Giuseppe D'Avenio

Since 1996 G. D’Avenio has been working at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (i.e., the Italian National Institute of Health), and is currently at the National Center for Innovative Technnologies in Public Health. His main research activity is the fluid dynamical and biomechanical characterization of implantable devices (prosthetic heart valves, prosthetic vessels, stents). In this field, he has carried out several anemometric measurements on prosthetic heart valves, using laser Doppler anemomety (LDA) and 2D/3D particle image velocimetry (PIV). Other research interests: Experimental characterization of nanoparticle-induced biological effects Application of machine/deep learning to topics related to image processing and segmentation (echocardiography and MRI) Hemodynamical characterization of Fontan circulation, i.e., surgical palliation of univentricular heart condition. Optical methods for the assessment of structural integrity of biological valve prostheses. Proposal of innovative ab initio algorithms for discovery of proteins from the unannotated genome.