Gabriella Pizzuto

Dr. Gabriella Pizzuto is a Lecturer in Robotics and Chemistry Automation at the University of Liverpool's Faculty of Science and Engineering, jointly appointed in the Departments of Computer Science and Chemistry. She leads the Pizzuto Group and joined the university in 2021 after completing her PhD at the University of Manchester. Born in Malta, she obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Malta.

Her research focuses on intelligent robotic systems for laboratory automation, specializing in:

• Contact-based robot skill learning for chemistry labs
• Failure recovery methods in experimental environments
• Safe human-robot collaboration frameworks
• Physics-constrained machine learning
• Machine vision for laboratory workflows

Her work aims to develop robotic scientists that accelerate material discovery through autonomous experimentation.

Publication analysis reveals strong emphasis on robotic manipulation (70%), laboratory automation (60%), and machine learning applications (40%), with recent work showing increased focus on multi-modal sensing and physics-informed learning. Her most frequent collaborators include Prof. Andy Cooper and Prof. Michael Mistry.

Awards and Fellowships:

• Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship (2023-2028)
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Scholarship
• EPSRC New Investigator Award (2025)

Advising and Grants:

• Currently supervising 4 PhD students and 2 postdoctoral researchers
• Principal Investigator: £1.2M RAEng Fellowship for 'Upskilling Robotic Scientists'
• Co-Investigator: £12M EPSRC AI for Chemistry Hub (AIChemy)
• Lead Researcher: €8M ERC Synergy ADAM project
• Recipient of Google DeepMind Research Ready Grant (2024)

Leads the Autonomous Robotic Chemistry Lab at Liverpool's Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials. Her group combines expertise in robotics, computer science, chemistry, and engineering to develop next-generation robotic scientists.