Maria Grazia Cascone is Associate Professor at the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy. She received her PhD in Biomaterials from the University of Pisa in 1995. Her research focuses on the design, development and characterization of polymeric biomaterials for biomedical applications, with particular emphasis on tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, biomimetic scaffolds, hydrogels and drug delivery systems. Her research activity is highly interdisciplinary and combines materials science, engineering, biology and medicine. She has extensive experience in the biological characterization of biomaterials and cell culture-based methods. She has participated in numerous national and international research projects and collaborations, including projects with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has been a member of the Editorial Board of Biomimetics since 2020.