Diego Ghezzi

Informations générales

Titre académique	Ph.D. in Bioengineering
Fonction	Responsable du groupe "Ophthalmic and Neural Technologies Group"

2023 - present	Responsable du groupe "Ophthalmic and Neural Technologies Group" à l'Hôpital Jules-Gonin, Lausanne, Suisse
2015 - 2023	Assistant Professor of Bioengineering with Medtronic Chair in Neuroengineering; Center for Neuroprosthetics and Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Suisse
2014 - 2015	Researcher; Dept. of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
2008 - 2014	Postdoctoral Scientist; Dept. of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
2008	Ph.D. in Bioengineering; Dept. of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
2004	Laurea in Biomedical Engineering; Politecnico di Milano, Italy

2021	Falling Walls Winner in Engineering and Technology: “Breaking the Wall to Retinal Implants to Reverse Blindness”
2014	Global Ophthalmology Awards Program (GOAP) by Bayer HealthCare
2014	Best idea area ‘Health’, Global Social Venture Competition, Italian Round
2014	UK-Italy entrepreneurship award, Sirius Programme, awarded by UK Trade & Investment
2013	Winner of Premio Nazionale per l’Innovazione (PNI) 2013, Life Science category
2013	Winner of SmartCup Liguria 2013, Global winner & Life Science category
2012	Best oral communication award at the 6th Meeting ‘Young Researchers in Physiology’, Italy
2011	FENS Travel stipend for attending the 8th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience
2007	1-year INGENIO Research fellowship from Regione Lombardia, Protocol number A0000589
2006	1-year research award from Politecnico di Milano ‘Progetto per giovani ricercatori bioingegneri’
2005	3-years Ph.D. scholarship from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
2005	Award for the best master thesis of the Italian National Bioengineering Group