Matteo Taffetani

Dr. Matteo Taffetani is a Lecturer in Structural Engineering at the University of Edinburgh's School of Engineering, affiliated with the Civil and Environmental Engineering department. His research bridges structural mechanics, biomechanics, and materials science, focusing on elastic instabilities, poroelasticity, and soft matter physics.

His recent work explores snap-through instabilities in arches and shells, curvature-induced beading in soft materials, and poroelastic mechanics of biological tissues like articular cartilage. These studies span applications in morphing metamaterials, biomedical imaging, and tissue engineering. Key trends include instability-driven shape adaptation, multi-scale modeling, and mechanical characterization of biological systems.

He contributes to advancing optical coherence elastography for mechanical profiling and develops novel methodologies for coupling fluid dynamics with poroelastic materials. His work has significant implications for biomedical diagnostics, structural design, and multi-physics simulations.