Franca Scocozza is an Assistant Professor (RTDa) in Bioengineering at the University of Pavia, where she conducts research in 3D bioprinting and tissue engineering for regenerative medicine. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering (2014), her Master’s degree in Cell and Tissue Bioengineering (2017), and her Ph.D. in Bioengineering, Bioinformatics and Health Technologies (2023) from the University of Pavia. Her Ph.D. research was recognized with the GNB Ph.D. Award 2023 for the best doctoral thesis in bioengineering.

She is the Principal Investigator of the Fondazione Cariplo “Giovani Ricercatori” project (BioPAD), aimed at developing an advanced 3D bioprinted in vitro platform to study atherosclerosis and novel therapeutic strategies. She is also involved in several national and international research projects funded by the European Research Council (EPEIUS ERC CoG, PI: Michele Conti), the Italian Ministry of University and Research, and the Italian Ministry of Health, including (DORIAN, NODES, and NECIT). In addition to her academic career, from 2019 to 2024, she was CEO and co-founder of P4P s.r.l., a University of Pavia spin-off focused on innovative biomaterial-based technologies.
Her research focuses on biofabrication, 3D bioprinting, biomaterials, tissue engineering, computational modeling, and the development of advanced in vitro models for regenerative medicine, cancer research, and vascular diseases. She is also the inventor of an international patent on bioengineered scaffolds for bone regeneration. She has authored over 20 scientific publications, including book chapters, with an H-index of 10 and more than 270 citations (Scopus).
Franca is a member of the Italian Society of Bioengineering (GNB), the Italian Digital Biomanufacturing Network (IDBN), and the International Society for Biofabrication (ISBF). She is actively involved in teaching, supervising students, and organizing international schools and workshops on bioprinting and biofabrication.