Gels (ISSN: 2310-2861) is pleased to add the following 60 researchers to the 2025 Early Career Editorial Board and congratulate them on becoming part of the Gels community!

Name: Prof. Dr. Chunxin Ma
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
Research interests: hydrogels; intelligent materials; biomimetic soft actuators; supramolecular self-assembly; nanomaterials; fluorescent materials and displayers; adsorption and separation; degradable polymers, wastewater treatment and environmental protection

Name: Dr. Antonio Capezza
Affiliation: Department of Fiber and Polymer Technology, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Research interests: polymers; recycling; upcycling; biomass; processing; absorbents; gels

Name: Prof. Dr. Di Jia
Affiliation: Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), Beijing 100190, China
Research interests: polymer physics; polyelectrolyte gels; dynamics of charged polymers; light scattering

Name: Dr. Subbiah Nagarajan
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Warangal, Warangal 506004, India
Research interests: organic chemistry–organic materials: self-assembly; molecular gels; carbohydrate chemistry; renewable resources

Name: Dr. Jason L. Guo
Affiliation: Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Research interests: fibrosis; wound healing; bioinformatics; machine learning; 3D printing; bioprinting

Name: Dr. Youjie Sheng
Affiliation: College of Safety Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, China
Research interests: flame extinction mechanism; fire-extinguishing agents; porous material; nano material; lithium battery fire

Name: Dr. Demetra Giuri
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Giacomo Ciamician, Università di Bologna, 2-40126 Bologna, Italy
Research interests: self-assembled peptide gelators; low molecular weight gels; applications in cosmetics; drug delivery; water remediation; multicomponent systems

Name: Dr. Jianguo Li
Affiliation: School of Materials Engineering, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Research interests: biomass; cellulose preparation; cellulosefunctional materials; pulp and paper

Name: Dr. Xiaoyang Yu
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Research interests: gel foam; fire fighting foam; nanoscience and nanotechnology; rheology

Name: Dr. Sebastian Bonardd
Affiliation: Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia, Spain
Research interests: polymer science; organic synthesis; soft matter; stimuli-responsive materials; nanotechnology; biopolymers; gels; nanocomposites; energy; electronics; dielectrics; (photo)catalysis; environmental remediation; drug delivery

Name: Dr. Massimo Mariello
Affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
Research interests: bioelectronics; biosensors; microfabrication; thin films; implantable devices; nanogenerators; energy harvesting; drug delivery; flexible electronics; hydrogel

Name: Dr. Bapan Pramanik
Affiliation: School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
Research interests: peptide; self-assembly; hydrogel; organogel; supramolecular chemistry

Name: Dr. Khaled Sebakhy
Affiliation: Laboratory for Chemical Technology (LCT), Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
Research interests: bio-based polymers; alginate hydrogels; sustainability; green chemistry; nanotechnology; heterogeneous catalysis

Name: Dr. Carla Villa
Affiliation: Department of Pharmacy (DIFAR), University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV, 3, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Research interests: gels; cosmetic technology; cosmetic chemistry; green chemistry; green extractions

Name: Dr. Francesco Caridi
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Physic and Earth Sciences (MIFT), University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy
Research interests: environmental radioactivity; gamma spectrometry; liquid scintillation; alpha spectrometry; gas radon detection; emanometry; radiation protection; ionizing radiation

Name: Dr. Xin Wei
Affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
Research interests: nanomedicine; biomaterials; targeted drug delivery; pharmacokinetics; women and children’s health

Name: Dr. José López-Castro
Affiliation: Hospital Público de Monforte., Servizo Galego de Saúde, 27001 Lugo, Spain
Research interests: SPSS; heart failure; cardiology; infection; memory; HIV; internal medicine; clinical psychology; diagnosis; sleep, memory and learning

Name: Dr. Giuseppe Paladini
Affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy (DFA), University of Catania, 95131 Catania, Italy
Research interests: biopolymers; xerogels; nanocellulose; drug delivery systems; FTIR-ATR spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; neutron spectroscopy; material characterization

Name: Dr. Xindi Sun
Affiliation: Physics and Engineering Department, College of Health, Engineering and Science, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock, PA 16057, USA
Research interests: gel conformance control; CO₂ EOR; CO₂ sequestration; chemical EOR

Name: Dr. Andrea Fiorati
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering, “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
Research interests: nanocellulose; biomaterials; materials characterization; chemical–physical approaches; nanostructured and composite materials; hydrogels; mass transfer phenomena; food packaging

Name: Dr. Jinjian Huang
Affiliation: School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, ‎China
Research interests: hydrogel; 3D printing; organoid; tissue engineering

Name: Dr. Ranjit De
Affiliation: NextGen Healthcare Materials Lab, School of Life Science, Handong Global University, Pohang 37554, Republic of Korea
Research interests: drug delivery; crossing the blood-brain barrier; neurodegenerative diseases; carbon quantum dots; polymer; polymer nanoparticles; upconversion nanoparticles; counterion condensation of polyelectrolytes; gold/silver nanoparticles; bioimaging/advanced fluorescence microscopy; surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)

Name: Dr. Muhammad Haseeb Iqbal
Affiliation: New Polymers and Biomaterials, Institute of Functional Interfaces, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Research interests: biomaterials; gels; surface functionalization; layer-by-layer (LbL); chemical vapor deposition (CVD); electrohydrodynamic jetting, antimicrobial materials and surfaces; cell differentiation; drug delivery; protein nanoparticles; colloidal science

Name: Dr. Silvia Locarno
Affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy
Research interests: hydrogels; biomaterials; material sciences; material characterization; polymer science; applied physics; dosimetry; drug delivery systems

Name: Dr. Luca Burratti
Affiliation: Faculty of Technological Sciences and Innovation, Universitas Mercatorum, 00186 Rome, Italy
Research interests: material science; hydrogels; water remediation; optical properties of materials; noble metal nanomaterials; 3D photo-printing; metal oxides

Name: Dr. Baskaran Stephen Inbaraj
Affiliation: Department of Food Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 24205, Taiwan
Research interests: nanoscience and nanotechnology; nanodiagnostics and nanotherapeutics; sensors; food/environmental/agricultural waste valorization; food and environmental toxins—analysis and treatment; food and environmental analytical chemistry; novel and green extraction/pretreatment techniques; chromatography—method development; pharmacokinetics and bioavailability; adsorption science and technology

Name: Dr. Roberta Passafiume
Affiliation: Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences (SAAF), University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Research interests: post-harvest; edible gel coating; food packaging; food quality; food safety

Name: Dr. Lingxiao Xie
Affiliation: College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
Research interests: semisolid formulation; hydrogel; in vitro performance test; nanoparticle; sustain drug delivery

Name: Dr. Gebremariam Birhanu Wondie
Affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics and Social Pharmacy, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa 3614, Ethiopia
Research interests: novel drug delivery; nanotechnology; formulation development; tissue engineering

Name: Dr. Supachok Tanpichai
Affiliation: Learning Institute, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand
Research interests: nanocellulose; cellulose-reinforced composites; chitosan; hydrogels; packaging

Name: Dr. Arvind Singh Chandel
Affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Research interests: medical hydrogel; development of hemostatic and antimicrobial materials research theme; development of biomedical sealant materials research; drug delivery development to disease treatment

Name: Dr. Lorenzo Bonetti
Affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Research interests: hydrogels; gels; natural polymers; biopolymers; biomaterials; responsive polymers; smart polymers; cellulose; cellulose derivatives; materials characterization; rheology; scaffold; biomedical; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine

Name: Dr. Pradeep Kumar Bolla
Affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA
Research interests: topical delivery; transdermal; permeation; IVRT; IVPT; franz cells; nanoparticles; lipid nanoparticles; skin delivery

Name: Dr. Gianluca Viscusi
Affiliation: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
Research interests: nanomaterial synthesis; water remediation; photodegradation; pollutant removal; polymeric nanocomposite

Name: Dr. Vasiliki Kamperidou
Affiliation: Department of Harvesting and Technology of Forest Products, School of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Research interests: wood modification; improvement; treatments; thermal treatment; hydrothermal treatment; impregnation; characterization; chemistry of wood; chemical products of wood; chemical technologies; biomass; biomass biofuels; bioenergy

Name: Dr. Mehtap Sahiner
Affiliation: Bioengineering Department, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale 17100, Turkey
Research interests: alpha-glucosidase inhibitors; acetilkolinasterase inhibitors; polyphenols; antioxidants

Name: Dr. Valentina Nigro
Affiliation: Fusion and Technologies for Nuclear Safety and Security Department, ENEA Frascati Research Centre, 00044 Rome, Italy
Research interests: materials science; soft matter; gels; scattering techniques; spectroscopy

Name: Prof. Dr. Fengshan Zhou
Affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Research interests: polymer; water soluble polymer; oilfield chemistry; clay minerals and their applications; comprehensive utilization of industrial and agricultural by-products; environmental pollution control; preparation and application of industrial surfactants

Name: Dr. Lianliang Liu
Affiliation: Department of Food Science and Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315832, China
Research interests: hydrogel; polysaccharide; delivery system; polyphenols; Maillard reaction; probiotics; prebiotics; immune metabolism; gut microbiota

Name: Dr. Xiaoyu Lin
Affiliation: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Water and Wastewater Treatment (HUST), MOHURD, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Research interests: biomass; adsorption; water treatment; leaching; recovery of metals

Name: Dr. Robert-Alexandru Vlad
Affiliation: Pharmaceutical Technology and Cosmetology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures, 540142 Targu Mures, Romania
Research interests: hydrogels; oleogels; bigels; ODTs; ODFs; HPLC; SeDeM; SSCD

Name: Dr. Junjie Qin
Affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
Research interests: hydrogels; sensors; colloidal photonic crystals; wearable devices

Name: Dr. Hongpeng Li
Affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
Research interests: advanced energy storage materials; carbon materials; transition metal oxides or nitrides, conductive polymers; thin films; supercapacitors; batteries

Name: Dr. Weibin Zhu
Affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Research interests: construction and applications of conductive composites; flexible electronics

Name: Dr. Dongming Li
Affiliation: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Research interests: numerical methods; computational mechanics; mechanics of materials and structures

Name: Dr. Hailei Zhang
Affiliation: College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
Research interests: hydrogel; stimuli-responsive; halloysite nanotube; polymerization

Name: Dr. Artur J. Martins
Affiliation: International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
Research interests: food science; soft matter characterization; food structuring solutions; functional foods

Name: Dr. Aikaterini Papadaki
Affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, Ionian University, Kefalonia, Greece
Research interests: bioprocessing; food waste valorization; bioeconomy & food products development; edible films; oleogels

Name: Prof. Dr. Linfeng Chen
Affiliation: Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Research interests: functional hydrogels; biomimetic interfacial materials; controlled release systems and particle assembly

Name: Dr. Qifeng Mu
Affiliation: RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
Research interests: bio-inspired soft materials; mechanochemistry in hydrogel; tough hydrogel

Name: Dr. Qingjin Fu
Affiliation: Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
Research interests: hydrogel; battery; biomass

Name: Dr. Silvia Sfameni
Affiliation: 1. Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials, ISMN—CNR, Palermo, Italy
2. Department of ChiBioFarAm, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy
Research interests: material chemistry; nanotechnology; sol–gel chemistry; polymer science; Hi-tech textiles; functional coatings; sustainability; stimuli-responsive polymers

Name: Dr. Longwei Jiang
Affiliation: College of Tea & Food Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
Research interests: biomass resource utilization; resource utilization of by-products; processing of agricultural products; physicochemical characterization; natural product

Name: Dr. Giulia Rando
Affiliation: 1. Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials, ISMN—CNR, Palermo, Italy
2. Department of ChiBioFarAm, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy
Research interests: materials chemistry; green chemistry; nanotechnology; environmental remediation; advanced materials; filtration membranes; stimuli-responsive polymers; functional systems

Name: Dr. Diana C. Silva
Affiliation: Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
Research interests: hydrogels; drug delivery; biomaterial characterization; surface modification; wound dressings

Name: Dr. Abdelnasser Abidli
Affiliation: Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G8, Canada
Research interests: porous materials; aerogels; surface modification and coatings

Name: Dr. Haoming Chen
Affiliation: Laboratory of Environmental Ecological Remediation and Planning, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
Research interests: agricultural soil improvement; biochar; heavy metal stress; soil environmental chemistry; environmental contamination and remediation; agricultural solid waste resource utilization; environmental bioremediation; soil science and soil reclamation; soil amendments; soil and groundwater remediation techniques; risk assessment of contaminated sites; ecological planning; agricultural landscape planning

Name: Dr. Emanuele Mauri
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Research interests: polymer functionalization; nanogels; hydrogels; colloids; drug delivery; cell delivery

Name: Dr. Omid Mazaheri
Affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
Research interests: hydrogels; coatings; sustainable applications; nanotechnology

Name: Dr. Gabor Jarvas
Affiliation: Research Institute of Biomolecular and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Pannonia, 8200 Veszprem, Hungary
Research interests: capillary gel electrophoresis; glycomics, glyco-informatics; biomarker discovery