Bioengineering Webinar | Electric, Magnetic, and Electromagnetic Fields in Biology and Medicine: From Mechanisms to Biomedical Applications
Meet Our Speakers
Dr. Anna Sannino
CNR – Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment, Naples, Italy;
Anna Sannino earned an M.Sc. in Biological Sciences from the University of Naples Federico II (2002) and a PhD in Biochemistry and Pathology of Drug Action from the University of Salerno (2013). She is currently a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA) of the National Research Council (CNR) in Naples, Italy. Her specialization in bioelectromagnetics has resulted in more than 60 peer-reviewed publications, including journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings, as well as memberships in several international scientific communities. She has been involved as a team member in several national and international research projects. Her research focuses on the in vitro biological effects of radiofrequencies (3G, 4G, and 5G), extremely low frequencies (ELF), and high-voltage nanosecond electric pulses. Her expertise encompasses genotoxic and non-genotoxic carcinogenesis, experimental studies on the interaction between biological systems and electromagnetic fields, occupational exposure assessment, biomedical applications, and systematic reviews of scientific literature.
Dr. Caterina Merla
Italian National Agency for New Technology, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), SSPT- Division of Health Protection Technologies, Rome, Italy;
Caterina Merla received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electronic Engineering from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, in 2004 and 2008, respectively. From 2008 to 2012, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at XLIM (CNRS–University of Limoges, France) and at the Italian Inter-University Research Center on Electromagnetic Fields and Biosystems, Rome, Italy. In 2012, she worked as a Research Scientist at Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA, USA). She is currently a Senior Scientist at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) in Rome, Italy. She serves on the council of the International Society for Electroporation-Based Technologies and Treatments. Her research focuses on bioelectromagnetics for both safety and biomedical applications. She has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and over 100 conference contributions, including invited and plenary lectures. She holds a patent related to pulsed electric fields for cancer stem cells and interactions with ionizing radiation. She has been involved as Principal Investigator or team member in several national and international research projects.
Dr. Serena Fiocchi
Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering of the Italian National Research Council (IEIIT-CNR);
Serena Fiocchi is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering of the Italian National Research Council (IEIIT-CNR). She received her Ph.D. in Bioengineering with a European Doctorate certification from the Polytechnic of Milan in 2013, following her M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering in 2009. Her research focuses on bioelectromagnetics, computational modeling of electromagnetic field interactions with biological systems, neuromodulation technologies, exposure assessment, and biomedical applications of electromagnetic fields. She has participated in numerous European and national research projects, serving as Principal Investigator and coordinator in several initiatives related to 5G exposure, electromagnetic safety, brain stimulation, and medical technologies. She is a member of the WHO Task Group on Radiofrequency Fields and Health Risks and serves on the Executive Board of the Italian National Group of Bioengineering. She has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, 4 book chapters, and over 100 conference papers, with an h-index of 23 and more than 1,500 citations. She is actively involved in scientific publishing as Guest Editor for several international journals and regularly serves as an invited speaker, session chair, reviewer, and supervisor of graduate and postgraduate students.
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Organizer
Guest Editors: Dr. Stefania Romeo, Dr. Anna Sannino
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2026