Esteban Piccinini holds a degree in chemistry from UNLP (2014). He completed a doctoral thesis in chemistry on the synthesis and characterization of supramolecular nanomaterials for the construction of functional bioelectronic interfaces, under the supervision of Dr. Azzaroni (INIFTA) and Dr. Battaglini (INQUIMAE). During a 12-month research stay at the Biosensor Technologies Laboratory of the Austrian Institute of Technology (Vienna), under the direction of Dr. Knoll, he acquired knowledge in 2D semiconductor materials and field-effect transistor devices. In 2020, he received the Luis Federico Leloir Award for the best doctoral thesis in chemistry, awarded by UBA. Subsequently, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the development and clinical validation of bioelectronic sensing devices under the co-direction of Dr. Arranz (IQUIMEFA) and Dr. Marmisolle (INIFTA).

Since 2019, Dr. Piccinini has been the scientific leader of Gisens Biotech, a startup that develops and manufactures digital, portable, and at-home medical diagnostic technologies based on graphene bioelectronic sensors. The technological developments of the startup have been recognized and supported by numerous national and international institutions: Skydeck Berkeley (Berkeley University), CDL (University of Toronto), LATAM 100k (ITBA-MIT), IB50k (Instituto Balseiro), Korea-LAC Business Summit (IDB), and eAwards (NTT Data Foundation), among others.

In recognition of his innovative contributions, Dr. Piccinini was chosen as Innovator Under 35 by MIT Technology Review in 2022 (www.innovatorsunder35.com/the-list/esteban-piccinini).

Currently, Dr. Piccinini is also Tenured Scientific Researcher (CONICET) in the Soft Matter Laboratory at the National University of La Plata. His research projects involve the synthesis of electroactive polymers and 2D semiconductor materials, the nanoconstruction of functional interfaces with heterofunctional chemistries, and the design and development of bioelectronic devices.

Current topics

  • Organic bioelectronics

  • Synthesis of 2D Semiconductor Materials

  • Advanced Electrochemical Devices

  • Biosensing and Bioelectronics

Selected publications

  1. “Non-invasive and Multiplex Self-test of Kidney Diseases Biomarkers with Graphene-based Lab-On-a-Chip (G-LOC): Towards Digital Diagnostics in the Hands of Patients”.
    Diforti, J. F., Cunningham, T., Piccinini, E., Marmisolle, W. A., Piccinini, J. M., & Azzaroni, O. Analytical Chemistry, 2024. 96, 15, 5832–5842. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c05148
  2. “Empowering Bioelectronics with Supramolecular Nanoarchitectonics: PEDOT-Based Organic Electrochemical Transistors with Tunable Electronic Properties”.
    Diforti, J. F., Piccinini, E., Allegretto, J. A., von Bilderling, C., Marmisollé, W. A., & Azzaroni, O. ACS Applied Electronic., 2024, 6, 2, 1211–1222, DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.3c01592
  3. “The Effect of Amino–Phosphate Interactions on the Biosensing Performance of Enzymatic Graphene Field-Effect Transistors”.
    Gonzalo E. Fenoy, Esteban Piccinini, Wolfgang Knoll, Waldemar A. Marmisollé, and Omar Azzaroni.
    Analytical Chemistry, 2022, 94, 40, 13820–13828. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02373
  4. “Biofunctionalization of Graphene‐Based FET Sensors through Heterobifunctional Nanoscaffolds: Technology Validation toward Rapid COVID‐19 Diagnostics and Monitoring”.
    Esteban Piccinini, Gonzalo E. Fenoy, Agustín L. Cantilo, Juan A Allegretto, Juliana Scotto, José M. Piccinini, Waldemar A. Marmisolle, Omar Azzaroni.
    Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 2102526. DOI:10.1002/admi.202102526
  5. “Surface engineering of graphene through heterobifunctional supramolecular-covalent scaffolds for rapid COVID-19 biomarker detection”.
    Esteban Piccinini, Juan A Allegretto, Juliana Scotto, Agustín L. Cantilo, Gonzalo E. Fenoy , Waldemar A. Marmisolle, Omar Azzaroni.
    ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 36, 43696–43707. DOI:10.1021/acsami.1c12142
  6. “Enzyme-polyelectrolyte multilayer assemblies on reduced graphene oxide field-effect transistors for biosensing applications”.
    Piccinini, E.; Bliem, C.; Reiner-Rozman, C.; Battaglini, F.; Azzaroni, O.; Knoll, W. (2017). Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 92(05), 661-667. DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2016.10.035