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Pietro Cataldi

Marie Curie Individual Fellow
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Pietro Cataldi is a Marie Curie Individual Fellow at the Smart Materials group at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)-Genova. He is working on the BioConTact project that targets developing a class of electrical conductors with tunable degradation for robotic tactile skin.

He finalized his M.Sc. in Physics at the Università di Genova in 2013, performing the thesis at the Electron dynamiX group of the Fritz-Haber-Institut in Berlin. He completed his Ph.D. in Bionanotechnology in 2018 at the IIT-Genova under the supervision of Dr. Ilker Bayer and Dr. Athanassia Athanassiou. In March 2018, he was sponsored by Ghelfi Ondulati S.P.A. to develop coatings to improve the mechanical properties of cardboard.

In September 2018, he moved to the group of Prof. Ian Kinloch and Dr. Mark Bissett at the University of Manchester National Graphene Institute, working in the EU graphene flagship. In 2020, he joined the group led by Dr. Mario Caironi at IIT-Milano, being part of the ELFO ERC project, whose goal is to develop electronic devices that are safely edible. In 2021, Pietro was awarded a Marie-Curie Individual Fellowship and moved to IIT-Genova in 2022.

He is interested in materials for flexible, green, and edible electronics and biopolymer-based composites for soft robotics.


Education

Title: Master Student - Solid State Physics
Institute: Università degli studi di Genova
Location: Genova
Country: Italy
From: 2011 To: 2013

Title: Erasmus Fellow
Institute: Freie Universitaet Berlin
Location: Berlin
Country: Germany
From: 2011 To: 2012

Title: Erasmus Placement Fellow
Institute: Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Location: Berlin
Country: Germany
From: 2013 To: 2013

Title: PhD Student
Institute: Università degli studi di Genova @IIT
Location: Genova
Country: Italy
From: 2014 To: 2018

Experience External

Title: Research Associate
Institute: The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Country: UK
From: 2018 To: 2020

All Publications
2024
Galli V., Annese V.F., Coco G., Cataldi P., Scribano V., Ilic I.K., Athanassiou A., Caironi M.
A Coplanar Edible Rechargeable Battery with Enhanced Capacity
Advanced Materials Technologies
Article Journal
2024
Lamanna L., Corigliano G., Narayanan A., Villani S., Friuli M., Chietera F.P., Stanca B.D.C., Giannotti L., Siculella L., Colella R., Catarinucci L., Athanassiou A., Cataldi P., Demitri C., Caironi M., Sannino A.
Beyond Plastic: Oleogel as gel-state biodegradable thermoplastics
Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 498
Article Journal
2024
Cataldi P.
Biobased and Biodegradable Printed Circuit Boards with Tunable Mechanical Properties
EMRS 2024 Spring Meeting
Conference Paper Conference
2024
Cataldi P.
Conductive Textile with Tunable Piezoresistivity and Biodegradation for Wearable Vibrotactile Haptics Systems
EMRS 2024 Spring Meeting
Conference Paper Conference
2024
Arbaud R., Najafi M., Gandarias J.M., Lorenzini M., Paul U.C., Zych A., Athanassiou A., Cataldi P., Ajoudani A.
Toward Sustainable Haptics: A Wearable Vibrotactile Solar-Powered System with Biodegradable Components
Advanced Materials Technologies, vol. 9, (no. 5)
Article Journal
Dissemination
2023
Cataldi P.
Sustainable Materials for Printed Circuit Boards and Coral Restoration
Time to Celebrate - CNST Milan
Public Event
Scientific Talks
2024
Cataldi P.
Materials for Green Electronics: Challenges, Opportunities and Applications in Robotics and Green Electronics
IFETC 2024 - 6th IEEE International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference
Conference
2024
Cataldi P.
Multifunctional and Sustainable hybrid and nanocomposite materials for electronics, sensors and energy
NanoInnovation Conference & Exhibition 2024
Conference
2023
Cataldi P.
Conductive Materials for Edible Electronics
ELFO Winter Workshop
Workshop/Symposium
2022
Cataldi P.
The Rise of Conformable and Green Electronics
Università degli Studi di Genova - Dipartimento di Fisica
Institute
2022
Cataldi P.
The Rise of Conformable and Green Electronics
CNR-SPIN
Institute
Oral presentations
2024
Cataldi P.
Biobased and Biodegradable Printed Circuit Boards with Tunable Mechanical Properties
EMRS 2024 Spring Meeting
Conference
2024
Cataldi P.
Conductive Textile with Tunable Piezoresistivity and Biodegradation for Wearable Vibrotactile Haptics Systems
EMRS 2024 Spring Meeting
Conference
2023
Cataldi P.
A Green Conformable Thermoformed Printed Circuit Board Sourced from Renewable Materials
MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit 2023
Conference
2023
Cataldi P.
Biodegradable, Self-healing, Recyclable, Conductive Coatings for Soft Robotics
MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit 2023
Conference
2023
Cataldi P.
Green Electrically Conductive Inks on Textiles with Tunable Piezoresistivity and Transiency with Robotics Applications
EMRS Spring Meeting
Conference
Awards and Achievements
2024
Cataldi P.
Best Oral Presentation Award - Symposium F - EMRS Spring 2024
2021
Cataldi P.
Marie Curie Individual Fellowship
2016
Cataldi P.
Best PhD Oral Presentation