Francesco Schiavone

Francesco Schiavone earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biomedical Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino, graduating with honors in Bionanotechnologies in July 2023. Passionate about nanomedicine, he has focused on smart nanoparticles as tools to modulate cellular behavior through physical and chemical signals. For his Master’s thesis at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Pontedera, under the supervision of Prof. Gianni Ciofani, he worked on two projects involving polydopamine nanoparticles: exploring their antioxidant potential for the treatment of rare mitochondrial diseases and their photothermal properties for hepatocellular carcinoma therapy. After graduation, he continued at IIT as a research fellow, further developing his skills in nanoparticle synthesis, cell culture (including patient-derived models), and ex ovo studies using quail embryos to model hepatocellular carcinoma and glioblastoma. He is currently a researcher at the Politecnico di Torino, under the supervision of Prof. Valeria Chiono, developing RNA-based nanotechnologies for potential cardiac therapies.