Nicola Pugno
Professor
University of Trento
Italy
Biography
Dr.Nicola Pugno is the Professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics at the University of Trento (Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering).He is also the Founder of the Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Nanomechanics “Giuseppe Maria Pugno†at Politecnico and the Laboratory of Bio-Inspired & Graphene Nanomechanics at the University of Trento.Dr. Pugno,is a member of the scientific and technical committe of the Italian Space Agency (ASI). He has recived several awards like, ERC Starting (Consolidator) Grant 2011 BISHNAM on “Bio-inspired hierarchical super nanomaterialsâ€;ERC Proof of Concept 2013-1 REPLICA2 on “Large-area replication of biological anti-adhesive nanosurfacesâ€; ERC Proof of Concept 2013-2 KNOTOUGH on “Super-tough knotted fibresâ€. He is also associated with several journals. Dr. Pugno is the editor in chief of Frontiers in Materials - Mechanics of Materials, Bio-Inspired Materials, Academic Editor of PLoS ONE and Editorial Board Member in Biological Physics of Scientific Report. In addition, he is the Editorial Board member for 44 Int. Journals.
Research Interest