Mariana IONIȚĂ
Prof. Mariana Ionita - Steering Commitee member, was educated at top level universities (Politecnico di Milano, Technical University of Denmark, Universita degli Studi di Milano) and gained her PhD in Chemistry and in Bioengineering (Politecnico di Milano, 2008). She has carried out very active research mirrored by 78 published peer reviewed papers (ISI), has over 1800 citations and h-index 22. As a result of her research activity, she also published 4 book chapters and is the editor of a book all of them related to biomedical field. She has coordinated 8 scientific grants/project and participated as project coordinator in more than 10 national and international grants (FP6-NMP3-CT-2005-013644, FP6-MEST-CT-2004-504465 and FP5 HPMT-CT-2001-00314). Prof. Ionita was the co-coordinator GRABTOP (A novel graphene biosensor testing osteogenic potency; capturing best stem cell performance for regenerative medicine), one of the most important project in medical engineering field, co-financed from the European Regional Development Fund with the main objective to improve the health status in society by creating an innovative medical device, biosensor type, as a foundation in the development of Products for Advanced Medical Therapies.
Her research interests are related to design and development of biomaterials for medical applications, 3D modelling platform and biomaterial-cell interaction, computer aided material design and characterization, design of separation membranes for biomedical applications, graphene-based biomaterials for bone regeneration