Welcoming New Editorial Board Members of the Journal of Functional Biomaterials

It is our pleasure to welcome the following 18 recognized researchers, who have recently joined the Editorial Board of the Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN: 2079-4983).

Name: Prof. Dr. Adetola Adesida
Affiliation: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada
Interests: cartilage; meniscus; tissue engineering; mechanobiology; stem cells; scaffolds; bioreactors; bioprinting

Name: Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Breschi
Affiliation: Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Via San Vitale, 59, 40125 Bologna, Italy
Interests: enamel–dentin adhesion; dental composites; ceramic materials; operative dentistry; dental materials

Name: Prof. Dr. Víctor Carriel
Affiliations: 1. Department of Histology and Tissue Engineering Group, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Granada, E18016 Granada, Spain
2. Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, E18016 Granada, Spain
3. International School for Postgraduate Studies, University of Granada, E18016 Granada, Spain
Interests: experimental histology; tissue engineering; biomaterials; biocompatibility; neural regeneration; histological methods and microscopy

Name: Prof. Dr. Xianting Ding
Affiliation: School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Interests: single-cell handling; drug combination optimization; biosensors for limited clinical samples; microfluidics; personalized/precision medicine

Name: Prof. Dr. Dennis Douroumis
Affiliation: Faculty of Engineering and Science, School of Science, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Chatham ME4 4TB, UK
Interests: two-dimensional/three-dimensional printing and bioprinting for regeneretive medicine; medical devices; continuous manufacturing; nanotechnology

Name: Dr. Antonietta Gatti
Affiliation: Nanodiagnostics, San Vito, Modena, Italy
Interests: nanopathology; nanotoxicology; nanodiagnostics; biomaterials and nanoparticles; functionalized and biomimetic surfaces

Name: Prof. Dr. Nathaniel S. Hwang
Affiliation: School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Interdisciplinary Program in Bioengineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Interests: immunoisolation; regenerative engineering; stem cells; biomaterials

Name: Prof. Dr. Kai Liu
Affiliations: 1. Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
2. Center for Synthetic and Systematic Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: biosynthetic chemistry; protein engineering; biomaterials; mechanical performance; biomedicine

Name: Dr. Bella Manshian
Affiliation: Biomedical Sciences Group, Translational Cell and Tissue Research Unit, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, B3000 Leuven, Belgium
Interests: cancer nanomedicine; infant respiratory diseases, mainly bronchopulmonary dysplasia; drug delivery systems; preclinical imaging (stronger focus on optical imaging); in vitro toxicology

Name: Prof. Dr. Carlos E. Nemcovsky
Affiliation: Department of Periodontology and Dental Implantology, School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Interests: soft and hard tissue reconstruction

Name: Prof. Dr. Joseph Nissan
Affiliation: Department of Oral Rehabilitation, School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
Interests: fixed prosthodontics; implant dentistry; aesthetic dentistry

Name: Prof. Dr. Kun Qian
Affiliation: School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Interests: materials and devices; mass spectrometry; omic analysis; clinical application

Name: Prof. Dr. Brian Rodriguez
Affiliation: School of Physics and Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin D04 V1W8, Ireland
Interests: scanning probe microscopy; functional materials; collagen; peptide nanotubes; bioprinting

Name: Prof. Dr. Yongqiang Wen
Affiliation: School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China
Interests: smart molecules and materials; DNA nanotechnology; nano biomedical and health materials

Name: Dr. Liang Yan
Affiliation: Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Interests: nanomaterials; nanomedicine; nanotoxicity; radiosensitization; radiotherapy; imaging-guided combination therapy; biomaterials; tissue engineering

Name: Dr. Mahdi Bodaghi
Affiliation: Department of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK
Interests: mechanics of biomaterials; smart materials and structures; metamaterials; soft matters; regenerative medicine; 3D and 4D printing technologies

Name: Prof. Dr. Saravanan Muthupandian
Affiliation: Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai 600077, India
Interests: antimicrobial resistance (AMR); antibacterial biomaterials; nanotheragnostic materials for AMR and cancer; biomaterials for cancer therapies; functional nanomaterials for biomedical application

Name: Prof. Dr. Anderson de Oliveira Lobo
Affiliation: Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
Interests: biomaterials; tissue engineering; biocompatibility of in vitro and in vivo assay polymers; bioceramics; metal alloys; spinning techniques; plasma etching; atomic layer deposition

We look forward to their contributions to the journal.