Speakers 5th BioMaH Conference 2026
Plenary Speaker
Prof. Iulian Antoniac (Romania)
President of the Romanian Society for Biomaterials
Head of Materials Science and Engineering Department and member of the Senate of National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest;
Past President of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine;
Full member of the Romanian Academy of Scientist
Talk: Biomaterials and New Technologies for Healthcare: Innovations Impacting Research and Development
Deepak Vashishth, PhD Curriculum
Co-Director, RPI-Icahn School of Medicine Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine
Yamada Corporation Chaired Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute(RPI)
New York, USA
Talk: Vita Nuova: A New Life for Old Bones Revitalizing, Restoring, and Rebuilding the Matrix
Yufeng Zheng (China) Ph.D, FBSE, FAIMBE
Curriculum
Professor of Biomaterials
Director of the Institute of Healthcare Materials,School of Materials Science and Engineering
Peking University, Beijing, CHINA
Talk: to be announced
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. Aldo R. Boccaccini
Head, Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Visiting Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Materials, Imperial College London, UK
Talk: “Bioactive glasses and ionic medicine: progress and challenges”
Prof. Maria Chatzinikolaidou, FBSE, FTERM, FIAMBE
Professor of Biomaterials in Bioengineering at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Crete, faculty member at the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas FORTH.
Talk: Bioprinted complex constructs for tissue regeneration using multifunctional biomaterials
Prof. Ana Paula Rosifini ALves
Full Professor
Unesp – São Paulo State University – School of Engineering, Guaratinguetá Campus, BrazilTalk title:Redesigning Biomaterials: Sustainability, Functionality and the Future of Implantable Devices
Talk: Redesigning Biomaterials: Sustainability, Functionality and the Future of Implantable Devices
Prof. Ketul C. Popat, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Bioengineering, George Mason University, Fairfax VA, USA.
Talk: Tanfloc-Modified Titanium Surfaces: Optimizing Blood Coagulant Activity and Stem Cell Compatibility
Prof. Vicentiu Saceleanu (Romania)
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu,
Head of Neurosurgery Department County Hospital of Sibiu
Talk: to be announced
Prof. Jennifer Weiser Curriculum
Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City, USA
Talk: Injectable, Drug-Eluting Biomaterials for The Intervertebral Disc