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Professor Cristina Piazza focuses on healthcare rehabilitation robotics, specifically on the study of human movement and the design of artificial devices based on soft robotics technologies. Her research interests include the development of innovative control algorithms to address various levels of amputation and the assessment of robotic prosthetic applications. She earned her B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering and M.S. in Automation Robotics Engineering, culminating in a PhD in Robotics with summa cum laude distinction from the University of Pisa, Italy, in 2019. After completing her doctorate, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Northwestern University's Regenstein Foundation Center for Bionic Medicine, part of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago, USA. Since 2020, she has been an assistant professor at the Technical University of Munich.
Northwestern University • Chicago, USA
Conducted research at the Regenstein Foundation Center for Bionic Medicine in rehabilitation robotics.
Technical University of Munich • Munich, Germany
Teaches courses and conducts research in healthcare rehabilitation robotics.