Leonardo Bianchi is a post-doctoral research associate (RTDA) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Politecnico di Milano. After graduating in Biomedical Engineering cum laude, he obtained the European PhD with honors in Mechanical Engineering (Politecnico di Milano), under the supervision of Prof. Paola Saccomandi with a thesis entitled ""Nanoparticles-mediated photothermal therapy and laser ablation for cancer treatment: numerical modeling and monitoring of the thermal effect”. He has spent research periods at the Multi-Modality Medical Imaging group (University of Twente, The Netherlands), the Institute of Image-guided Surgery in Strasbourg (France), the Backman Research Institute of City of Hope (USA), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA).
During his Ph.D. and the following research fellowship within the division of Measurements and Experimental Techniques, he worked on the implementation of methodologies for monitoring temperature and thermal damage during nanoparticles-mediated photothermal and thermo-ablative treatments for tumor removal. The activities were carried out within the ERC LASER OPTIMAL project in collaboration with international and national research centers, such as the Mario Negri Institute of Pharmacological Research.
His research interests focus on the investigation and evaluation of measurement systems based on photonic technologies (including fiber-optic sensors and hyperspectral imaging systems) for the development of innovative solutions for the control of thermal effects in biological tissues subjected to thermoablation and the monitoring of mechanical and thermal quantities for applications in industry and healthcare. He has worked as a lecturer, teaching assistant, and tutor for courses in ""Industrial measurements and instrumentation,"" ""New sensors and measurement systems for engineering - Instrumentation and measurements for bionic systems"" and ""Mechanical and thermal measurements."" He has also co-supervised bachelor's and master's degree students. He has authored several publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and proceedings of international conferences.
Leonardo was recently awarded the post-doctoral fellowship ""Roberto Rocca Project"" aimed at promoting collaboration between Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Politecnico di Milano, two awards at the international conference IEEE Medical Measurements and Application- MEMEA (2022, Best student paper and Travel grant) and the Applied sciences MDPI 2024 travel award.