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Dr. Hyun Jong Lee

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School of Chemical, Biological and Battery Engineering, Gachon University, Gyeonggi-do 13120, Republic of Korea
Interests: hydrogel; tissue engineering; drug delivery system; mechanobiology; stem cell fate control; hyaluronic acid hydrogel; click chemistry; electrospinning; three-dimensional cell culture
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Dr. Wei Li

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Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-3121, USA
Interests: responsive LbL nanofilms; cell capture and release; cell microenvironments; soft materials; exosomes biomedical microdevices; hydrogel

Prof. Dr. Wanjun Liu

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College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
Interests: biomaterials; islet encapsulation; bioprinting; hydrogels; nanofibers; textiles
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Prof. Dr. Jian Lu

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Biological Physics Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Natural Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Interests: biological physics; self-assembly; lipid membranes; antibiotic resistance; peptides; peptide amphiphiles; biomaterials; hydrogels
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Prof. Dr. Yanchao Mao

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School of Physics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Interests: ionic hydrogels; human–machine interaction sensors; stretchable sensors; bioelectronics
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Dr. Salvatore Marullo

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Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Interests: ionic liquids; supramolecular gels; biomass transformation; self-assembly processes
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Dr. Arn Mignon

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Smart Polymeric Biomaterials—Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering @ Campus Group T Leuven, KU Leuven, Andreas Vesaliusstraat 13, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Interests: stimuli-responsive polymers; electrospinning; co-axial electrospinning; wound healing; tendon repair; alginate; biomaterials; controlled release; nanoparticles
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Prof. Dr. David Mills

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School of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272, USA
Interests: nanomaterials; biomaterials; biomedical engineering; medicine; dental science; cancer research; tissue engineering; drug delivery
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Dr. Elena-Alina Moacă

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Faculty of Pharmacy, University Clinic of Toxicology, Drug Industry, Management and Legislation, and Dermatopharmacy, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
Interests: advanced ceramics; green synthesis; biocompatible dispersion media; iron oxide nanoparticles; antioxidant activity
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Dr. Adina Magdalena Musuc

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Department of Chemical Kinetics, “Ilie Murgulescu” Institute of Physical Chemistry, Romanian Academy, 060021 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: physical chemistry; physico-chemical characterization of materials; drug delivery; pharmaceuticals development; thermal analysis; kinetics; biopolymers; cyclodextrin inclusion complexes; hydrogels; biomaterials for biomedical applications; oxide materials design/synthesis and the thermoreactivity of precursor–oxide transformations; green chemistry; thermal properties; physico-chemical characterization; nanomaterials for biomedicine; nanomaterials for energy applications; catalysis; biopolymer-based hydrogels enhanced with natural extracts for the biomedical and food industry, pharmaceutical form, biomass, and combustion
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Prof. Dr. Hossein Omidian

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College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
Interests: pharmaceutical formulations; abuse-deterrent formulations; gastric retention oral drug delivery; polymers; hydrogels; drug delivery

Prof. Dr. Andrij Pich

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1. Lichtenberg Professorship Functional and Interactive Polymers, DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials and RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
2. Aachen Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM), Maastricht University, Brightlands Chemelot Campus, 6167 RD Geleen, The Netherlands
Interests: functional and interactive polymers; stimuli-responsive microgels; soft matter systems; composite materials
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Prof. Dr. Charalampos Proestos

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Food Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, 15771 Athens, Greece
Interests: antioxidants; bioactive compounds; essential oils; plant extracts; food chemistry; food analysis
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Prof. Dr. Leire Ruiz-Rubio

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Macromolecular Chemistry Group (LQM), Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain
Interests: polymer science; 3D printing; hydrogels; biomaterials; composites; photopolymerization; polysaccharides; polymer blend; thermal degradation; sensors; smart agriculture
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Dr. Constantinos Salmas

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Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
Interests: materials process engineering; porous materials; material characterization; kinetics; mesoporous materials; biomass and biowaste valorization; process engineering; gels as food packaging
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Dr. Andrei Sarbu

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National Research & Development Institute for Chemistry and Petrochemistry–ICECHIM Bucharest, 060021 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: polymer synthesis; modification; processing and characterization; especially molecularly imprinted polymers; hydrogels; inorganic–organic nanocomposites; membranes; polyurethanes and polymer recycling
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Dr. Ana Paula Serro

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Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: hydrogels; controlled drug release; biomaterials characterization; biotribology; adsorption of biomolecules onto biomaterials; sterilization
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Dr. Sara Nunes Silva

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CBQF—Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina—Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Rua Diogo Botelho 1327, 4169-005 Porto, Portugal
Interests: delivery systems; byproduct valorization; bioactive ingredients; antimicrobials; nutraceuticals; bioactives; immunomodulation
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Prof. Dr. Eliana B. Souto

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UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland
Interests: pharmaceutical technology; chemistry; novel foods; activity; nutraceuticals; supplements; sustainability; recovery; green approach; pharmaceutics; nanotechnology; novel formulations; bioactivity
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Dr. Ye Tian

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College of Medicine and Biological Information Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China
Interests: microfluidics; soft materials; flexible electronics; sensors and probes
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Dr. Chao Wan

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School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Interests: skeletal regeneration; hydrogels; cell based therapy; tissue engineering
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Dr. Zhili Wan

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Laboratory of Food Proteins and Colloids, School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
Interests: food physics; food colloids and interfaces; edible soft matter; gel network; surface rheology; plant proteins and natural surfactants; plant-based foods
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Prof. Dr. Chi Wang

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Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70401, Taiwan
Interests: electrospinning; polymer processing, polymer nano-composites; rheology; polymer nanofibers
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Dr. Xiaodong Wang

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School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Interests: aerogels; optical coatings; sol-gel; Raman spectroscopy; SERS; CDI; solid state physics
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Prof. Dr. Yanen Wang

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Department of Indurstry and Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Interests: biofabrication; tissue engineering; additive manufacturing; hydrogels; biomaterials; modification
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Dr. Wei Wei

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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Interests: silica aerogels; adsorption; oxide aerogels; photocatalyst; metal aerogels; electrocatalyst
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Prof. Dr. Zihao Wei

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College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266404, China
Interests: marine foods; bioactive ingredients; delivery systems
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Prof. Dr. Liping Wen

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Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Interests: the design and application of bioinspired nano-/micro-channels; energy conversion; ion separation and enrichment; sensors; gels based ion transport regulation

Dr. Richard J. Williams

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1. IMPACT, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3217, Australia
2. The Graeme Clark Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
Interests: self assembled materials for regenerative medicine; hydrogel
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Dr. Xiaodong Wu

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State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
Interests: thermal insulation; photocatalysis; electrocatalysis; aerogels; density functional theory
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