Dr. Riccardo Rizzo (D-HEST) wins MaP Award 2023
Four invited finalists presented their research at the MaP Graduate Symposium to determine the most promising thesis of 2022 in Materials and Processes at ETH Zurich. A jury of academic and industry representatives awarded the prestigious prize to Dr. Riccardo Rizzo of D-HEST.
Every year the MaP Doctoral School awards a prize for the most promising doctoral thesis of ETH Zurich in the field of Materials and Processes. In 2023, the theses of Dr. Lukas Gerken (D-MAVT), Dr. Mattia Halter (D-ITET), Dr. Amogh Kinikar (Empa and D-MATL), and Dr. Riccardo Rizzo (D-HEST) were selected out of twelve submitted applications. Accounting for 20% of the verdict, the finalists presented their findings during the MaP Graduate Symposium 2023, which took place on 22 June 2023 in Audi Max.
Riccardo Rizzo of the Tissue Engineering and Biofabrication Laboratory led by Prof. Zenobi-Wong convinced the jury of experts from academia and industry with his presentation on Development and Application of Photosensitive Bioresins for 3D Biofabrication Strategies - From Volumetric Printing to Two-Photon Stereolithograph and won the MaP Award 2023. All finalists received a puzzle ball consisting of twelve different materials. Riccardo Rizzo as winner additionally won CHF 3000 as prize money.
Dr. Rizzo is currently a SNSF Postdoc Mobility fellow at Harvard University in the group of Prof. Jennifer A. Lewis. In his postdoc work, he is exploring more biologically-oriented solutions for the generation of complex tissue models by using stem cells and organoids. Taking inspiration from the Lewis Lab pioneering work in this field, he also aims at converging their expertise with novel photochemical strategies. In the near future his goal is to lead a research group that works on the design of novel bioinspired functional materials and engineering approaches for biomedical challenges and sustainable materials.
