Dr. Fabrizio Spano

Dr. Fabrizio Spano

ZHAW School of Engineering
Sensors and Measuring Systems
Technikumstrasse 71
8400 Winterthur

+41 (0) 58 934 46 95
fabrizio.spano@zhaw.ch

Projects

• Conductive Skin / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Development of a point of care device prototype for blood ammonia monitoring / Team member / Project ongoing
• Towards tailored mechanical properties of artificial tissue models / Team member / Project completed
• SPACCIO – 3D-Printed Transdermal Delivery System / Project leader / Project completed
• Skinobi – Affordable Sensor to Track Skin Condition and Age / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Bajrami, Dardan; Zubiaga, Asier; Renggli, Timon; Kirsch, Christoph; Spano, Fabrizio; Fehr, Daniel; von Schulthess, Patrick; Lindhorst-Peters, Alisa; Huber, Stephanie; Roider, Elisabeth; Rossi, René M.; Navarini, Alexander A.; Bonmarin, Mathias,

  2024.

  Variations of skin thermal diffusivity on different skin regions.

  Skin Research and Technology.

  30(3), pp. e13622.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/srt.13622

• Gong, Liuyu; Bonmarin, Mathias; Spano, Fabrizio; Shen, Ya; Shen, Lin; Han, Guocheng; Wei, Shanshan; Zhang, Qihan; Chen, Zhencheng; Zhao, Feijun,

  2023.

  Integrated device based on a sudomotor nanomaterial for sweat detection.

  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

  15(25), pp. 29866-29875.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c03401

• Hagen, Raphael; Fehr, Daniel; Spano, Fabrizio; Babity, Samuel; Brambilla, Davide; Bonmarin, Mathias,

  2023.

  Portable multi-wavelength fluorescence measurement device : empirical evaluation.

  IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.

  72(4005409).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2023.3270999

• Malnati, Claudio; Fehr, Daniel; Spano, Fabrizio; Bonmarin, Mathias,

  2021.

  Modeling stratum corneum swelling for the optimization of electrode-based skin hydration sensors.

  Sensors.

  21(12), pp. 3986.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/s21123986

• Bonmarin, Mathias; Steinmetz, Lukas; Spano, Fabrizio; Geers, Christoph,

  2021.

  Using lock-in thermography to investigate stimuli-responsive nanoparticles in complex environments.

  IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine.

  24(4), pp. 3-10.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/MIM.2021.9448265

• Faccio, Greta; Cont, Alice; Mailand, Erik; Zare-Eelanjegh, Elaheh; Innocenti Malini, Riccardo; Maniura-Weber, Katharina; Rossi, René M.; Spano, Fabrizio,

  2019.

  Complete inclusion of bioactive molecules and particles in polydimethylsiloxane : a straightforward process under mild conditions.

  Scientific Reports.

  9(1), pp. 17575.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54155-5

• Zhai, Lina; Adlhart, Christian; Spano, Fabrizio; Innocenti Malini, Riccardo; Piątek, Agnieszka K.; Li, Jun; Rossi, René M.,

  2018.

  Prediction of steam burns severity using raman spectroscopy on ex vivo porcine skin.

  Scientific Reports.

  8(6946).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24647-x

• Dąbrowska, A.K.; Spano, F.; Derler, S.; Adlhart, C.; Spencer, N.D.; Rossi, R.M.,

  2017.

  The relationship between skin function, barrier properties, and body-dependent factors.

  Skin Research and Technology.

  24(2), pp. 165-174.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/srt.12424

• Dabrowska, Agnieszka K.; Adlhart, Christian; Spano, Fabrizio; Rotaru, Gelu-Marius; Derler, Siegfried; Zhai, Lina; Spencer, Nicolas D.; Rossi, René M.,

  2016.

  In vivo confirmation of hydration-induced changes in human-skin thickness, roughness and interaction with the environment.

  Biointerphases.

  11(3).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1116/1.4962547

• Yunus, Sami; Spano, Fabrizio; Patrinoiu, Greta; Bolognesi, Alberto; Botta, Chiara; Brühwiler, Dominik; Zabala Ruiz, Arantzazu; Calzaferri, Gion,

  2006.

  Hexagonal network organization of dye-loaded zeolite L crystals by surface-tension driven autoassembly.

  Advanced Functional Materials.

  16(17), pp. 2213-2217.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.200600255

• Hagen, Raphael; Spano, Fabrizio; Bonmarin, Mathias; Fehr, Daniel,

  2023.

  Modular and portable time-resolved fluorescence measurement system [paper].

  In:

  Precision Photonic Systems, Buchs SG, Switzerland, 24-25 October 2023.

  Zenodo.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10124361

• Grossmann Aybar, Christian; Fehr, Daniel; Spano, Fabrizio; Kourouklis, Andreas P.; Mazza, Edoardo; Bonmarin, Mathias,

  2023.

  Thermal analysis of new transdermal devices for power transfer to ventricular assist devices [poster].

  In:

  Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering (SSBE), Allschwil, Switzerland, 13 September 2023.

  Basel:

  SSBE.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29026

• Cabral, Kianna; Thiriot, Laureline; Röhrnbauer, Barbara; Bonmarin, Mathias; Spano, Fabrizio,

  2023.

  3D printing of solid liquid composites for cell-like based artificial skin model [poster].

  In:

  33rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB), Davos, Switzerland, 4-8 September 2023.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30588

• Bajrami, Dardan; Wei, Kongchang; Spano, Fabrizio; Bonmarin, Mathias; Rossi, René,

  2023.

  Development of a 3D-printed bio-hybrid skin model for photothermal therapy applications [poster].

  In:

  33rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials, Davos, Switzerland, 4-8 September 2023.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29135

• Cauquil, Eléonore; Kiener, Luca; Hofmann, Jonas; Spano, Fabrizio; Röhrnbauer, Barbara,

  2023.

  A combined experimental and numerical method for tailoring the multi-scale mechanical properties of soft solid liquid composites [poster].

  In:

  33rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB), Davos, Switzerland, 4-8 September 2023.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30272

• Hagen, Raphael; Fehr, Daniel; Spano, Fabrizio; Brambilla, Davide; Bonmarin, Mathias,

  2022.

  Portable multi-wavelength fluorescence measurement device [paper].

  In:

  2022 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA).

  XVII IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, Messina, Italy, 22-24 June 2022.

  IEEE.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/MeMeA54994.2022.9856591

• Fehr, Daniel; Sassenburg, Renske; Blunschi, Jacqueline; Lay-Ekuakille, Aimé; Massaro, Alessandro; Bonmarin, Mathias; Spano, Fabrizio,

  2021.

  A capacitive color-changing electronic skin for touch sensing applications [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications.

  2021 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), Lausanne, Switzerland, 23-25 June 2021.

  IEEE.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/MeMeA52024.2021.9478674

• Bösch, Barbara; Fehr, Daniel; Rossi, René; Bonmarin, Mathias; Boesel, Luciano; Spano, Fabrizio,

  2021.

  Optical tactile skin : development of an optical electronic skin for pressure sensing applications [poster].

  In:

  The yearly meeting of the Biomedical Photonics Network 2021, "Progress in Biomedical Photonics", 9 December 2021.

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