Disney Science in Comics: Cities of Tomorrow

Francesca De Filippi is an architect and holds a PhD. She is currently an Associate Professor in Technological and Environmental Design of Architecture at Politecnico di Torino (Italy). She also serves as Adjunct to the Vice Rector for International Affairs, with a mandate for international scientific cooperation and experimental internationalization activities, and as director of the Research Centre on Habitat in the Global South. Her research focuses on designing safer, healthier, more affordable, and sustainable environments, settings, and structures, particularly in critical and vulnerable contexts with limited resources. This includes health and care systems, frugal innovation methods and technologies, and the use of ICT-based tools for social innovation, inclusion, co-design, and co-production, with a focus on fragile users. She has explored these areas through international research and cooperation projects, teaching, international scientific committees, and professional work.

Dr. Chiara Anzolini is a Junior Assistant Professor (RTDa) at the Department of Biology, University of Padova. Her work involves exploring innovative approaches to science communication and public engagement, and she contributes to the National Biodiversity Future Center.

Professor Fabio Fracas is a physicist with expertise in Atomic Spectroscopy, Radiotherapy and Radiation Protection, Quantum Physics, and Quantum Computer Science.

AnnMarie is a professor in the School of Engineering and the Opus College of Business at the University of St. Thomas. She founded and directs the Playful Learning Lab, which explores ways to encourage children of all ages to embrace playful learning. She and her students created Squishy Circuits and she authored “Making Makers: Kids, Tools, and the Future of Innovation.” AnnMarie holds PhD and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Caltech and an SB in Ocean Engineering from MIT. She also completed a professional certificate in Sustainable Design from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She co-founded and co-directs the University of St. Thomas Center for Engineering Education (CEE), which offers engineering courses for P-12 educators and researches pre-collegiate engineering. AnnMarie’s teaching covers topics such as Engineering Graphics and Design, Machine Design, Dynamics, Toy Design, Product Design for an Aging Population, Technology Prototyping, Environmental Sustainability/Innovation, and Brain Machine Interfaces. She previously served as the Founding Executive Director of the Maker Education Initiative, where her team established the national Maker Corps program. AnnMarie is also an amateur aerialist, specializing in static and flying trapeze, as well as juggling and cyr wheel.

Andrea is a journalist with thirty years of experience covering environmental issues. He creates books, games, educational workshops, and summer camps for children, based on scientific studies, to teach them to respect the Earth.

Benedetta Barone has been an artist for Disney Italia since 2006. She has illustrated Chip ‘n’ Dale stories for Cip & Ciop magazine and stories for Disney Fairies.

Emilio Urbano, born in Naples, has been an artist for Italian Disney comics productions since the late 1990s. His work includes stories with Simba in Amici di Zampa, gag pages with Pierino & Pieretto in Topolino, and stories and covers for PK2. He drew the 14th book in the Monster Allergy series and was an artist for Disney’s Ultraheroes comic. Urbano has also provided artwork for the children’s drama serial Célimène and has drawn for Marvel’s The Mighty Avengers. He is also a cover artist, illustrator, and inker.

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