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Daniele Foresti

Born in: Italy
Primary research category: Engineering, Smart Materials and Biology
Research location / employer: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, USA
Fellowship dates: 2014-2019

Academic Career

  • Post-doctoral researcher at Harvard University, USA 2014-present
  • Post-doctoral researcher at ETH Zurich, Switzerland 2012-2014
  • Doctoral researcher at ETH Zurich, Switzerland 2009-2012
  • Summer student at CERN, Switzerland/France 2008
    M.Sc. in Energy and Nuclear Engineering, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy 2006-2008
  • ESI, European Scientific Institute, JUAS 2007 Joint Universities Accelerator School, Archamps, France 2007
  • B.Sc. in Computer Engineering, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy 2002-2005

Fellowship Research

Dr. Daniele Foresti aims at introducing a novel, material-independent liquid ejection concept based on acoustic forces and interfacial phenomena.

Major Awards

  • Early Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship of the Swiss National Science Foundation – awarded but declined 2014
  • Winner of the Gallery of Fluid Motion award American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics 2013
  • ETH Medal for outstanding Doctoral Thesis 2013
  • Selected as CERN Summer Student 2008
  • Winner of the “Master Thesis in a Foreign Country” Scholarship, University of Rome “Sapienza” 2007