ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research

Group Members

PD Dr. Francesco Clavica

Head Urogenital engineering (UGE)

University of Bern, ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, Urogenital Engineering

Phone
+41 31 684 14 28
E-Mail
francesco.clavica@unibe.ch
Postal Address
ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research
Freiburgstrasse 3
CH-3010 Bern

Curriculum Vitae

 
 2020 - December  Habilitation - Venia Docendi, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
2019 - present Group head of Urogenital Engineering Group, ARTORG Center, University of Bern, Switzerland 
2018 - present  Senior Reseacher at Center for Artificial muscle (CAM) -  Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
2018 - present
 Senior Researcher at CArdiovascular Engineering Group, ARTORG Center, University of Bern, Switzerland
2011 - 2014 Marie Curie Research fellow at (joint position):
- Department of Urology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands    
- Bristol Urological Institute, Southmed hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom      
2007 - 2011 PhD at Brunel Institute for Bioengineering, Brunel University, London, United Kingdom
 2007 Apr-Aug Research Assistant at Neurosurgery Department, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA
 2001 - 2006 MSc and BSc in Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

Research Interests

  • Biomedical fluid dynamics
  • Medical devices for urinary system
  • Medical devices for cardiovascular system
  • Microfluidics
  • Wave analysis
  • Electrophysiology
  • Respiratory system