ORCID: 0000-0002-4323-3061
Scopus: 56740084700
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michele-Marino-3

Research Interests

• multiscale simulations and material homogenization
• chemo-mechanical and mechano-biological modelling and simulations
• simulations of viscous and viscoelastic flows for extrusion bioprinting
• hydrogels multi-field response
• coupling between mechanistic and data-driven approaches

Main Publications

• MM, Sauty B, Vairo G, 2024. Unraveling the complexity of vascular tone regulation: a multiscale computational approach to integrating chemo‐mechano‐biological pathways with cardiovascular biomechanics. Biomech Model Mechanobiol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-024-01826-6
  A computational model that integrates chemo-mechano-biological pathways with multiscale cardiovascular biomechanics.
  
• Fuhg JN, Böhm C, Bouklas N, Fau A, Wriggers P, MM, 2021. Model-data-driven constitutive responses: Application to a multiscale computational framework. Int J Eng Sciences 167:103522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijengsci.2021.103522
  Model-data-driven strategy based on machine learning approaches for model order reduction in multiscale computational homogenization.
  
• Hajikhani A, Wriggers P, MM, 2021. Chemo-mechanical modelling of swelling and crosslinking reaction kinetics in alginate hydrogels. J Mech Phys Solids 153:104476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2021.104476
  Multi-field (chemo-mechanical) model coupling reactive-diffusive mechanisms and poroelasticity during crosslinking in alginate hydrogels.
  
• MM, Hudobivnik B, Wriggers P, 2019. Computational homogenization of polycrystalline materials with the Virtual Element Method. Comput. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng. 355:349-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2019.06.004
  First-ever use and implementation of an advanced computational technique in a micro-macro computational approach for the description of materials characterized by complex geometrical and heterogeneous anisotropic domains.
  
• MM, Converse MI, Monson KL, Wriggers P, 2019. Molecular-level collagen damage explains softening and failure of arterial tissues. J. Mech. Behav. Biomed. Mat. 97: 254-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.04.022
  From fluorescence-based experiments to development of theoretical models for the mechanics of soft tissues and its variation due to inelastic effects.

Main Projects and Fundings

• 2021-2023. Progetti Gruppi di Ricerca 2020, granted by Regione Lazio. Project: From Lab to Table through Bioengineering Models. Role: Principal Investigator. Funding: ca. 150.000 EUR.
• 2020-2023. NSF Standard Grant, granted by NSF (National Science Foundation, USA). Project: Defining Multiscale, Rate-Dependent Damage Mechanisms in Blood Vessels. Role: Project Participant. Funding: ca. 500.000 USD.
• 2018. Rita Levi Montalcini Award, Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR, Italy). Project: Computational methods for chemo-mechano-biological mechanisms in arteries. Role: Project Leader. Funding: ca. 200.000 EUR.
• 2016 – 2021. Masterplan SMART BIOTECS, Ministry of Economy and Culture of Lower Saxony (Germany). Project: Predictive Simulations in Biomechanics. Role: Group Leader. Funding: ca. 800.000 EUR.
• 2014. Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship (Germany). Project: Advanced multiscale computational mechanics for physiopathological behavior analysis of tissues and organs. Role: Project Leader. Funding: ca. 60.000 EUR.

Short CV

Michele Marino studied Medical Engineering and obtained a doctorate in Civil Engineering at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. He carried out his postdoctoral training at the Institute for Continuum Mechanics at the University of Hannover. During his career he held the Alexander von Humboldt and Rita Levi Montalcini research grants. Since 2023 he is an associate professor at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. His research covers structural and computational mechanics, material behavior modeling, multiscale and multphysics simulations. Applications include material and structural design, biomechanical challenges, and enabling technologies for tissue engineering. 

2023-today. Associate Professor at University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.

2020-2022. Rita-Levi Montalcini Fellowship (tenure-track young professorship at University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy).

2019. Prize AIMETA Junior in Mechanics of Solids and Structures (Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics).

2017-2019. Group Leader at the Institute of Continuum Mechanics, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany.

2015-2016. Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Continuum Mechanics, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany).

2014. Post-doc at the University of Rome Tor Vergata

2009-2013. PhD in Structural Mechanics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy. Thesis: Pseudopotentials and thermomechanical response of materials and structures: a convex analysis approach. Supervisor: Franco Maceri. Committee: Ferdinando Auricchio, Quoc Son Nguyen, Stephanie Reese, Enrico Spacone, and Peter Wriggers.

2008. Visiting Scholar Researcher at the Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, University of Leeds, UK (Leonardo Da Vinci Studentship).

2002-2008. Bachelor and Master Degree in Medical Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.