Daraio Research Group at Caltech

Biography

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering. University of California, San Diego. June 2006.
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego. January 2003.
M.S./B.S. (Diploma di Laurea, 5 yrs), magna cum laude, Mechanical Engineering. University of Ancona, Politecnico delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. December 2001.

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (September 2016 to present)
Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics
ETH Zürich, CH (January 2013 to August 2016)
Professor, Chair in Mechanics and Materials
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (December 2010 to present)
Professor, Aeronautics and Applied Physics
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (September 2006 to 2010)
Assistant Professor, Aeronautics and Applied Physics

Caltech

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), White House, Washington D.C., July 2012.
JSA Young Investigator Lectureship, Society for Experimental Mechanics, June 2012.
Sloan Research Fellowship, February 2011.
JFK 50 Years, Legacy Gallery, January 2011.
Brilliant 10, Popular Science Magazine, October 2010.
Richard C. Biedebach Memorial Watson Lecture, May 2010.
ONR Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research, April 2010.
Future World Leader, Science and Technology in Society forum (selected as one of 10 scientists under 40 worldwide, one of two representing the USA), Oct. 2009.
NSF CAREER Award, CMMI, January 2009.
Lister Vickery Trophy, 1st prize winner of the "INSEAD Comitel 16th Business Venture Competition" (Solitonik), June 2008.
Richard-von-Mises-Prize, awarded by GAMM (Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics), April 2008.
Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society, elected Full Member, 2007.
Felice De Carli Medal (Young Investigator Award), Italian Metallurgical Society, Nov. 2006.
Selected scientific News Coverage: CNN, Scientific American, National Geographic, Discover, Discovery Channel, CBSNews, MSNBC, NPR, NPR Canada, London's Telegraph, Popular Science, Science Daily, EurekAlert, Daily Caller, Yahoo News, R&D Magazine, Thaindian News, ANSA, La Repubblica, La Stampa.

University of California, San Diego

Gold Award Winner, MRS Graduate Student Contest, MRS 2005 Fall Meeting, Nov. 2005.
APS/SCCM travel award recipient, August 2005.
Materials Science Fellowship (UC San Diego) for the year 2004-2005.
Jacobs Fellowship (UC San Diego), September 2001-2002.
Selected as one of the ~40 nation best engineering graduate students by Animal Planet/Discovery Channel TV to participate in the filming of "Chasing Nature" episodes in Australia, October 2005.
Selected scientific news coverage: Nature News, National Geographic, Scientific American, Science Daily, EurekAlert, PhysOrg, New Scientist, Nanowerk, La Repubblica.

University of Ancona, Politecnico delle Marche, Italy

First Prize Winner for the Rotary Club International Thesis Award, Ancona, May 2002.
Honors, Thesis Publication Reccommended (Dignita’ di Stampa) December 2001.
Selected by ESA (European Space Agency) in the Italian students representative for the International Aerospace Conference in Toulouse (FR) in September 2001.