Dr. Eng. Luigino Criante is currently a Technologist Researcher at the Center for Nano Science Technology at POLIMI Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, leading the “Micromachine FemtoFab Research” unit and managing the facility "Femtosecond Micromachine", dedicated to the ultra-short-pulse laser micro-fabrication field. In 2002, he obtained an Electronic Engineering Degree (MSc) at the Polytechnic University of Marche (110/110 and “cum laude”), and he obtained an International PhD in Materials Engineering (emphasis on Optic and Photonic) in 2005. He obtained a “National Scientific Qualification to Associate Professor” (Contest Academic Sector 02 / B1) in Experimental Physics in 2017. He is an expert in photonic devices (1/2/3D photonic crystal, mirrorless dye microlaser, integrated micro-optics), the electro-optic modulation of their properties by external stimuli, and the optofluidic lab-on-chip platform. His main research activity concerns the simulation of light–matter interactions, the optical characterization of materials, and the study of biomedical applications through light-performing analysis and interaction, with a strong focus on laser techniques for the direct manufacturing of devices. He is currently focusing on the simulation and analysis of new lab-on-chip designs and underground platforms on semitransparent substrates in the field of optofluidics, exploiting a combination of microfluidics and photonics.