Raffaele Dellaca’ received the M.S. degree in Control Science Engineering (1997) and the Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering (2001) at Politecnico di Milano and is responsible for the Technologies for Respiration (TechRes) Laboratory (www.techres.polimi.it).

Dr. Dellacà was awarded Fellow of the European Respiratory Society (2005) and Raine Visiting Professor at University of Western Australia (2016).

His main research interests are in the area of the bioengineering of the respiratory system, in particular on respiratory physiology, respiratory mechanics, modelling of respiratory system mechanical properties, development of new technologies for the analysis of respiration, mechanical ventilation and anaesthesia in adults and newborns.

He is PI, co-PI or collaborating to several research projects sponsored by public agencies, foundations and companies and author of more than 110 full papers published on international peer-reviewed journals and 18 patents used by commercial mechanical ventilators and devices for lung function tests.

He is co-funder of Restech srl, Spin-off company from Politecnico di Milano developing and producing innovative devices for lung function test.