Giuseppe Pontrelli is director of research at the Institute for Calculus Applications "Mauro Picone" of CNR in Rome. His research interests include applied mathematics, continuum mechanics and numerical analysis with application in biofluid dynamics, physiological flows at micro and nanoscale, mass transport, drug delivery in porous materials. Over the years, he has worked on many research projects and developed, with a multi-disciplinary approach, mathematical models and computational methods for complex systems related to health. He is the author of over 80 papers in international scientific journals and book chapters.