Dr. Dario Carugo

Biography

Dario Carugo is an Associate Professor at the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, specializing in Biostimulation and Immunological Engineering. He holds BSc and MSc degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, with a focus on Biological Fluid Dynamics and Life Support Systems. He obtained his PhD in Bioengineering Sciences from the University of Southampton, where he developed biomimetic microfluidic models for evaluating intravascular therapeutics. Dario also completed a postdoctoral research stint at the University of Southampton and the University of Oxford, developing miniaturized acoustic devices that utilize ultrasound to manipulate biological cells. In 2016, he was awarded a tenure-track New Frontiers Fellowship at the University of Southampton and later became a Lecturer in the Bioengineering Research Group at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. By 2020, he joined University College London as a Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology and later became Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics. His research interests include designing mechanistic models, prototype devices, and investigating interventional stimuli-mediated approaches to treat chronic wounds, implant-associated infections, and vascular and musculoskeletal disorders. Dario is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and teaches various subjects in pharmaceutical sciences and engineering.

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