Andrea Curatolo, PhD., is the Leader of the Image-guided Robotic Delivery of Ocular Treatment (IR.) Group. Andrea is experienced in biomedical imaging R&D, especially in optical coherence tomography (OCT) and derived techniques to enhance diagnostic accuracy and guide surgery, aimed at improved health outcomes, mainly in ophthalmology and oncology. He coauthored more than 30 publications with an h-index of 19. Andrea obtained a PhD in biophotonics in 2017 at The University of Western Australia, under the supervision of Prof David Sampson. Before that, in 2006 he completed a MSc in physics engineering at Politecnico di Milano, Italy.

THE SCOPE OF THE RESEARCH

The IR. laboratory seeks to research novel techniques and develop instrumentation to address unanswered questions in vision science and unmet needs in ophthalmology and optometry. The IR. team brings the experience and translational know-how in optical engineering, imaging, biomedical physics, computing and mechatronics to solve eye-related problems, by carefully interfacing with vision scientists on one side and ophthalmologists, optometrists, and surgeons on the other.

The IR. laboratory’s research topics can be broadly classified in:

• Research into novel optical, biomechanical and computing techniques for structural and functional eye studies
• Instrumentation development for preclinical, clinical, and surgical eye care