of which Prof. Boccaccini was a principal investigator, coordinated by Prof. Helder Santos.
The defense was conducted online and the members of the doctoral defense committee were: apl. Prof. Rosiwal (FAU), Prof. Dorothea Brüggemann (Univ. of Applied Sci., Bremen), Prof. Luisa Pascucci (University of Perugia, Italy), Prof. Danijela Gregurec (FAU), Prof. Giovanna Della Porta (Univ. of Salerno, Italy), Prof. Alessia Peserico (Univ. of Teramo) and Prof. Boccaccini. After the successful defense of the doctoral thesis, Prof. Boccaccini highlighted the comprehensive experimental work carried out by Francesco and the innovative results obtained. In this project, a new family of multifunctional fibrous scaffolds based on the smart combination of biopolymers, including therapeutic ion releasing systems, was developed and characterised with focus on applications in tendon repair. The project involved research at the University of Teramo and other partner universities in P4FiT. A paper has already been published [1] and three other papers have been submitted. Many congratulations to Francesco for the successful defense of his doctoral thesis, and we wish Francesco all the best in his future career.
[1] F. Iorio, et al., Electrospun poly(ε-caprolactone)/poly(glycerol sebacate) aligned fibers fabricated with benign solvents for tendon tissue engineering, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part A 113 (2025) e37794.
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