Alessandra Pedrocchi (MSC in Electronics Eng.; PhD in Bioeng) is currently full professor at the Department of Electronics, Computer Science, and Bioengineering of the Politecnico di Milano, where she teaches Neuroengineering and Biomedical Instrumentation and contributes to the Medical Device Regulation class for PhD students.
She is one of the founders of the Nearlab, the NeuroEngineering And Medical Robotics lab, where, she has overseen the Neuroengineering section (www.nearlab.polimi.it). Since 2019 she has been one of the founders of the interdepartmental laboratory "WE-COBOT LAB Wearable and collaborative robotics Laboratory".
Alessandra's research interest is neuroengineering, including biomechanics in motor control, new technologies for neurorehabilitation, with particular emphasis on exoskeletons, Functional Electrical Stimulation, and the study of the correlation between brain plasticity and functional recovery, computational neuroscience, and eXplainability of Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in Medicine.
She has coordinated various research projects funded by national private foundations (Fnd. Cariplo and Fnd. Telethon), European Commission (H2020; Horizon Europe), NIH, national ministry of research (MUR), and Regione Lombardia, and in collaboration with INAIL.
She is director of the POLIMI international master on "RehabTech: Technologies for innovation in Rehabilitation Medicine and for assistance" (www.rehabtech.polimi.it).
She is one of the founders, participates to the executive board and holds shares of Agade srl (www.agade.eu) and AllyArm srl,  start-up companies working in the field of exoskeletons for industrial applications and biomedical applications, respectively.