Raffaele Dellacà has a Master degree in Information Technology Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano (1997) and obtained a PhD degree in Bioengineering in 2001 on the assessment of respiratory mechanics by opto-electronic plethysmography and forced oscillations. Since January 2005, he is assistant professor at the Department of Bioengineering of the Politecnico di Milano. His teaching activities are in the field of Biomedical technologies. From 2000 to 2003 he has also been Research Associate at the Biomedical Engineering Department at the Boston University, Boston, USA.
From 2005 he is Fellow of the European Respiratory Society. Dr. Dellacà main research interests are in the area of respiratory physiology, in particular on respiratory mechanics, linear and non-linear modelling of respiratory system mechanical properties, development of new technologies for the analysis of respiration, mechanical ventilation and anaesthesia. He is responsible or collaborating to several research projects sponsored by public agencies, foundations and companies. He is author of 22 papers published on international peer-reviewed journals, 8 book chapters and 7 patents.