• PERSONAL INFORMATION

Family name: Torricelli, First name: Alessandro

Researcher unique identifier(s): orcid.org/0000-0002-6878-8936, Scopus Author ID: 7003698688

Date of birth: 20/11/1968, Place of birth: Modena (Italy), Nationality: Italian

• EDUCATION

- 11/1995–10/1998, PhD in Physics, PhD Politecnico di Torino, Title obtained on 02/031999

- 11/1994–05/1995, Research internship, Politecnico di Milano, Dept. Physics, Milan (Italy)

- 11/1987–10/1994, Master Degree in Electronic Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy), Title obtained on 21/10/1994 (100/100 cum laude)

• CURRENT POSITIONS

- 02/ 2017–today, Full Professor in Physics, Politecnico di Milano, Dept. Physics, Milan (Italy)

- 03/2014 Associate Personnel, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie CNR, Milano (Italy)

• PREVIOUS POSITIONS

- 03/2005–01/2017, Associate Professor in Physics, Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Milan (Italy)

- 11/1999–02/2005, Researcher, Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Milan (Italy)

• FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

- 11/1998–10/1999, Post-doc, Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Milan (Italy)

- 05/1995–05/1996, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Milan (Italy), Biophysics unit, Management of radioprotection service and modeling of cellular kinetics

• SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

- in the period 2000–2020, supervisor of 8 Postdocs, 6 PhD students (2 ongoing) and 11 Master students at Politecnico di Milano, Dept. Physics Milan, Italy

• TEACHING ACTIVITIES

In the period 2000–2021 at Politecnico di Milano as professor:

- 4 courses “Light matter interaction”, Bachelor in Engineering Physics, 15 CFU

- 5 courses “Photon migration and wave diffusion in random media”, PhD Course in Physics, 25 CFU

- 27 courses “General Physics”, Bachelor in Biomedical/Electronics/Information Engineering, 220 CFU

• ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

Member of the Programme Committee of:

- the international workshop “nEUROPt”, 12-13/3/2012, Milan (Italy), 100 participants

- the international workshop “InsideFood Symposium”, 9-13/4/2013, Leuven (Belgium), 200 participants

- the international congress fNIRS2018, 5-8/10/2018, Tokyo (Japan), 500 participants

Chair of:

- the national workshop “Dagli atomi al cervello”, 27/1/2014, Milan (Italy), 200 participants

- the international workshop “BabyLux”, 28/4/2017, Milan (Italy), 80 participants

- the international “Joint ItalianFrench Workshop on “Cerebral oximetry and functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)”, 13-15/6/2018, Milan (Italy), 100 participants

• INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

- 03/2005–today, Responsible of the research laboratory on “functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)”. The fNIRS lab gathers 4 researchers, 1 post-doc, 3 PhD students

- 03/2005–today, Responsible of the research laboratory on “Photonics for food (PHOOD)”. The PHOOD lab gathers 2 researchers, and 1 post-doc

- 03/2005–11/2011, Responsible of the local research line “Photonic systems and lasers for biomedicine, environment, and cultural heritage”, Thematic area: Optics and Photonics, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze Fisiche della Materia (CNISM)

- 04/2012–today, Appointed member of Committee SC 62D “Medical devices” of Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano, Milano (Italy) for standardization of tissue oximeters

- 03/2012–today, Member of the Board of PhD Course in Physics, Politecnico di Milano, Dept. Physics, Milan (Italy)

- 01/2014–today, Member of the Safety Committee and Teaching Committee at Dept. Physics, Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy)

- 09/2015–today, Responsible of the Inter-Department Laboratory BrainLab@PoliMi joining the Departments of “Physics”, “Mathematics”, “Electronics, Information Technology and Bioengineering”, and “Design”

• REVIEWING ACTIVITIES AND COMMISSIONS OF TRUST

Evaluator of scientific proposal for international and national funding agencies:

- 2013–2015 Technology Foundation STW, The Netherlands

- 2016–2020, National Science Center, Poland

- 2018–2019, Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland

- 2018–2020, Italian Ministry of Education and Research, Italy

Reviewer for international scientific journals:

- Optics Express, Optics Letters, Biomedical Optics Express, Neurophotonics, Journal of Biomedical Optics, Neuroimage, Physics in Medicine and Biology, PlosOne

• MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

- Elected Board Member of the Scientific and Management Committee of the Society for Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy, www.fnirs.org, (since October 2016)

- Member of OSA, www.osa.org

- Member of SPIE, www.spie.org

- Member of IEEE, www.ieee.org

• MAJOR COLLABORATIONS

- Lund Laser Center, Lund, Sweden, Stefan Andersson-Engels, noninvasive diffuse optical spectroscopy of biological tissue

- Institut für Lasertechnologien in der Medizin und Meßtechnik, Ulm, Germany, Alwin Kienle, modeling light propagation in diffusive media

- Medical Physics, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin, Germany, Heidrun Wabnitz, Rainer Macdonald, time domain optical mammography and brain imaging

- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA, Amir Gandjbakhche, modeling light propagation in diffusive media

- Instytut Biocybernetyki I Inzynierii Biomedycznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Warsaw, Poland, Adam Liebert, time domain optical brain imaging

- Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Barcelona, Spain, Turgut Durduran, hybrid diffuse optical technology for noninvasive metabolism assessment in biological tissues

- Dept. Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College, London, United Kingdom, Jeremy Hebden, time domain optical mammography and brain imaging

- Dept. of Computer Science, University College, London, United Kingdom, Simon Arridge, modeling light propagation in diffusive media

- Tufts University Boston, USA, Angelo Sassaroli, modeling light propagation in diffusive media

• MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH PROJECTS

- Project manager - PLS: Perinatal Life Support System: Integration of Enabling Technologies for Clinical Translation”. H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2020: n.863087, 60 months

- Coordinator - BabyLux - An optical neuro-monitor of cerebral oxygen metabolism and blood flow for neonatology - EU CIP ICT PSP - 620996, 40 months

- Associate Coordinator - nEUROPt - Nonivasive imaging of brain function and disease by pulsed near infrared light - EU FP7 - Cooperation - STREP - HEALTH-2008 - 201076, 48 months

- Project manager - InsideFood - Integrated sensing and imaging devices for designing, monitoring and controlling microstructure of foods - EU FP7 - Cooperation - STREP - FP7-KBBE-2008-2B –

226783, 48 months

- Project manager - 3D Mosaic - Advanced Monitoring of Tree Crops for Optimized Management - How to Cope With Variability in Soil and Plant Properties? - ERANET – ICT AGRI - 235460 -

ERANET ICT-AGRI – 95, 24 months.

- Project manager - User-PA - Usability of environmentally sound and reliable techniques in precision agriculture - ERANET - ICT AGRI, 36 months.

- Workpackage leader - nEUROPt - Nonivasive imaging of brain function and disease by pulsed near infrared light - EU FP7 - Cooperation - STREP - HEALTH-2008 - 201076, 48 months.

- Workpackage leader - InsideFood - Integrated sensing and imaging devices for designing, monitoring and controlling microstructure of foods - EU FP7 - Cooperation - STREP -

FP7-KBBE-2008-2B – 226783, 48 months.

- Workpackage leader - 3D Mosaic - Advanced Monitoring of Tree Crops for Optimized Management - How to Cope With Variability in Soil and Plant Properties? - ERANET – ICT AGRI - 235460 – 95, 24 months.

- Workpackage leader - Tropico - Approccio multidisciplinare per l'innovazione della filiera di frutti tropicali: determinazione non distruttiva del grado di maturazione e dell'età biologica alla raccolta

di mango con spettroscopia laser a picosecondi nel vicino infrarosso - Fondo per la promozione di Accordi Istituzionali – Regione Lombardia - Progetto n. 17077, Rif. AGRO-16, 24 months.

- Project manager – PRIN: progetti di ricerca di rilevante interesse nazionale – Bando 2015 - A new non-invasive approach to the investigation of cerebral activity in domestic animals using functional near-infrared spectroscopy: Implications on animal welfare and on comparative system and cognitive neuroscience - Prot. 2015Y5W9YP, 36 months.

- Coordinator - Tropico - Approccio multidisciplinare per l'innovazione della filiera di frutti tropicali: determinazione non distruttiva del grado di maturazione e dell'età biologica alla raccolta di mango con spettroscopia laser a picosecondi nel vicino infrarosso - Fondo per la promozione di Accordi Istituzionali – Regione Lombardia - Progetto n. 17077, Rif. AGRO-16, 24 months.

- Principal investigator - Progetto Giovani Ricercatori - Caratterizzazione ottica in vivo di tessuti biologici" Politecnico di Milano - AF1998 – 1999, 12 months.

• CONTRIBUTIONS TO LAUNCHING THE CAREERS OF RESEARCHERS

- Rebecca Re – Actual position: Senior researcher (tenure track) at Dept. Physics Politecnico di Milano. Formerly: PhD student at Dept. Physics under my supervision (01/2009-12/2011)

• RECOGNISED LEADERSHIP IN INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION

- Co-founder of the start-up company “pioNIRS S.r.l.”, design and development of time domain near infrared tissue oximeter for non-invasive monitoring of muscle and brain oxidative metabolism.

• BIBLIOMETRICS

- Author ID: SCOPUS= 7003698688, orcid= 0000-0002-6878-8936

- H-index: SCOPUS=52 (43, w/o self citations from papers and books)

- Publications (SCOPUS): Papers=150, Proceedings+Book Chapters=213, Total=363

- Papers last 10 years 2011–2020 (SCOPUS): Papers=67

- Citations: SCOPUS=7380

- 10-year H-index 2011–2020: SCOPUS=28 (22, without self citations)

- 10-year Citations 2011–2020: SCOPUS=2283