Giancarlo Pennati is an Associate Professor in Industrial Bioengineering at the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano. He also serves as a member of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB). He received his Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano in 1989 and completed his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the Politecnico di Milano in 1995. The main topics of his research are the design of medical devices and prostheses, biomechanics of the cardiovascular system and surgical corrections, mechanical properties and fatigue behavior of biological tissues and biomaterials.