Çï¿ûÊÓƵ

Gianluca Tozzi

Professor Gianluca Tozzi MSc, PhD

Professor of Industrial Engineering

Key details

Professor Gianluca Tozzi

Professor of Industrial Engineering

Professor Gianluca Tozzi is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering and Science, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ. He joined the University in 2022 to lead on industrial research and knowledge exchange with a strategic focus on Advanced Imaging Technologies for biomaterials and other engineering materials. He is also Visiting Professor at the School of Engineering, London South Bank University.

Previously, he was a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the School of Engineering, London South Bank University and a Reader in Bioengineering at the School of Mechanical and Design Engineering, University of Portsmouth. Professor Tozzi received a PhD in Bioengineering in 2012 from the University of Portsmouth and a 5-year MSc in Mechanical Engineering in 2008 from the University of Bologna.

Engineering

Responsibilities within the university

Module leader:

  • Engineering Mathematics 2 (MATH1145)
  • Global Engineering: Theory and Practice (GEEN1093)

Awards

Senior Visiting Fellow (2022). Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy.

Honorary Visiting Scholar (2017). School of Computer Science, Engineering & Mathematics, Flinders University, Australia.

Recognition

Editorial board member

  • Journal of Microscopy
  • Materials
  • Tomography of Materials and Structures

Guest editor

  • Journal of Microscopy
  • Frontiers in Materials
  • Materials
  • Life

Memberships

  • European Society of Biomechanics - ESB
  • British Society for Strain Measurement - BSSM

Research / Scholarly interests

Professor Tozzi’s research is devoted to the understanding of structure-function of biological tissues and biomaterials, aimed at informing product development for industry as well as clinical practice for traumatic and pathological conditions. To investigate such complex structures, he has integrated high-resolution X-ray computed tomography, experimental mechanics, measuring techniques such as Digital Volume Correlation (DVC) and, more recently, Artificial Intelligence (AI). In this field he pioneered research that advanced the understanding of tissue/biomaterial mechanical properties and produced a profound technological advancement.

Professor Tozzi published over 80 journal papers in the field and serve as reviewer for UK/international funding agencies and peer-reviewed journals. He led on numerous external grants awarding funding in excess of £2.5M by funding agencies and industry, where the research produced a tangible impact with commercial exploitation.

Recent publications

Article

Soar, Peter , Dall’Ara, Enrico, Palanca, Marco, Tozzi, Gianluca (2024), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 71: 102202 . pp. 1-14 2352-4316 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2024.102202).

Sigger, Neetu , Vien, Quoc-Tuan, Nguyen, Sinh Van, Tozzi, Gianluca , Nguyen, Tuan Thanh (2024), . Nature. In: , , , . Nature, Scientific Reports, 14: 8438 2045-2322 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s*8125-4).

Kim, Yang-Hee , Kanczler, Janos M., Lanham, Stuart, Rawlings, Andrew , Roldo, Marta , Tozzi, Gianluca , Dawson, Jonathan I. , Cidonio, Gianluca , Oreffo, Richard O. C. (2024), . Springer. In: , , , . Springer, Bio-Design and Manufacturing ISSN: 2096-5524 (Print), 2522-8552 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42242-023-00265-z).

Sensini, Alberto , Stamati, Olga, Marchiori, Gregorio, Sancisi, Nicola , Gotti, Carlo , Giavaresi, Gianluca , Cristofolini, Luca , Focarete, Maria Letizia , Zucchelli, Andrea , Tozzi, Gianluca (2024), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Heliyon, 10: e26796 (5) . pp. 1-15 2405-8440 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26796).

Rojas-Rojas, Laura , Tozzi, Gianluca, Guillén-Girón, Teodolito (2023), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Life, 13: 2141 (11) . pp. 1-14 2075-1729 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/life13112141).

Karali, Aikaterina , Dall’Ara, Enrico, Zekonyte, Jurgita, Kao, Alexander P. , Blunn, Gordon , Tozzi, Gianluca (2022), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 138: 105636 . pp. 1-10 ISSN: 1751-6161 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105636).

Black, Cameron , Gibbs, David, McEwan, Josephine, Kanczler, Janos , Fernández, Marta Peña , Tozzi, Gianluca , Dawson, Jonathan , Oreffo, Richard (2022), . SAGE. In: , , , . SAGE, Journal of Tissue Engineering, 13 . pp. 1-13 ISSN: 2041-7314 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/20417314221113746).

Dall’Ara, Enrico and , Tozzi, Gianluca (2022), . In: , , , . , Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 10: 1010056 ISSN: 2296-4185 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.1010056).

Riveiro Rodríguez, Antonio , Badar, Waqas, Ali, Husna, Brooker, Olivia N. , Newham, Elis , Snow, Tim , Terrill, Nicholas J. , Tozzi, Gianluca , Fratzl, Peter , Knight, Martin M. (2022), . In: , , , . , PLOS ONE, 17 (9) . pp. e0273832 ISSN: 1932-6203 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273832).

Rumney, Robin M. H. , Robson, Samuel C., Kao, Alexander P., Barbu, Eugen , Bozycki, Lukasz , Smith, James R. , Cragg, Simon M. , Couceiro, Fay , Parwani, Rachna , Tozzi, Gianluca (2022), . Nature Research. In: , , , . Nature Research, Nature Communications, 13: 3753 (1) . pp. 1-13 2041-1723 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31139-0).

Peña Fernández, Marta , Sasso, Sebastian J., McPhee, Samuel, Black, Cameron , Kanczler, Janos , Tozzi, Gianluca , Wolfram, Uwe (2022), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 132: 105303 . pp. 1-16 ISSN: 1751-6161 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105303).

Dall’Ara, E. , Bodey, A.J., Isaksson, H., Tozzi, Gianluca (2022), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 133: 105297 . pp. 1-13 ISSN: 1751-6161 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105297).

Bonithon, Roxane , Lupton, Colin, Roldo, Marta, Dunlop, Joseph Nicholas , Blunn, Gordon William , Witte, Frank , Tozzi, Gianluca (2022), . Elsevier - KeAi Communications. In: , , , . Elsevier - KeAi Communications, Bioactive Materials, 19 . pp. 406-417 2452-199X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioactmat.2022.04.012).

Zhang, Yuezhou , Hollis, Dave, Ross, Rosie, Snow, Tim , Terrill, Nick J. , Lu, Yongjie , Wang, Wen , Connelly, John , Tozzi, Gianluca , Gupta, Himadri S. (2022), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Materials, 15: 1836 (5) . pp. 1-19 ISSN: 1996-1944 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15051836).

Hexter, Adam T. , Karali, Aikaterina, Kao, Alex, Tozzi, Gianluca , Heidari, Nima , Petrie, Aviva , Boyd, Ashleigh , Kalaskar, Deepak M. , Pendegrass, Catherine , Rodeo, Scott (2021), . SAGE. In: , , , . SAGE, Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 9 (9) . pp. 1-19 ISSN: 2325-9671 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671211034166).

Shen, Sabrina Chin-yun , Peña Fernández, Marta, Tozzi, Gianluca, Buehler, Markus J. (2021), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 123: 104761 ISSN: 1751-6161 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2021.104761).

Peña Fernández, Marta , Kao, Alexander P., Bonithon, Roxane, Howells, David , Bodey, Andrew J. , Wanelik, Kazimir , Witte, Frank , Johnston, Richard , Arora, Hari , Tozzi, Gianluca (2021), . Elsevier - Acta Materialia. In: , , , . Elsevier - Acta Materialia, Acta Biomaterialia, 131 . pp. 424-439 ISSN: 1742-7061 (Print), 1878-7568 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2021.06.014).

Bonithon, Roxane , Kao, Alexander Peter, Fernández, Marta Peña, Dunlop, Joseph Nicholas , Blunn, Gordon William , Witte, Frank , Tozzi, Gianluca (2021), . Elsevier - Acta Materialia. In: , , , . Elsevier - Acta Materialia, Acta Biomaterialia, 127 . pp. 338-352 ISSN: 1742-7061 (Print), 1878-7568 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2021.03.068).