Manlio Tassieri Curriculum Vitae.pdf

Curriculum Vitae

1. Dr Manlio Tassieri
CURRICULUM VITAE
Work webpage — Personal website — ORCID: 0000-0002-6807-0385
EDUCATION
•On April 18, 2007, I graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the School of Physics &
Astronomy at the University of Leeds. The focus of my PhD was the investigation of the dynamics of
semi-flexible polymer solutions, including actin filaments, cardiac thin filaments, and self-assembling
peptides, using passive and active video particle tracking microrheology and dynamic light scattering. I
developed a magnetic microrheometer to characterise soft materials and complex fluids, leading to new
discoveries in polymeric dynamics. This research was conducted under the supervision of Dr. T.A. Waigh
and Dr. R.M.L. Evans.
•On January 28, 2000, I earned a Laurea (equivalent to MEng) in Chemical Engineering from The
University of Naples “Federico II,” achieving a final grade of 101/110. My final project concentrated
on the rheo-optical determination of interfacial tension in dispersed blends and was conducted in
collaboration with Prof. N. Grizzuti and Prof. F. Greco.
EXPERIENCE
•In August 2022, I was promoted to Reader within the Division of Biomedical Engineering (BME) in
the James Watt School of Engineering at The University of Glasgow.
‣In August 2020, I was promoted to Senior Lecturer within the same division.
‣In August 2015, I was appointed as Lecturer within the same division.
‣From 09/2012 to 08/2022, I taught (T) and contributed to the delivery (CD) of the following courses:
(T) Biological Fluid Mechanics 3 (ENG3011), (CD) Biomedical Engineering Skills 2 (ENG2012), (CD)
Biomedical Engineering Skill 3 (ENG3090), and (CD) Engineering in Biology 2 (ENG2087).
‣Since September 2022, I have been teaching the following courses: (T) Biological Fluid Mechanics 3
(ENG3011), (T) Fluid Mechanics 2 (ENG2085), and (CD) Engineering in Biology 2 (ENG2087)
‣From March 2016 to March 2019, I served as the Deputy Head of Biomedical Engineering
Teaching.
‣Since September 2017, I have held the role of Senior Adviser of study for BME students.
•From September 1, 2010, to August 31, 2015, I served as a Research Fellow of the Royal Academy of
Engineering/EPSRC, working within The Division of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering
at The University of Glasgow. The objective of the Fellowship was to develop new sensitive tools for
measuring conformational changes in biological systems at nano- and micro-length scales. These changes
occur as a consequence of pathological phenomena or variations in the surrounding conditions.
•From November 9, 2008, to August 31, 2010, I served as a research associate in The Division of
Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering at The University of Glasgow. The goal of my work
was to develop a new, sensitive sensor technology for monitoring real-time changes in fluid flow within
and around biological and bio-analytical microstructures, with high temporal and spatial resolutions. I
collaborated with Prof. J. M. Cooper and Prof. M. J. Padgett during this period.
•From October 1, 2006, to October 31, 2008, I participated in the Microscale Polymer Processing project,
coordinated by the IRC in Polymer Science and Technology at The University of Leeds. Prof. T. C.
B. McLeish served as the overall coordinator. During this period, my focus was on developing a
predictor for 2-phase polymer and filler flows.
•From December 2000 to December 2002, I served as a consultant designer at TECNOSISTEM S.p.A., an
engineering company. My primary responsibility involved designing ventilation, air conditioning, and
fireproof systems for underground railways. I actively contributed to the design of the Turin underground
railway project associated with the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. The planning activities included:
Project management of ventilation and fireproof systems for the Line 1 Turin Subway; stations: Fermi,
XVIII Dicembre, Porta Nuova and Porta Susa. Total amount of the project: € 22,788,100.00.
Project management of ventilation and fireproof systems for Alifana Piscinola Station. Total amount
of the project: € 550,000.00.
Project management of ventilation and fireproof systems for the extension of Line 1 Turin Subway,
Porta Nuova – Lingotto. Total amount of the project: € 3,940,200.00.
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2. •From February 2000 to November 2000, I served as a research associate at the Department of
Chemical Engineering, The University of Naples “Federico II”. My primary objective was the rheo-
optical study of shear-induced clustering (or shear banding) of gelling droplets in aqueous biphasic
mixtures. I collaborated with Prof. G. Marrucci.
•From August 1999 to November 1999, I completed a four-month internship at the Unilever R&D
Centre in Colworth, UK. During this time, I contributed to the rheological study of gelled biopolymer
particle suspensions with anisotropic morphology. The project was conducted under the supervision of
Prof. B. Wolf.
AWARDS & GRANTS
•£573,684.00 research grant awarded on February 2023 by EPSRC & NERC, in collaboration with Prof.
Daniele Faccio and Prof. Stuart Humphries at the University of Lincoln. Project title: “Quantum-enabled
Nano-scale Rheology Of The Microbial Seawater Environment” (EP/X035905/1 - EP/X035689/1).
•£232,731.00 research grant awarded on June 2021 by Innovate UK, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
(KTP), in collaboration with Prof. Manosh Paul and Soapworks Ltd. KTP Application (12905).
•£27,525.00 research grant awarded on January 2021 by EPSRC IAA & Glasgow Knowledge Exchange
Fund, in collaboration with Prof. Manosh Paul and Soapworks Limited. Project title: “Panta Rhei: Syndet
Characterisation and Process Modelling”.
•£11,000.00 International Exchanges 2020 grant awarded on January 2021 by The Royal Society/CNR,
in collaboration with Dr M. Vassalli, Prof. D. Fioretto and Dr M. Mattarelli. Project title: “Novel tools for
mechanobiology: from Atomic Force Microscopy to Brillouin spectroscopy” (IEC\R2\202232).
•£12,995.00 research grant awarded on June 2020 by EPSRC IAA, in collaboration with Dr R.P.
Middlemiss and Dr M. Vassalli. Project title: “Feel the Force: A calibration tool for cantilever-based force sensors”.
•1,080,000 JPY (~£7,440.00) collaborative grant awarded on March 2019 by ICR, Kyoto University, in
collaboration with Dr S. K. Sukumaran, Prof. Y. Masubuchi, Dr J. Ramirez, Prof. H. Watanabe and Dr Y.
Matsumiya. Project title: “High Frequency Rheological and Dielectric Response of Polymeric Liquids”.
•£6,750.00 collaborative grant awarded on October 2018 by SRPe, in collaboration with academics and
industries across Europe. Project title: “Artificial cells as distributed nanobots in Engineering and Healthcare”.
•£973,623.00 research grant awarded on March 2018 by EPSRC, in collaboration with Prof. Amanda
Wright et al. Project title: “Experiencing the micro-world - a cell's perspective” (EP/R035067/1).
•£447,357.00 research grant awarded on November 2012 by EPSRC, in collaboration with Professor
Miles Padgett et al. Project title: “Upgrading the small scale equipment base for early career researchers in the engineering
and physical sciences” (EP/K031732/1).
•£40,000.00 research grant awarded on June 2012 by the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with Dr
A.W. Clark and Dr S. Neale. Project title: “Novel Optical Electrical Mechanical Sensory Platform”.
•£763,325.00 Research Fellowship awarded on September 2010 by the Royal Academy of
Engineering/EPSRC. Project title: “Rheology at the Microscale: New Tools for Bio-analysis” (10216/101).
ESTEEM
•In October 2023, I was invited to join as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Bioengineering and
Biotechnology - Biomaterials.
•In August 2023, I was elected as a member of the Executive Board of the Euro. Soc. of Rheology.
•In June 2023, I was invited to join the Advisory Board of Physics of Fluids.
•In April 2023, I was invited to serve as the co-chairman of the session “Experimental Methods and new
rheometric techniques” at the Annual European Rheology Conference, Leeds University, UK, April 2024.
•In January 2022, I was invited to serve as the co-chairman of the session “Biorheology and rheology in
the biomedical field” at the XIXth International Congress on Rheology, Athens, Greece, 2023.
•In October 2021, I was re-elected for the second consecutive term as an Ordinary Member of the
Polymer Physics Group Committee at the Institute of Physics (IOP).
•In August 2021, I was re-elected for the second consecutive term as the “Delegate of the Individual
Members” on the European Society of Rheology Committee.
•In March 2020, I was elected as an Ordinary Member of the IOP Liquids and Complex Fluids Group.
•In October 2018, I was elected as the “Delegate of the Individual Members” of the Euro. Soc. Rheology.
•In August 2018, I was appointed as a Full College Member for EPSRC Peer Review.
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3. •In July 2018, I was invited to serve as the co-chairman of the session “Micro, Nano Fluidics &
Microrheology” at the Annual European Rheology Conference, Portorož, Slovenia, April 2019.
•In September 2017, I was elected as an Ordinary Member of the IOP Polymer Physics Group.
•In July 2017, was invited to serve as the co-chairman of the session “Micro, Nano Fluidics &
Microrheology” at the Annual European Rheology Conference, Sorrento (Italy) in April 2018.
•In February 2017, I was invited to join the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports.
•In January 2017, I was elected as a Member of the Institute of Physics.
•In September 2016, I was invited to join as a member the EPSRC Peer Review Associate College.
•In July 2016, I was elected as an Associate Member of the Institute of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics.
•In March 2013, I was elected as a council member of The British Society of Rheology.
•I have been appointed as an External Examiner by the following institutions: The University of Leeds, 2
PhDs, 2020 & 2021; The University of Strathclyde, 1 PhD, 2017; The University of Swansea, 3 PhDs,
2018 & 2022; The University of Naples (Italy), 2 PhD, 2017 & 2023; the Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur (India), 1 PhD, 2019; The University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli (Italy), 9 PhDs, 2019.
•I serve as a scientific advisor of both national and international funding councils: the Engineering and
Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Royal Academy of Engineering, The Leverhulme Trust,
the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the Science and Technology Facilities Council, The
French National Research Agency, The National Science Centre (NCN) Poland and The Air Force Office
of Scientific Research (AFOSR). I act as an academic referee for international scientific journals,
including Science. For a full list please visit my personal website.
•List of invited talks:
The Institute of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Lake Vyrnwy, Wales, UK (2023);
The Institute of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Lake Vyrnwy, Wales, UK (2019);
The Institute of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Lake Vyrnwy, Wales, UK (2017);
The Institute of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Ruthin Castle, Wales, UK (2015);
The XIII Convegno nazionale di Reologia, Brescia, Italy (2014);
The 9th Annual European Rheology Conference, Karlsruhe, Germany (2014);
Bio-Nano-Photonics Symposium, Cardiff University (2013);
Advanced Photonics Techniques in Soft Matter and Biology, IoP, London, UK (2013);
Biological and Pharmaceutical Complex Fluids, Tomar, Portugal (2012);
The European Congress on Lab-on-a-Chip & Microfluidics, Edinburgh, UK (2012).
•List of invited seminars:
Versalis Eni, Chemical Company, Milan, Italy (2023);
Adv. Training Course in Mol. Bioeng. 2023, i3S – Inst. de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal;
FEBS Practical Course 2023, Mechanics in Biology: from molecules to cells and tissues, Glasgow, UK;
Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Valencia, España (2021);
Institute of Molecular Medicine (iMM), Lisbon, Portugal (2021);
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, U.S.A. (2020);
Department of Mechanical, Materials & Aerospace Engineering, University of Liverpool, UK (2019);
Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophy. and Bioeng., Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK (2019);
The 2nd Summer School on Complex Fluid-Flows in Microfluidics, Porto, Portugal, (2018);
The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (2016);
The School of Mathematics of Bristol University (2015);
The Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Naples “Federico II” (2015);
The Institute for Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, University of Edinburgh (2015);
The School of Physics and Astronomy, Biological Physics, University of Manchester (2014);
Pre-conference AERC 2014 course on Microrheology with Optical Tweezers, Karlsruhe, de;
The School of Chemistry, University of Leeds (2013);
The Division of Electronic Engineering and Physics, University of Dundee, UK (2013);
The Department of Chemical And Process Engineering, University Strathclyde, UK (2012);
The Soft Condensed Matter Theory Group, University of Leipzig, Germany (July 2011).
COMPUTER LITERACY
•I am a proficient user of the following software: LaTeX, AutoCAD, LabVIEW, Vision, Matlab, Origin.
LANGUAGES
•Italian is my first language and I am fluent in English, both written and oral.
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4. PUBLICATIONS
1.A.B. Matheson, T. Mendonca, M.G. Smith, B. Sutcliffe, A.J. Fernandez, L. Paterson, P.A. Dalgarno, A.J.
Wright, and M. Tassieri, “Fully angularly resolved 3D microrheology with optical tweezers”, accepted for publication
in Rheologica Acta (2024).
2.M. Smith, G. Gibson, A. Link, A. Raghavan, A. Clarke, T. Franke, and M. Tassieri, “The role of elastic
instability on the self-assembly of particle chains in simple shear flow”, Physics of Fluids (2023).
3.A. Lyons, V. Zickus, R. Alvarez-Mendoza, D. Triggiani, V. Tamma, N. Westerberg, M. Tassieri, and D.
Faccio, “Fluorescence Lifetime Hong-Ou-Mandel Sensing”, Nature Communications (2023).
4.M. Walker, E.W. Pringle, G. Ciccone, L. Oliver-Cervelló, M. Tassieri, D. Gourdon and M. Cantini, “Mind
the viscous modulus: The mechanotransductive response to the viscous nature of isoelastic matrices regulates stem cell
chondrogenesis”, Advanced Healthcare Materials (2023).
5.B. Russell, M. González-Jiménez, N. Tukachev, L.A. Hayes, T. Chowdhury, U. Javornik, G, Mali, M.
Tassieri, J. Farnaby, H.M. Senn, K. Wynne, “A second glass transition observed in single-component homogeneous
liquids due to intramolecular vitrification”, JACS (2023).
6.O. Kazaz, R. Ferraro, M. Tassieri, S. Kumar, G. Falcone, N. Karimi, and M.C. Paul, “Sensible heat thermal
energy storage performance of mono and blended nanofluids in a free convective-radiation inclined system”, Case Stud.
Therm. Eng., 51, 103562 (2023).
7.M.G. Smith, J.k. Radford, E. Febrianto, J. Ramírez, H. O’Mahony, A.B. Matheson, G.M. Gibson, D. Faccio,
and M. Tassieri, “Machine learning opens a doorway for microrheology with optical tweezers in living systems”, AIP
Advances 13, 075315 (2023).
8.W. Hardiman, M. Clark, C. Friel, A. Huett, F. Pérez-Cota, K. Setchfield, A.J. Wright and M. Tassieri,
“Living Cells as a Biological Analog of Optical Tweezers – a Non-Invasive Microrheology Approach”, Acta
Biomaterialia (2023).
9.T. Mendonca, K. Lis-Slimak, A.B. Matheson, M.G. Smith, A.B. Anane-Adjei, J.C. Ashworth, R. Cavanagh,
L. Paterson, P.A. Dalgarno, C. Alexander, M. Tassieri, C.L.R. Merry and A.J. Wright, “OptoRheo:
Simultaneous in situ micro-mechanical sensing and imaging of live 3D biological systems”, Communications Biology
(2023).
10.R. Ferraro, S. Guido, S. Caserta and M. Tassieri, “Compressional stress stiffening & softening of soft hydrogels -
how to avoid artefacts in their rheological characterisation”, published as Communication in Soft Matter (2023).
11.L.C. Geonzon, M. Kobayashi, M. Tassieri, R.G. Bacabac, Y. Adachi, S. Matsukawa, “Microrheological
properties and local structure of ι-carrageenan gels probed by using optical tweezers”, Food Hydrocolloids (2022).
12.J. Perris, C. Kumar, Y. Xu, M. Tassieri, M.E. Kartal, N. Gadegaard, and D.M. Mulvihill, “3D Printing and
Rapid Replication of Advanced Numerically Generated Rough Surface Topographies in Numerous Polymers”, Advanced
Engineering Materials (2022).
13.G. Ciccone, S. Skopalik, C. Smart, S. Gezgin, D. Ridland, M.C. Paul, M. Noriega Escobar, and M.
Tassieri, “A rheological characterization of synthetic detergent formulations”,  Physics of Fluids (2022).
14.M.G. Smith, G.M. Gibson and  M. Tassieri, “i-RheoFT: Fourier transforming sampled functions without artefacts”, 
Scientific Reports, 11, 24047 (2021).
15.A.B. Matheson, T. Mendonca, G.M. Gibson, P. Dalgarno, A. Wright, L. Paterson and  M. Tassieri,
“Microrheology with an anisotropic optical trap”,  Frontiers in Physics (2021).
16.A.B. Matheson, L. Paterson, A.J. Wright, T. Mendonca, M. Tassieri & P.A. Dalgarno, “Optical Tweezers with
Integrated Multiplane Microscopy (OpTIMuM): a new tool for 3D microrheology”, Scientific Reports (2021).
17.Ò. Guadayol, T. Mendonca, M. Segura-Noguera, A.J. Wright, M. Tassieri and S. Humphries, “Microrheology
reveals microscale viscosity gradients in planktonic systems”, PNAS, 118, 1, e2011389118 (2020).
18.M.M. De Santis, H.N. Alsafadi, S. Tas, D.A. Bölükbas, S. Prithiviraj, I.A.N. Da Silva, M. Mittendorfer, C.
Ota, J. Stegmayr, F. Daoud, M. Königshoff, K. Swärd, J.A. Wood, M. Tassieri, P.E Bourgine, S. Lindstedt,
S. Mohlin, D.E. Wagner, “Extracellular Matrix Reinforced Bioinks for 3D Bioprinting Human Tissue”,
Communication in Advanced Materials, 21, 2005476 (2020).
19.G. Ciccone, O. Dobre, G.M. Gibson, J.M. Rey, C. Gonzalez-Gracia, M. Vassalli, M. Salmeron-Sanchez, and
M. Tassieri, “What Caging Force Cells Feel in 3D Hydrogels: A Rheological Perspective”, Communication in
Advanced Healthcare Materials, 9, 2000517 (2020).
20.W. Oripiriyakul, M. Tsimbouri, P. Childs, P. Campsie, J. Wells, M. Fernandez, K. Burgess, E. Tanner, M.
Tassieri, D. Meek, M. Vassalli, M. Biggs, M. Salmeron-Sanchez, R. Oreffo, S. Reid, and M. Dalby,
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5. “Nanovibrational stimulation of mesenchymal stem cells induces therapeutic reactive oxygen species and inflammation for 3D
bone tissue engineering”, ACS Nano, 14, 8, 10027 (2020).
21.R. Rivas-Barbosa, M. Escobedo-Sánchez, M. Tassieri, and M. Laurati, “i-Rheo: determining the linear
viscoelastic moduli of colloidal dispersions from step-stress measurements”, Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys., 22, 3839 (2020).
22.J.C. Ashworth, et al., “Peptide Gels of Fully-Defined Composition and Mechanics for Probing Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix
Interactions In Vitro”, Matrix Biology, 15, 85-86 (2020).
23.M.A. Khalid, A. Ray, S. Cohen, M. Tassieri, A. Demčenko, D. Tseng, J. Reboud, O. Aydogan and J.M.
Cooper, “Computational Image Analysis of Guided Acoustic Waves Enables Rheological Assessment of Sub-Nanoliter
Volumes”, ACS Nano, 13, 10, 11062 (2019).
24.J.A. Moreno-Guerra, I.C. Romero-Sánchez, A. Martinez-Borquez, M. Tassieri, E. Stiakakis and M.
Laurati, “Model free Rheo-AFM probes the viscoelasticity of tunable DNA soft colloids”, Small, 15, 1904136 (2019).
25.A. Khalid, A. Ray, A. Demcenko, S. Cohen, M. Tassieri, J. Reboud, A. Ozcan, and J. M. Cooper, “Lens-free
Microscopy Using Acoustically Actuated Nanolenses and its Applications” in Imaging and Applied Optics (2019).
26.E. Nazarzadeh, N. Lomis, X. King, R. Wilson, M. Tassieri, J. Reboud, J. Cooper, and S. Prakash,
“Controlling the size of nebulised droplets by pinning surface waves for precise delivery of aerosolised medicine”, Journal of
Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery, 32, A22–A23 (2019).
27.M. Tassieri, “Microrheology with Optical Tweezers: Peaks & Troughs”, Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci (2019).
28.L. G. Rizzi and M. Tassieri, “Microrheology of Biological Specimens”, Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry:
Applications, Theory and Instrumentation (2018).
29.Y. H. Chim, L. M. Mason, N. Rath, M. F. Olson, M. Tassieri & H. Yin, “A one-step procedure to probe the
viscoelastic properties of cells by Atomic Force Microscopy”, Scientific Reports, 8, 14462 (2018).
30.M. Tassieri, “Comment on “A symmetrical method to obtain shear moduli from microrheology” by Kengo Nishi, et al.,
2018, 14, 3716”, Comment in Soft Matter, 14, 8666 (2018).
31.M. Tassieri, J. Ramirez, N.Ch. Karayiannis, S.K. Sukumaran and Y. Masubuchi, “i-Rheo GT: Transforming
from time- to frequency-domain without artefacts”, Macromolecules, 51, 14, 5055 (2018).
32.B. Tiller, J. Reboud, M. Tassieri, R. Wilson, and J.M. Cooper, “Frequency Dependence of Microflows upon
Acoustic Interactions with Fluids”, Physics of Fluids, 29, 122008 (2017).
33.E. Nazarzadeh, R. Wilson, Xi King, J. Reboud, M. Tassieri and J.M. Cooper “Confinement of surface waves at
the air-water interface to control aerosol size and dispersity”, Physics of Fluids, 29, 112105 (2017).
34.D.J. Paterson, M. Tassieri, J. Reboud, R. Wilson and J.M. Cooper, “Lipid topology and electrostatic interactions
underpin lytic activity of linear cationic antimicrobial peptides in membranes”, PNAS, 114, 40, E8324-E8332 (2017).
35.M. Tassieri, “Dynamics of semiflexible polymer solutions in the tightly entangled concentration regime”,
Macromolecules, 50 (14), 5611 (2017).
36.F. Del Giudice, M. Tassieri, C. Oelschlaeger and A.Q. Shen, “When microrheology, bulk rheology and
microfluidics meet: broadband rheology of hydroxyethyl cellulose water solutions”, Macromolecules, 50, 2951 (2017).
37.M. Tassieri et al., “i-Rheo: Measuring the materials’ linear viscoelastic properties ‘in a step’”, Journal of Rheology,
60, 649 (2016). It has been the 2016's most read article in the Journal of Rheology.
38.Book: “Microrheology with Optical Tweezers: Principles and Applications”, edited by M. Tassieri, June (2016),
published by Pan Stanford.
39.M. Tassieri, “Linear Microrheology with Optical Tweezers of living cells ‘is not an option’!”, published as Opinion
in Soft Matter, 11, (2015).
40.M. Tassieri, “Microrheology with Optical Tweezers of gel-like materials ‘is not an option’!”, in Optics in the Life
Sciences, (Optical Society of America, 2015), paper OtM4E.1.
41.M. Tassieri et al., “Microrheology with Optical Tweezers: Measuring the relative viscosity of solutions ‘at a glance’”,
Scientific Reports, 5, 8831 (2015).
42.D. Paterson, J. Reboud, R. Wilson, M. Tassieri and J.M. Cooper, “Integrating microfluidic generation, handling
and analysis of biomimetic giant unilamellar vesicles”, Lab on a Chip, 14, 1806-1810 (2014).
43.M.P. Lee, G.M. Gibson, D. Phillips, M.J. Padgett and M. Tassieri, “Dynamic stereo microscopy for studying
particle sedimentation”, Optics Express, 22, 4671 (2014).
44.F. Watts, L.E. Tan, N. McAlinden, C. G. Wilson, J.M. Girkin, M. Tassieri and A.J. Wright, “Investigating the
micro-rheology of the vitreous humor using an optically trapped local probe”, J. of Optics, 16, 015301 (2014).
45.M.P. Lee, G. Gibson, M. Tassieri, D. Phillips, S. Bernet, M. Ritsh-Marte, M.J. Padgett, “Spatial light
modulation for improved microscope stereo vision and 3D tracking”, Proc. SPIE 88810 (2013).
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6. 46.E.J. Robertson, G. Najjuka, M.A. Rolfes, A. Akampuira, N. Jain, J. Anatharanjit, M. von Hohenberg, M.
Tassieri, A. Carlsson, D.B. Meya, T.S. Harrison, B. Fries, D.R. Boulware, T. Bicanic, “Cryptococcus neoformans
ex vivo capsule size is associated with intracranial pressure and host immune response in HIV-associated cryptococcal
meningitis”, Journal of Infectious Diseases (2013).
47.A. Pommella, V. Preziosi, S. Caserta, J.M. Cooper, S. Guido, M. Tassieri, “Using Optical Tweezers for the
Characterization of Polyelectrolyte Solutions with Very Low Viscoelasticity”, Langmuir, 29, 9224 (2013).
48.R.L. Warren, M. Tassieri, X. Li, A. Glidle, D.J. Paterson, A. Carlsson, J.M. Cooper, “Rheology at the micro-
scale: new tools for bio-analysis”, Proc. SPIE 8792, 879214 (2013).
49.M. Tassieri et al., “Microrheology with optical tweezers: data analysis”, New J. of Physics, 14, 115032 (2012).
50.M.P. Lee, A. Curran, G.M. Gibson, M. Tassieri, N.R. Heckenberg, and M. J. Padgett, “Optical shield:
measuring viscosity of turbid fluids using optical tweezers”, Optics Express, 20, 12127 (2012).
51.K. Nayak, D.J. Read, T.C.B. McLeish, P.J. Hine and M. Tassieri, “A Coarse-Grained Molecular Model of
Strain-Hardening for Polymers in the Marginally Glassy State”, J. Poly. Sci. part B: Poly. Phys., 49, 920 (2011).
52.F. Watts, L.E. Tan, M. Tassieri, N. McAlinden, C.G. Wilson, J.M. Girkin and A.J. Wright, “The viscoelastic
properties of the vitreous humour measured using an optically trapped local probe”, Proc. SPIE 8097 (2011).
53.J.H. Boyle, S. Berri, M. Tassieri, I.A. Hope and N. Cohen, “Gait Modulation in C. Elegans: It's Not a Choice,
It's a Reflex!”, Front. Behav. Neurosci., 5, 10 (2011).
54.D. Preece, R.L. Warren, G.M. Gibson, R.M.L. Evans, M.J. Padgett, J.M. Cooper, and M. Tassieri, “Optical
tweezers: wideband microrheology”, J. Optics, 13, 044022 (2011).
55.J. Embery, M. Tassieri, P.J. Hine and T.D. Lord, “An investigation into the constriction flow of a particle reinforced
polystyrene melt using a combination of flow visualization and finite element simulations”, J. Rheol., 54, 1097 (2010).
56.M. Tassieri et al., “Analysis of the linear viscoelasticity of polyelectrolytes by magnetic microrheometry-Pulsed creep
experiments and the one particle response”, J. Rheol., 54, 117 (2010).
57.M. Tassieri, G.M. Gibson, R.M.L. Evans, A.M. Yao, R. Warren, M.J. Padgett, and J.M. Cooper “Measuring
storage and loss moduli using optical tweezers: broadband microrheology”, Phys. Rev. E, 81, (2010).
58.R.W. Bowman, A.M. Yao, G.M. Gibson, M. Tassieri, J.M. Cooper and M.J. Padgett, “Measuring droplet
properties through passive microrheology in optical tweezers”, Proc. SPIE 7400, 740015 (2009).
59.J.M. Cooper and M. Tassieri, “Sensing the Biological World”, Highlights in Chem. Sci., 6, C93 (2009).
60.R.M.L. Evans, M. Tassieri, D. Auhl and T.A. Waigh, “Direct conversion of rheological compliance measurements
into storage and loss moduli”, Phys. Rev. E, 80, 012501 (2009).
61.A.M. Yao, M. Tassieri, M.J. Padgett, J.M. Cooper, “Microrheology with optical tweezers”, LoC, 9, 2568 (2009).
62.S. Berri, J. H. Boyle, M. Tassieri, I. A. Hope and N. Cohen, “Forward locomotion of the nematode C. elegans is
achieved through modulation of a single gait”, HFSP J., 3, 186 (2009).
63.T. Hernot, P.J. Hine, M. Tassieri, I.M. Ward, “Understanding the links between molecular and particle orientation in
carbon nanofibre reinforced polypropylene”, Inter. Conf. on Composite Materials (2009).
64.M. Tassieri, R.M.L. Evans, L. Barbu-Tudoran, G.N. Khaname, J. Trinick, and T.A. Waigh, “Dynamics of
semi-flexible polymer solutions in the highly entangled regime”, Physical Review Letters, 101, 198301 (2008).
65.M. Tassieri, R.M.L. Evans, L. Barbu-Tudoran, J. Trinick, and T.A. Waigh, “The Self-assembly, Elasticity and
Dynamics of Cardiac Thin Filaments”, Biophysical Journal, 94, 2170 (2008).
66.J. Embery, M. Tassieri, and P.J. Hine. “The rheological behaviour of glass-filled low and high density polyethylenes”.
AIP Conference Proceedings 1027, 505 (2008).
67.P.J. Hine, J.E. Embery, and M. Tassieri. “A study of the rheology, processing and flow induced mesostructures of glass
bead filled polystyrene”. AIP Conference Proceedings 1027, 105 (2008).
68.T.D. Lord, J. Embery, M. Tassieri, S.A. Butler, P.J. Hine, and M.R. Mackley. “The rheology of optically
transparent polystyrene blends filled with cross-linked polystyrene beads”. AIP Conf. Proc. 1027, 102 (2008).
69.M. Tassieri, J. Embery, D.H. Klein, and P.J. Hine, “On the study of the die swell of pure and filled linear
polystyrene”. AIP Conf. Proc. 1027, 48 (2008).
70.L. Carrick, M. Tassieri, T.A. Waigh, A. Aggeli, N. Boden, C. Bell, J. Fisher, E. Ingham and R.M.L. Evans,
“The internal dynamic modes of charged self-assembled peptide fibrils”, Langmuir, 21, 3733 (2005).
71.M. Simeone, M. Tassieri, V. Sibillo and S. Guido, “Effect of sol-gel transition on shear-induced drop deformation in
aqueous mixtures of gellan and kappa-carrageenan”, J. Colloid and Interface Sci., 281 (2005).
72.M. Tassieri, N. Grizzuti and F. Greco, “Rheo-optical determination of the interfacial tension in a dispersed blend”,
Macromolecular symposia, 198, 53 (2003).
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7. 73.M. Simeone, V. Sibillo, M. Tassieri and S. Guido, “Shear-induced clustering of gelling droplets in aqueous biphasic
mixtures of gelatin and dextran”, J. Rheology, 46, 1263 (2002).
74.B. Wolf, W.J. Frith, S. Singleton, M. Tassieri and I.T. Norton, “Shear behaviour of biopolymer suspensions with
spheroidal and cylindrical particles”, Rheologica Acta, 40, 238 (2001).
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