RESEARCH TEAM

Prof. Horia Iovu - is the Head of the Advanced Polymeric Materials Group (APMG)-Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies. Prof. Iovu is also the Director of UPB Council for Doctoral Education (Provost position) and one of the top scientists in UPB. Prof. Iovu`s research activity generated significant scientific results recognized nationally and internationally. Prof. Iovu was directly involved and coordinated more than 25 research projects during his career. He founded the APMG in UPB in 2008 and continued to coordinate the research team. Alon with his research team, Prof. Iovu is the organizer of the 3rd International Conference on Bioengineering and Polymer Science at UPB.

The primary research interest of Prof. Iovu is related to chemical engineering and material science: personalized design of scaffolds for regenerative medicine; smart nanostructured systems for controlled release; polymer/carbon-based nanocomposites for biosensors; characterization of hybrid materials as potential drug delivery systems and the design and construction of 3D structures for biomedical applications using 3D-bioprinting, electrospinning. Prof. Iovu was the Project director of INOVABIOMED (Innovative Technologies for Materials Quality Assurance in Health, Energy and Environmental) with a value of nearly 16,000,000 Euro from European Funds (2016-2020) representing one of the most significant scientific and managerial projects in biomedical field. The project was implemented in UPB, being dedicated to the advanced research development by purchasing advanced top-equipment (Nano-FTIR, Micro-CT, Nano-CT, Nanoindenter, TerraHertz, Circular Dichroism, Advanced 3D-Printer, etc.).

Currently, Prof. Iovu is the Project director of eBio-hub: RESEARCH CENTRE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (2023-2027) aiming to establish within UPB a highly competitive interdisciplinary research centre in bioengineering operating at the interface between chemistry, biology, IT, micro and nanotechnology and medicine, and designed to develop micro, nano and bio-integrated solutions to address major global challenges in the biomedical field.