Dr Alberto Marzo

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Senior Lecturer

MSc Bioengineering Director

Alberto Marzo
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a.marzo@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0155
Sir Frederick Mappin Building

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Dr Alberto Marzo
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
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Dr Marzo is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield.

Dr Marzo has a five-year degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cagliari, Italy, and a PhD from the University of Sheffield.

In the early stages of his PhD he was awarded the David Crighton Fellowship, and spent one year of his doctoral studies at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, the University of Cambridge. Here he investigated the theory behind flow-induced oscillations in elastic vessels.

In 2011-12 he worked as a Principal Research Scientist for the NHS to support technology development, dissemination, and adoption, for people with long-term disabilities.

Dr Marzo's research area stands at the interface between the physical and life sciences. It is firmly rooted in engineering and mathematics in the context of computational fluid mechanics, including state-of-the-art fluid-structure interaction, and cardiovascular biomechanics, but has a strong emphasis on clinical interpretation and translation of engineering technologies into clinical tools.

Research interests
  • Image-based 3D cardiovascular modelling
  • 1D whole-circulation modelling of blood flow through elastic vessels
  • Optimisation of medical devices used in treatment of respiratory disease
  • Influence of haemodynamics on cardiovascular disease
  • Influence of fluid flows on bacterial biofilms
  • Use of HPC-based approaches and statistical emulators for verification, validation and uncertainty quantification
Publications

Journal articles

  • Benemerito I, McCullough J, Narracott A, Coveney PV & Marzo A (2025) . Computers in Biology and Medicine, 197, 111050-111050.
  • Benemerito I, Ewbank F, Narracott A, Villa-Uriol M-C, Narata AP, Patel U, Bulters D & Marzo A (2025) . International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 20(1), 31-41.
  • Benemerito I, Melis A, Wehenkel A & Marzo A (2024) . Physiological Measurement, 45.
  • Wang N, Benemerito I, Sourbron SP & Marzo A (2024) . Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 52(11), 3098-3112.
  • Benemerito I, Mustafa A, Wang N, Narata AP, Narracott A & Marzo A (2023) . Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 10.
  • Benemerito I, Montefiori E, Marzo A & Mazzà C (2022) . Applied Sciences, 12(24).
  • Boldock L, Inzoli A, Bonardelli S, Hsiao S, Marzo A, Narracott A, Gunn J, Dubini G, Chiastra C, Halliday I , Morris PD et al (2022) . PLoS ONE, 17(7).
  • Benemerito I, Narata AP, Narracott A & Marzo A (2022) . Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 50(6), 740-750.
  • Benemerito I, Griffiths W, Allsopp J, Furnass W, Bhattacharya P, Li X, Marzo A, Wood S, Viceconti M & Narracott A (2021) . Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 208.
  • Narata AP, Moura F, Larrabide I, Chapot R, Cognard C, Januel A-C, Velasco S, Bouakaz A, Patat F & Marzo A (2020) . Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, 12(8), 818-826.
  • Narata AP, Silva de Moura F, Patat F, Marzo A, Larrabide I, Gregoire J-M, Perrault C, Sennoga CA & Bouakaz A (2020) . AIP Advances, 10(4).
  • Melis A, Moura F, Larrabide I, Janot K, Clayton RH, Narata AP & Marzo A (2019) . Journal of Biomechanics, 90, 24-32.
  • Narata AP, Janot K, Bibi R, Herbreteau D, Perrault C, Marzo A & Cottier J-P (2019) . World Neurosurgery, 122, e569-e576.
  • Marzo A, Melis A, Unger J, Sablotni R, Pistis M & McCarthy AD (2019) . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 233(1), 58-67.
  • Mandaltsi A, Grytsan A, Odudu A, Kadziela J, Morris PD, Witkowski A, Ellam T, Kalra P & Marzo A (2018) . Frontiers in Physiology, 9.
  • Narata AP, de Moura FS, Larrabide I, Perrault CM, Patat F, Bibi R, Velasco S, Januel A-C, Cognard C, Chapot R , Bouakaz A et al (2018) . American Journal of Neuroradiology, 39(2), 323-330.
  • Melis A, Clayton RH & Marzo A (2017) . International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 33(12).
  • Narata AP, Silva F, Larrabide I, Perrault C, Sennoga C & Marzo A (2017) . Stroke, 48(suppl_1).
  • Di Marco LY, Venneri A, Farkas E, Evans PC, Marzo A & Frangi AF (2015) . Neurobiology of Disease, 82, 593-606.
  • Sarrami-Foroushani A, Villa-Uriol M-C, Esfahany MN, Coley SC, Di Marco LY, Frangi AF & Marzo A (2015) . ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, 43(1), 207-221.
  • Di Marco LY, Marzo A, Muñoz-Ruiz M, Ikram MA, Kivipelto M, Ruefenacht D, Venneri A, Soininen H, Wanke I, Ventikos YA & Frangi AF (2014) . J Alzheimers Dis, 42(1), 119-135.
  • Mangera A, Marzo A, Heron N, Fernando D, Hameed K, Soliman A-HA, Bradley M, Hosking I, Abdel-Maguid M, Levermore M , Tindale WB et al (2014) . Neurourol Urodyn, 33(7), 1101-1109.
  • Brown A, Shi W, Marzo A, Sticu C, Valverde I, Beerbaum P, Lawford P & Hose DR (2012) . Journal of Biomechanics, 45(3), 516-523.
  • Larrabide I, Villa-Uriol MC, Cardenes R, Pozo JM, Macho J, San Roman L, Blasco J, Vivas E, Marzo A, Hose DR & Frangi AF (2011) . MED PHYS, 38(5), 2439-2449.
  • Valverde I, Staicu C, Grotenhuis H, Marzo A, Rhode K, Shi Y, Brown AG, Tzifa A, Hussain T, Greil G , Lawford P et al (2011) . Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 13(S1).
  • Mulder G, Marzo A, Bogaerds CB, Coley SC, Rongen DR, Hose DR & van de Vosse FN (2011) . Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, 2(4), 334-348.
  • Villa-Uriol MC, Berti G, Marzo A, Hose DR, Chiarini A, Singh P, Penrose J, Schmidt JG, Pozo J & Frangi A (2011) . Journal of the Royal Society Interface(1), 308-319.
  • Marzo A, Sweeney D & Murphy M (2011) Computer Modelling of Haemodynamics and Morphology in Patient-specific Intracranial Aneurysms. Computer Aided Medical Engineering, 1, 24-26.
  • Marzo A, Singh P, Larrabide I, Radaelli A, Coley S, Gwilliam M, Wilkinson ID, Lawford P, Reymond P, Patel U , Frangi A et al (2011) . Ann Biomed Eng, 39(2), 884-896.
  • Singh PK, Marzo A, Tahir H, Weeratunge TF, Kumar K, Boutarbouch M, Hose R, Patel UJ & Coley SC (2010) . J Neuroradiol, 37(5), 300-301.
  • Singh PK, Marzo A, Howard B, Rufenacht DA, Bijlenga P, Frangi AF, Lawford PV, Coley SC, Hose DR & Patel UJ (2010) . Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 112(4), 306-313.
  • Singh PK, Marzo A, Staicu C, Gwilliam M, Wilkinson I, Lawford PV, Rufenacht DA, Bijlenga P, Frangi A, Hose DR , Patel UJ et al (2010) The effects of aortic coarctation on cerebral hemodynamics and its importance in the etiopathogenesis of intracranial aneurysms. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 1(3), 17-30.
  • Singh PK, Marzo A, Staicu C, William MG, Wilkinson I, Lawford PV, Rufenacht DA, Bijlenga P, Frangi AF, Hose R , Patel UJ et al (2010) The effects of aortic coarctation on cerebral hemodynamics and its importance in the etiopathogenesis of intracranial aneurysms.. J Vasc Interv Neurol, 3(1), 17-30.
  • Marzo A, Singh P, Reymond P, Stergiopulos N, Patel U & Hose R (2009) . Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin, 12(4), 431-444.
  • Gwilliam MN, Hoggard N, Capener D, Singh P, Marzo A, Verma PK & Wilkinson ID (2009) . J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 29(12), 1975-1982.
  • Singh PK, Marzo A, Coley SC, Berti G, Bijlenga P, Lawford PV, Villa-Uriol M-C, Rufenacht DA, McCormack KM, Frangi A , Patel UJ et al (2009) . Comput Intell Neurosci, 2009, 760364.
  • Radaelli AG, Augsburger L, Cebral JR, Ohta M, Rüfenacht DA, Balossino R, Benndorf G, Hose DR, Marzo A, Metcalfe R , Mortier P et al (2008) . J Biomech, 41(10), 2069-2081.
  • Boldock L, Inzoli A, Bonardelli S, Hsiao S, Marzo A, Narracott A, Gunn J, Dubini G, Chiastra C, Halliday I , Morris PD et al () . PLOS ONE, 19(11), e0314392-e0314392.

Conference proceedings

  • Tartarini D, Benemerito I, Narracott A, Li X, Richmond P & Marzo A (2021) pFIRE: parallel Framework for Image REgistration. Compbiomed Conference 2021
  • Narata AP, Silva de Moura F, Marzo A, Perrault C, Larrabide I, Bouakaz A & Sennoga C (2017) . 2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) (pp 1-1), 6 September 2017 - 9 September 2017.
  • Di Marco LY, Marzo A & Frangi A (2013) Multichannel foetal heartbeat detection by combining source cancellation with expectation-weighted estimation of fiducial points. Computing in Cardiology, Vol. 40 (pp 329-332)
  • Mangera A, Marzo A, Heron N, Fernando D, Abdel-Maguid MM, Hameed K, Soliman A, Bradley M, Hosking I & Chapple C (2012) DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF TWO ELECTRONIC BLADDER DIARIES; A PILOT STUDY. NEUROUROLOGY AND URODYNAMICS, Vol. 31(6) (pp 770-771)
  • Barber DC, Hartwell J, Naylor S, Marzo A & Hose DR (2009) Determination of Wall Strain in Model Cerebral Aneurysms by Image Registration. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCEMENTS OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 26 (pp 283-286)
  • Marzo A, Luo XY & Bertram CD (2005) . JOURNAL OF FLUIDS AND STRUCTURES, Vol. 20(6) (pp 817-835)

Datasets

  • Marzo A .

Preprints

  • Benemerito I, Montefiori E, Marzo A & Mazzà C (2022) , MDPI AG.
Grants
  • 2013-17 VPH-DARE@IT (EU FP7 - ICT) - Large-scale Intergated Project (IP) on patient-specific predictive models for early diagnosis of dementias and their evolution (co-investigator, PI Prof Alejandro Frangi)
  • 2014-15 NHS/EPSRC Urinary catheters: a more efficient and dignified solution for patients suffering from urinary incontinence (Principal Investigator)
  • 2016 - 2019 CompBioMed (EU H2020, phase 1) A Centre of Excellence in Computational Biomedicine (PI)
  • 2019 - 2023 CompBioMed (EU H2020, phase 2) A Centre of Excellence in Computational Biomedicine (PI)
Teaching activities
  • MEC320 Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • MEC458/BIE6434 Cardiovascular Biomechanics
  • IPE61007  Applied Modelling Skills and Virtual Reality
Current available PhDs
  • An efficient computational approach to guide intervention in treatment of stroke