Biography
Professor Antonio Elia Forte has a cross-disciplinary background in Computational Mechanics (PhD, 2011-2015 Imperial College), Neuroscience & Signal processing (Postdoc, 2015-2018, Imperial College) and Applied Mechanics (Fellowship, 2018-2021, Harvard University).
He is lead of the RADlab and Associate in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering at Harvard University. He is recipient of the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, the Global Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship, two EPSRC Impact Accelerator Award, among other prizes and recognitions. He is Organiser and Chair of the “Functionality Through Nonlinearity” sessions at the APS Global Summit, and the Functionality Through Nonlinearity Conference. He is CSO and co-founder of The Weird Gripper Company.
Antonio moved to Oxford in September 2025 as Associate Professor in the Engineering Science Department. He is a member of the Solid Mechanics Group. He is interested in non-linear mechanics, reconfigurable systems, robotic matter, and mechanical metamaterials.
Research Interests
- Robotic Matter
- Reconfigurable Systems
- Granular Interactions
- Mechanical Metamaterials
- Embodied Intelligence
Recent Publications
Vacuum–Laser Fabrication of Programmable Soft Actuators
Rezanejad A, Mousa M, Wang Y, Adlerstein M, Yao J et al. (2026), Advanced Science, e22500
BibTeX
@article{vacuumlaserfabr-2026/3,
title={Vacuum–Laser Fabrication of Programmable Soft Actuators},
author={Rezanejad A, Mousa M, Wang Y, Adlerstein M, Yao J et al.},
journal={Advanced Science},
number={e22500},
pages={e22500},
publisher={Wiley},
year = "2026"
}
Multifunctional Fluidic Units for Emergent, Responsive Robotic Behaviors (Adv. Mater. 16/2026)
Mousa M, Comoretto A, Overvelde JTB & Forte AE (2026), Advanced Materials, 38(16)
BibTeX
@article{multifunctional-2026/3,
title={Multifunctional Fluidic Units for Emergent, Responsive Robotic Behaviors (Adv. Mater. 16/2026)},
author={Mousa M, Comoretto A, Overvelde JTB & Forte AE},
journal={Advanced Materials},
volume={38},
publisher={Wiley},
year = "2026"
}
Multifunctional Fluidic Units for Emergent, Responsive Robotic Behaviors
Mousa M, Comoretto A, Overvelde JTB & Forte AE (2025), Advanced Materials
BibTeX
@article{multifunctional-2025/11,
title={Multifunctional Fluidic Units for Emergent, Responsive Robotic Behaviors},
author={Mousa M, Comoretto A, Overvelde JTB & Forte AE},
journal={Advanced Materials},
number={e10298},
publisher={Wiley},
year = "2025"
}
Programmable Surface Dimpling of Textile Metamaterials for Aerodynamic Control
Farrell DT, McCann CM, Forte AE, Walsh CJ & Bertoldi K (2025), Advanced Materials, 37(40), e2505817
BibTeX
@article{programmablesur-2025/10,
title={Programmable Surface Dimpling of Textile Metamaterials for Aerodynamic Control},
author={Farrell DT, McCann CM, Forte AE, Walsh CJ & Bertoldi K},
journal={Advanced Materials},
volume={37},
pages={e2505817},
publisher={Wiley},
year = "2025"
}
Programmable Entanglement of Granular Mechanical Metamaterials (Adv. Funct. Mater. 41/2025)
Rezanejad A, Mousa M, Lorenz CD, Howard M & Forte AE (2025), Advanced Functional Materials, 35(41)
BibTeX
@article{programmableent-2025/10,
title={Programmable Entanglement of Granular Mechanical Metamaterials (Adv. Funct. Mater. 41/2025)},
author={Rezanejad A, Mousa M, Lorenz CD, Howard M & Forte AE},
journal={Advanced Functional Materials},
volume={35},
publisher={Wiley},
year = "2025"
}
Programmable Surface Dimpling of Textile Metamaterials for Aerodynamic Control (Adv. Mater. 40/2025)
Farrell DT, McCann CM, Forte AE, Walsh CJ & Bertoldi K (2025), Advanced Materials, 37(40)
BibTeX
@article{programmablesur-2025/10,
title={Programmable Surface Dimpling of Textile Metamaterials for Aerodynamic Control (Adv. Mater. 40/2025)},
author={Farrell DT, McCann CM, Forte AE, Walsh CJ & Bertoldi K},
journal={Advanced Materials},
volume={37},
publisher={Wiley},
year = "2025"
}
Programmable Entanglement of Granular Mechanical Metamaterials
Rezanejad A, Mousa M, Lorenz CD, Howard M & Forte AE (2025), Advanced Functional Materials
BibTeX
@article{programmableent-2025/9,
title={Programmable Entanglement of Granular Mechanical Metamaterials},
author={Rezanejad A, Mousa M, Lorenz CD, Howard M & Forte AE},
journal={Advanced Functional Materials},
number={e16484},
publisher={Wiley},
year = "2025"
}
Ultra-Sensitive & Fully-Soft Pneumatic Valve for High-Speed Oscillatory Applications
Mousa M, Wang Y, Rejanejad A & Forte AE (2025), 00, 1-6
BibTeX
@inproceedings{ultrasensitivef-2025/4,
title={Ultra-Sensitive & Fully-Soft Pneumatic Valve for High-Speed Oscillatory Applications},
author={Mousa M, Wang Y, Rejanejad A & Forte AE},
booktitle={2025 IEEE 8th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft)},
pages={1-6},
year = "2025"
}
Frequency‐Controlled Fluidic Oscillators for Soft Robots
Mousa M, Rezanejad A, Gorissen B & Forte AE (2024), Advanced Science, 11(43), 2408879
BibTeX
@article{frequencycontro-2024/11,
title={Frequency‐Controlled Fluidic Oscillators for Soft Robots},
author={Mousa M, Rezanejad A, Gorissen B & Forte AE},
journal={Advanced Science},
volume={11},
pages={2408879},
publisher={Wiley},
year = "2024"
}
Frequency‐Controlled Fluidic Oscillators for Soft Robots (Adv. Sci. 43/2024)
Mousa M, Rezanejad A, Gorissen B & Forte AE (2024), Advanced Science, 11(43), 2470264
BibTeX
@article{frequencycontro-2024/11,
title={Frequency‐Controlled Fluidic Oscillators for Soft Robots (Adv. Sci. 43/2024)},
author={Mousa M, Rezanejad A, Gorissen B & Forte AE},
journal={Advanced Science},
volume={11},
pages={2470264},
publisher={Wiley},
year = "2024"
}
Complex Deformation in Soft Cylindrical Structures via Programmable Sequential Instabilities
Yang Y, Read H, Sbai M, Zareei A, Forte AE et al. (2024), Advanced Materials, 36(46), e2406611
BibTeX
@article{complexdeformat-2024/11,
title={Complex Deformation in Soft Cylindrical Structures via Programmable Sequential Instabilities},
author={Yang Y, Read H, Sbai M, Zareei A, Forte AE et al.},
journal={Advanced Materials},
volume={36},
pages={e2406611},
publisher={Wiley},
year = "2024"
}
Complex Deformation in Soft Cylindrical Structures via Programmable Sequential Instabilities (Adv. Mater. 46/2024)
Yang Y, Read H, Sbai M, Zareei A, Forte AE et al. (2024), Advanced Materials, 36(46)
BibTeX
@article{complexdeformat-2024/11,
title={Complex Deformation in Soft Cylindrical Structures via Programmable Sequential Instabilities (Adv. Mater. 46/2024)},
author={Yang Y, Read H, Sbai M, Zareei A, Forte AE et al.},
journal={Advanced Materials},
volume={36},
publisher={Wiley},
year = "2024"
}
Complex picking via entanglement of granular mechanical metamaterials
Rezanejad A, Mousa M, Howard M & Forte AE (2024)
BibTeX
@misc{complexpickingv-2024/7,
title={Complex picking via entanglement of granular mechanical metamaterials},
author={Rezanejad A, Mousa M, Howard M & Forte AE},
year = "2024"
}
Chiral Mechanical Metamaterials for Tunable Optical Transmittance
Forte AE, Melancon D, Zanati M, De Giorgi M & Bertoldi K (2023), Advanced Functional Materials, 33(20)
BibTeX
@article{chiralmechanica-2023/5,
title={Chiral Mechanical Metamaterials for Tunable Optical Transmittance},
author={Forte AE, Melancon D, Zanati M, De Giorgi M & Bertoldi K},
journal={Advanced Functional Materials},
volume={33},
publisher={Wiley},
year = "2023"
}
Chiral Mechanical Metamaterials for Tunable Optical Transmittance (Adv. Funct. Mater. 20/2023)
Forte AE, Melancon D, Zanati M, De Giorgi M & Bertoldi K (2023), Advanced Functional Materials, 33(20)
BibTeX
@article{chiralmechanica-2023/5,
title={Chiral Mechanical Metamaterials for Tunable Optical Transmittance (Adv. Funct. Mater. 20/2023)},
author={Forte AE, Melancon D, Zanati M, De Giorgi M & Bertoldi K},
journal={Advanced Functional Materials},
volume={33},
publisher={Wiley},
year = "2023"
}
