Dr. Alessandro Ramalli

Alessandro Ramalli was born in Prato, Italy, in 1983. He received the master’s degree in electronics engineering from the University of Florence, Florence, Italy, in 2008; the joint Ph.D. degree in electronics system engineering and in automation, systems, and images from the University of Florence and the University of Lyon, Lyon, France, respectively, in 2012. From 2012 to 2017, he was involved in the development of the imaging section of a programmable open ultrasound system by the University of Florence. From 2017 to 2019, he worked as a Post-Doctoral Researcher with the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Imaging and Dynamics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, granted by the European Commission through a “Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships”. Here, he developed high frame rate imaging techniques for echocardiography. From 2020 to 2022, he worked as a research fellow at the University of Florence, where he is currently an assistant professor. His research interests include medical imaging, echocardiography, beamforming methods, ultrasound simulation, arrays, and systems design.