We are pleased to announce that Dr. Elisabetta Sieni has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the newly established Section “Bioengineering Design” in Designs (ISSN: 2411-9660).

Name: Dr. Elisabetta Sieni
Email: [email protected]
Affiliation: Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, University of Insubria, via Dunant, 3, 21100 Varese, Italy
Homepage: https://www.uninsubria.eu/hpp/elisabetta.sieni
Interests: finite element simulation; electromagnetic device design; optimization; medical application of electromagnetic fields; electroporation; 3D cell culture

Dr. Elisabetta Sieni received a degree in electronic engineering, with a thesis on biomedical engineering; a Ph.D. in bioelectromagnetics and electromagnetic compatibility, with a thesis on magnetic field sources and measurements of electromagnetic fields; and a Ph.D. in information engineering, curricula bioengineering, with a thesis on the use of numerical methods and optimization techniques applied for electromagnetic field computation of biological tissues and hyperthermia with magnetic nanoparticles for tumor treatment, from the Padova University in 2002, 2006, and 2011 respectively.

From 2010 to 2015, she was involved as a post-doctoral researcher with the Department of Industrial Engineering of Padova University. Her post-doctoral studies have focused on the field of electroporation of tumor cells, the development of new electrodes for electroporation, and the electrical properties of tumor tissues. She has also worked in the field of nanoparticles and nanofluids for tumor treatment (magneto fluid hyperthermia). From 2015 to 2018, she was an assistant professor in electrotechnics at Padova University and taught at the Photovoltaic Technologies and Electrotechnics Laboratory. Currently, she is an associate professor in electrotechnics at Insubria University.

She is involved in research projects on the numerical modelization of electric devices for industrial application, the design of biomedical applications of electromagnetic fields, numerical solutions of coupled electromagnetic and thermal problems, the development of optimization algorithms, and the use of magnetic nanoparticles in hyperthermia for tumor treatment and electrochemotherapy. She works on electroporation and she has designed electroporation experiments in 3D cell cultures involving cells and the extracellular matrix.

She has worked on the implementation of optimization algorithms for the design of biomedical devices and the treatment planning of medical therapies. She has built human models for numerical computation and used them for the evaluation of human exposure to electromagnetic fields. She is the author of various papers regarding congress proceedings and in international journals.

Her interests include the design of devices for medical applications, hyperthermia, electrochemotherapy, and electromagnetic field application for tumor treatment.

The following is a short Q&A with Dr. Elisabetta Sieni, who shared with us her vision for the journal and her views of the research area and open access publishing:

1. What is your vision for the Section?
In recent years, the design of biomedical applications has received considerable great interest in the scientific community, especially in the global distribution of medical devices and therapies. The pandemic further motivated this existing trend, spurring the global attention to health research in an attempt to improve the diffusion of health culture. The pandemic highlighted the necessity of structuring a global diffusion of devices and therapies and of finding solutions to limit health hazards. This global health idea has encouraged researchers to find methods to diffuse technology using the available resources. The design of new devices and the improvement of existing ones, with a focus on global health, will positively impact the world’s societies.

2. What does the future of this field of research look like?
In recent years, biomedicine and bioengineering have advanced as the average life span has increased, highlighting the important role of health acquired in modern society. Then, the findings of biomedical research have to be disseminated to improve the quality of life of each individual. As such, considerable increases in biomedical research are expected.

3. What do you think of the development of open access in the publishing field?
Open access is an interesting opportunity for the diffusion of information at the academic level.

We warmly welcome Dr. Elisabetta Sieni to her role as Section Editor-in-Chief, and we look forward to her leading Designs to many more milestones.