Riccardo Gottardi, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Chief Scientist, Pediatric Airway Frontier Program, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Member, Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders, University of Pennsylvania
Member, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Pediatrics
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Bioengineering and Biomaterials Laboratory
3615 Civic Center Blvd
Room 1016G, Abramson Research Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Bioengineering and Biomaterials Laboratory
3615 Civic Center Blvd
Room 1016G, Abramson Research Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 412-251-6987
Lab: 215-590-0968
Lab: 215-590-0968
Email:
gottardir@chop.edu
gottardir@chop.edu
Publications
Education:
M.Sc. (LS) (Applied Physics, Medical Physics)
University of Pisa, Italy, 2003.
B.Sc. (LM) (General Physics)
University of Pisa, Italy, 2003.
Ph.D. (Inform., Communication Sci. & Tech. & Electronics & Inform. Engineering, Biomedical Engineering)
University of Genova, Italy, 2007.
Permanent linkM.Sc. (LS) (Applied Physics, Medical Physics)
University of Pisa, Italy, 2003.
B.Sc. (LM) (General Physics)
University of Pisa, Italy, 2003.
Ph.D. (Inform., Communication Sci. & Tech. & Electronics & Inform. Engineering, Biomedical Engineering)
University of Genova, Italy, 2007.
Selected Publications
I. Chiesa, R. Di Gesù, K.J. Overholt, R. Gottardi: A Mesoscale 3D Culture System for Native and Engineered Biphasic Tissues: Application to the Osteochondral Unit. Organ-on-a-Chip. Methods in Molecular Biology. Rasponi M. (eds) (eds.). Humana, New York, NY, 2373: 267-281, 2022.M.R. Aronson, S. AliAkbariGhavimi, P.M. Gehret, I.N. Jacobs, R. Gottardi: Drug-eluting Endotracheal Tubes for Preventing Bacterial Inflammation in Subglottic Stenosis. The Laryngoscope 132(7): 1356-1363, Jul 2021.
E. Capuana, D. Marino, R. Di Gesù, V. La Carrubba, V. Brucato, R.S. Tuan, R. Gottardi: A High-Throughput Mechanical Activator for Cartilage Engineering Enables Rapid Screening of in vitro Response of Tissue Models to Physiological and Supra-physiological Loads. Cells, Tissues, Organs 14(5): 1-19, July 2021.
S. AliAkbariGhavimi, P.M. Gehret, M.R. Aronson, R. Schipani, K.W.Y. Smith, R.C. Borek, J.A. Germiller, I.N. Jacobs, K.B. Zur, R. Gottardi: Drug Delivery to the Pediatric Upper Airway. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 174(4): 168-18, July 2021.
A. Pirosa*, R. Gottardi* co-first author, P.G. Alexander, D. Puppi, F. Chiellini, R.S. Tuan: An in vitro chondro-osteo-vascular triphasic model of the osteochondral complex. Biomaterials 272(8): 120773, May 2021.
J.L. Handlos, A. Esrafili, J.L. Mangal, S. Inamdar, S. Mcmillian, M. Wankhede, R. Gottardi, A.P. Acharya: Engineering metabolism of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) cells for developing efficient immunotherapies. Cancers 13(5): 1123, March 2021.
R. Gottardi, K. Moeller, R. Di Gesù, R.S. Tuan, M. van Griensven, E.R. Balmayor: Application of a Hyperelastic 3D Printed Scaffold for Mesenchymal Stem Cell-based Fabrication of a Bizonal Tendon Enthesis-like Construct. Frontiers in Materials: Biomaterials 8: 613212, March 2021.
A. Pirosa*, R. Gottardi* co-first author, P.G. Alexander, D. Puppi, F. Chiellini, R.S. Tuan: An in vitro chondro-osteo-vascular triphasic model of the osteochondral complex. Biomaterials 272(5): 120773, 2021.
A.C. Greene, A.P. Acharya, S.B. Lee, R. Gottardi, E. Zaleski, S.R. Little: Cranberry extract-based formulations for preventing bacterial biofilms. Drug Delivery and Translational Research 11(3): 1144-1155, August 2020.
R. Di Gesù, A. Acharya, I. Jacobs, R. Gottardi: 3D printing for tissue engineering in otolaryngology. Connective Tissue Research 61(2): 117-136, March 2020.