Dr. Elisabetta Canetta

Dr. Canetta graduated from the Department of Physics of the Universita’ di Bologna, Bologna (Italy) with an MPhys in Theoretical Nuclear Physics, and, in 2004, she obtained a PhD in Experimental Biophysics from the Universite’ Joseph Fourier, Grenoble (France), where she developed an AFM spectrometer for the micromanipulation of living cancer cells. In 2004, Dr. Canetta moved to the UK where she held postdoctoral positions at the University of Abertay Dundee, the University of Surrey, and the University of St Andrews, where she investigated the microrheological, biomechanical, and structural properties of human living cells and polymers, and further developed modulated Raman spectroscopy (MRS) techniques for the fast and reliable discrimination of normal and cancer cells. In 2011, Dr. Canetta moved to Cardiff University as a Lecturer in Biophotonics, and, in 2013, she joined St Mary's University, Twickenham, where she is a Senior Lecturer in Physics who investigates the application of bioengineering devices for the rehabilitation of stroke and other brain injury patients. She is also a philosophical theologian who investigates how physical and mathematical theories can be used to further explore theological doctrines and vice versa.