Dr. Giulio Grasso is a postdoctoral researcher at the Biomimetic Materials and Machines group of the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, led by Dr. Florian Hartmann. He obtained both B.Sc. (2016) and M.Sc. (2019) in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Bari (Italy). He then joined the Soft Transducers Laboratory of EPFL (Switzerland) as a research assistant and doctoral student under the supervision of Prof. Herbert Shea and Dr. Samuel Rosset (University of Auckland, New Zealand). Here, Giulio developed additive manufacturing processes for zipping electrostatic actuators for on-skin haptic feedback applications, and gained expertise in soft MEMS fabrication processes, design of electrostatic actuators, and both analytical and FEM-based modelling. He obtained the title of Doctor of Science in 2024. In his current research position, Giulio continues exploring innovative fabrication processes and modelling approaches for soft compliant systems.