WISE S.r.l.
Piazza Duse, 2
20122 Milano - Italy
Tel. +39 3337657189
www.wisebiotech.com
CIMAINA & Physics Department
Università degli Studi di Milano
Via Celoria, 16
20133 Milano - Italy
http://users.unimi.it/cimaina/
 | luca.ravagnan@gmail.com |
Luca Ravagnan is presently the CEO and co-founder of the medtech company WISE s.r.l., a start-up company having the mission of developing and marketing the new generation of leads for neuromodulation (NM) for the treatment of chronic pain and Parkinson.
In 1997 he achieved the International Baccalaureate at the United World College of the Adriatic (that he attended as the winner of a full scholarship under the high patronage of the President of the Italian Republic). In 2002 he graduated in Physics at the University of Milano (with full marks cum laude). During his graduating thesis he characterized, by in situ Raman spectroscopy, nanostructured carbon films synthesized by supersonic cluster beam deposition, demonstrating for the first time that chains made by sp-hybridized carbon atoms can be produced in stable form in a pure carbon solid. Based on this work he published the same year an article on the journal Physical Review Letters [L. Ravagnan et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 285506 (2002)], that up to date has been cited more than 100 times.
He then continued his research activity at the same University during his doctorate, by characterising the electric transport, vibrational and electronic properties of sp-sp2 carbon. In 2005 he received the degree of Philosophy Doctor in Physics, Astrophysics and Applied Physics (marks: excellent) and from 2006 to 2010 he continued his studies on sp-sp2 carbon as a Post-doc of the University of Milano. Since 2007 he developed an innovative approach for the production of biocompatible stretchable microcircuits on polymers based on neutral cluster implantation. Based on this research, he filed in 2010 an Italian patent and, in 2011, he founded together with 3 scientific partners and a seed capital company the company WISE s.r.l. that will industrially exploit this technology for biomedical applications.
He has published 28 articles on international journals peer reviewed (h-index 10) and he is the author of a chapter of the book "Polyynes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications" edited by Franco Cataldo (published in 2005 by CRC Taylor&Francis). He presented the results of his research as oral contributions at more then 10 international conferences (among which 3 as invited speaker).
From 2003 he participated to six beamtimes at the ELETTRA and MAX-lab synchrotron facilities, characterizing both solid samples and free clusters in the gas phase. Regarding this latter, in 2006 he was awarded, as member of LGM laboratory, the “Prof. Luigi Tartufari” prize from the “Accademia dei Lincei” for his studies on free clusters.
From 2005 to 2011 he has been the activity coordinator for the Laboratory of Optical Spectroscopy of the centre of excellence CIMAINA of the University of Milano and from 2007 he is coordinating the Stretchable Electronics Group at the same centre. From 2009 to 2010 he was the scientific coordinator for a research project granted by the Cariplo Foundation.
In 2012 he has received the “Sapio Prize for the Italian Research” (Junior section), one of the most prestigious prizes awarded in Italy for applied research.
In 2011 he has received the prize “TR35-Young Innovators” (awarded by the Research and Innovation Forum and by Italian edition of the Technology Review magazine), the 2nd prize “Medical Bisiness Idea 2011” (awarded by the “Charité Entrepreneurship Summit 2011” - Berlin), the “Isimbardi Prize 2011 – Young Talents” (awarded by the Province of Milan) and the prize “What’s Up Young Talents” for the research (awarded by the Journal “What’s Up”). In 2013 he has also received the “Premio Città Impresa 2013” (awarded by the “Festival Città Impresa” in Vicenza, Italy).
In 2011 the start-up WISE that he is administrating as CEO has received the 1st prize for the Life Sciences sector at the “Start Cup Milano Lombardia 2011” and the “Nanochallenge 2011” prize (300.000 euro prize awarded by Veneto Nanotech on November 11th 2011). In 2012 the company has received the "Action for Innovation Award 2012” (awarded by FAST/SIMPLER in collaboration with M31 and Banner Ventures), and the “Best Presentation Awards” at the Biochem Accelerator Forum (Frankfurt, Germany), at the European Venture Contest Semi Final Healthcare (Aarhus, Denmark), at the Italian Venture Forum (Torino, Italy) and at the “Innova Day” (Mirandola, Italy).
In December 2012 WISE also qualified as one of the Top 10 European companies at the “European Venture Contest 2012” (Berlin, Germany). The 10 winners were selected through several stages of selection starting from 800 applying start-up companies throughout Europe.
In 2013 WISE has received the “Young Italian Innovators in France” prize awarded by the French Embassy in Italy, the “Up Start Paolo Traci” award by Confindustria Salerno and the “Best Presentation Award” at the Alpine Venture Forum (Lausanne, Switzerland).
In 1997 he achieved the International Baccalaureate at the United World College of the Adriatic (that he attended as the winner of a full scholarship under the high patronage of the President of the Italian Republic). In 2002 he graduated in Physics at the University of Milano (with full marks cum laude). During his graduating thesis he characterized, by in situ Raman spectroscopy, nanostructured carbon films synthesized by supersonic cluster beam deposition, demonstrating for the first time that chains made by sp-hybridized carbon atoms can be produced in stable form in a pure carbon solid. Based on this work he published the same year an article on the journal Physical Review Letters [L. Ravagnan et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 285506 (2002)], that up to date has been cited more than 100 times.
He then continued his research activity at the same University during his doctorate, by characterising the electric transport, vibrational and electronic properties of sp-sp2 carbon. In 2005 he received the degree of Philosophy Doctor in Physics, Astrophysics and Applied Physics (marks: excellent) and from 2006 to 2010 he continued his studies on sp-sp2 carbon as a Post-doc of the University of Milano. Since 2007 he developed an innovative approach for the production of biocompatible stretchable microcircuits on polymers based on neutral cluster implantation. Based on this research, he filed in 2010 an Italian patent and, in 2011, he founded together with 3 scientific partners and a seed capital company the company WISE s.r.l. that will industrially exploit this technology for biomedical applications.
He has published 28 articles on international journals peer reviewed (h-index 10) and he is the author of a chapter of the book "Polyynes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications" edited by Franco Cataldo (published in 2005 by CRC Taylor&Francis). He presented the results of his research as oral contributions at more then 10 international conferences (among which 3 as invited speaker).
From 2003 he participated to six beamtimes at the ELETTRA and MAX-lab synchrotron facilities, characterizing both solid samples and free clusters in the gas phase. Regarding this latter, in 2006 he was awarded, as member of LGM laboratory, the “Prof. Luigi Tartufari” prize from the “Accademia dei Lincei” for his studies on free clusters.
From 2005 to 2011 he has been the activity coordinator for the Laboratory of Optical Spectroscopy of the centre of excellence CIMAINA of the University of Milano and from 2007 he is coordinating the Stretchable Electronics Group at the same centre. From 2009 to 2010 he was the scientific coordinator for a research project granted by the Cariplo Foundation.
In 2012 he has received the “Sapio Prize for the Italian Research” (Junior section), one of the most prestigious prizes awarded in Italy for applied research.
In 2011 he has received the prize “TR35-Young Innovators” (awarded by the Research and Innovation Forum and by Italian edition of the Technology Review magazine), the 2nd prize “Medical Bisiness Idea 2011” (awarded by the “Charité Entrepreneurship Summit 2011” - Berlin), the “Isimbardi Prize 2011 – Young Talents” (awarded by the Province of Milan) and the prize “What’s Up Young Talents” for the research (awarded by the Journal “What’s Up”). In 2013 he has also received the “Premio Città Impresa 2013” (awarded by the “Festival Città Impresa” in Vicenza, Italy).
In 2011 the start-up WISE that he is administrating as CEO has received the 1st prize for the Life Sciences sector at the “Start Cup Milano Lombardia 2011” and the “Nanochallenge 2011” prize (300.000 euro prize awarded by Veneto Nanotech on November 11th 2011). In 2012 the company has received the "Action for Innovation Award 2012” (awarded by FAST/SIMPLER in collaboration with M31 and Banner Ventures), and the “Best Presentation Awards” at the Biochem Accelerator Forum (Frankfurt, Germany), at the European Venture Contest Semi Final Healthcare (Aarhus, Denmark), at the Italian Venture Forum (Torino, Italy) and at the “Innova Day” (Mirandola, Italy).
In December 2012 WISE also qualified as one of the Top 10 European companies at the “European Venture Contest 2012” (Berlin, Germany). The 10 winners were selected through several stages of selection starting from 800 applying start-up companies throughout Europe.
In 2013 WISE has received the “Young Italian Innovators in France” prize awarded by the French Embassy in Italy, the “Up Start Paolo Traci” award by Confindustria Salerno and the “Best Presentation Award” at the Alpine Venture Forum (Lausanne, Switzerland).
