Publications

Complete list of preprints, journal and conference papers. (Updated on January 2026)

Preprints

G.C. Maffettone, D. Salzano, M. di Bernardo
Robust Macroscopic Density Control of Heterogeneus Multi-Agent Systems — submitted to IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2026.
L. Catello, I. Napolitano, D. Salzano, M. di Bernardo
“Sparse shepherding control of large-scale multi-agent systems via Reinforcement Learning” — submitted to the European Control Conference, 2026.
S. M. Brancato, D. Salzano, D. Fiore, F. De Lellis, G. Russo, M. di Bernardo
A bioreactor-based architecture for in vivo model-based and sim-to-real learning control of microbial consortium composition — submitted to IEEE Transaction on Control Systems Technology, 2025.

Journal papers

2026
Campanile, G., Martinelli, V., Salzano, D., & Fiore, D.
Regulating population density through antithetic feedback control of cell growth. IFAC Journal of Systems and Control, Volume 35, 100386, 2026.
Giusti, A., Salzano, D., di Bernardo, M., & Gorochowski, T. E.
Data-driven inference of digital twins for high-throughput phenotyping of motile and light-responsive microorganisms. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 22, 20250780 (2026).
2025
M. Coraggio, D. Salzano, M. di Bernardo
“Controlling complex systems”. Encyclopedia of Systems and Control Engineering, Springer (2025).
Campanile, G., Martinelli, V., Salzano, D., Fiore, D., & di Bernardo, M.
In silico analysis of metabolic burden effects on a multicellular integral controller. European Journal of Control (2025).
Salzano, D., Shannon, B., Grierson, C., Marucci, L., Savery, N. J., & di Bernardo, M.
In Vivo Multicellular Feedback Control in Synthetic Microbial Consortia. ACS Synthetic Biology (2025).
Martinelli, V., Fiore, D., Salzano, D., & di Bernardo, M.
Multicellular PID control for robust regulation of biological processes. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 22 (2025).
2024
Brancato, S. M., Salzano, D., Fiore, D., Russo, G., & Di Bernardo, M.
Ratiometric control of two microbial populations via a dual chamber bioreactor. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 8, 1301-1306 (2024).
2023
Martinelli, V., Salzano, D., Fiore, D., & di Bernardo, M.
Multicellular PD control in microbial consortia. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 7, 2641-2646 (2023).
Fusco, V., Salzano, D., Fiore, D., & di Bernardo, M.
Embedded control of cell growth using tunable genetic systems. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 33(9), 4893-4907 (2023).
2022
Salzano, D., Fiore, D., & di Bernardo, M.
Ratiometric control of cell phenotypes in monostrain microbial consortia. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 19(192), 20220335 (2022).
de Cesare, I., Salzano, D., di Bernardo, M., Renson, L., & Marucci, L.
Control-based continuation: a new approach to prototype synthetic gene networks. ACS Synthetic Biology, 11(7), 2300-2313 (2022).
Martinelli, V., Salzano, D., Fiore, D., & di Bernardo, M.
Multicellular PI control for gene regulation in microbial consortia. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 6, 3373-3378 (2022).
2021
Ruolo, I., Napolitano, S., Salzano, D., di Bernardo, M., & di Bernardo, D.
Control engineering meets synthetic biology: Foundations and applications. Current Opinion in Systems Biology, 28, 100397 (2021).
2020
Della Rossa, F., Salzano, D., Di Meglio, A., De Lellis, F., Coraggio, M., Calabrese, C., ... & Di Bernardo, M.
A network model of Italy shows that intermittent regional strategies can alleviate the COVID-19 epidemic. Nature Communications, 11(1), 5106 (2020).
Shannon, B., Zamora-Chimal, C. G., Postiglione, L., Salzano, D., Grierson, C. S., Marucci, L., ... & Di Bernardo, M.
In vivo feedback control of an antithetic molecular-titration motif in Escherichia coli using microfluidics. ACS Synthetic Biology, 9(10), 2617-2624 (2020).
Fiore, D., Salzano, D., Cristòbal-Cóppulo, E., Olm, J. M., & di Bernardo, M.
Multicellular feedback control of a genetic toggle-switch in microbial consortia. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 5(1), 151-156 (2020).
Guarino, A., Fiore, D., Salzano, D., & di Bernardo, M.
Balancing cell populations endowed with a synthetic toggle switch via adaptive pulsatile feedback control. ACS Synthetic Biology, 9(4), 793-803 (2020).

Conference Papers

2025
Martinelli, V., Fiore, Salzano, D., & di Bernardo, M.
Root Contours Guided Design of a Multicellular PID Controller. 2025 33rd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), Tangier (2025).
2024
Brancato, S. M., De Lellis, F., Salzano, D., Russo, G., & Di Bernardo, M.
In vivo learning-based control of microbial populations density in bioreactors. Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference (L4DC), 2024.
2023
Karagiannis-Axypolitidis, N., Salzano, D., Fiore, D., Cartenì, F., Mazzoleni, S., Di Bernardo, M., & Giannino, F.
A periodic open-loop strategy to mitigate plant-soil negative feedback. European Control Conference (ECC), 2023.
Brancato, S. M., De Lellis, F., Salzano, D., Russo, G., & Di Bernardo, M.
External control of a genetic toggle switch via Reinforcement Learning. European Control Conference (ECC), 2023.
2019
Salzano, D., Fiore, D., & di Bernardo, M.
Ratiometric control for differentiation of cell populations endowed with synthetic toggle switches. 2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC).