Автор: Richard Hoogenboom

Dr. Sangram Keshari Samal received his Ph D degree in Biomaterials from the School of Biomolecular Science, University of Pisa, Italy. During his Ph D, he was a visiting fellow at BWH, HST-MIT and Tufts University, USA. He undertook his first postdoctoral research at Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bologna, Italy. At present he is a post-doctoral fellow at the Polymer Chemistry & Biomaterials Group, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Ghent, Belgium. His research interest is mainly focused on functionalization of polymers and evaluation of their potential for various therapeutic applications. Prof. Peter Dubruel is currently heading a group of over 30 people and has published over 100 A1 papers. Since the start of 2006, he has been involved in several EU projects (3 FP6 and 4 FP7, 1 as a coordinator). Since end 2006, he has delivered over 20 invited lectures. He has been the spokesperson of the Young Scientist Forum (YSF) from the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) for more than 5 years. He is part of the editorial team of BIOMAT.net and the journal Biomaterials. In 2010 and 2012, he was awarded, respectively, the YSF Excellence Award from the Romanian Society for Biomaterials and the Jean Leray Award from the ESB in 2013.