Advisory Board and Editors Biomaterials
Maura Pellei
Maura Pellei is Associate Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Camerino. In 1993 she graduated in biological science at the University of l′Aquila. She obtained her degree in chemistry in 2003 and her Ph.D. in chemical sciences in 2010 at the University of Camerino. Her research interests are in coordination
chemistry, bioinorganic systems, and metal-based drugs.
Prashanth Ravishankar
Dr. Prashanth Ravishankar received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He is a Research and Development Scientist at Namida Lab Inc.
He has over a decade of experience in areas of Bioengineering, Biomaterials, Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering, and Bone and Cardiovascular Bioengineering. He has presented at international conferences in the USA, Canada, and Abu Dhabi. He also serves as an editorial member on BMC Research Notes and as a reviewer for journals and conferences.
Anoop Rawat
Dr. Anooop Rawat is a Research Associate at the University of Southern California.
His primary research is focused on understanding biophysical and structural basis of misfolding and aggregation of huntingtin protein which is implicated in Huntington's disease.
Nuno A Silva
Nuno Silva completed his BSc in Applied Biology (2007) and received is PhD in Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells from the University of Minho in 2012. His PhD work consisted on the development of novel approaches for Spinal Cord Injury Repair (SCI) based on biodegradable materials and stem cells. His PhD was carried out in the 3B’s Research Group and in the Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research of the University of Toronto. In 2012 he started a post-doc at ICVS dedicated to study the best therapeutic combination to treat the injured spinal cord.
In 2014 he was able to capture national competitive funding and started his own lab. Currently, his team is fully focused on research about SCI, from solving fundamental questions about how SCI affect the systemic immune response to design technological advanced therapies to treat this condition. The team is presently constituted by 1 post-doctoral fellows, 1 MD-PhD student and 5 PhD students.
He is currently an author of 44 papers published in international peer-reviewed journals and is an author of two patents. Nuno Silva has currently more than 2700 citations and an h-index of 23. Additionally he is author of 7 book chapters and has more than 60 communications in national and international conferences. He supervises/supervised 25 post-graduation students. Finally, during his research career, Nuno Silva was able to capture more than two million euros of competitive funding, either in research projects (1.8M) or salary grants (438K). He was honored with international funding from the Wings For Life Foundation and the La Caixa Foundation.
Rogerio R Sotelo-Mundo
Prof. Sotelo-Mundo contributes as an academic editor in PeerJ, PeerJ Inorganic. Chemistry and PeerJ Materials Science. He holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from The University of Arizona (USA) with Prof. William Montfort. Back in Mexico in 1999 at Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo (http://www.ciad.mx), Dr. Sotelo-Mundo has contributed to the biochemistry and structural biology of proteins from marine invertebrates. Being at a food science institute has applied biochemistry to food science and technology. Also, he collaborates in the materials science graduate program at Universidad de Sonora as a visiting professor, participating in research about macrocyclic biomimetic molecules. His research focuses on the structure and function of proteins related to disease, and the chemical structure of natural and synthetic molecules related to biomedical applications. The experimental approach is the crystallography of proteins and small molecules, along with biochemical and biophysical techniques. Our group collaborates with a range of groups from disciplines from genomics and metagenomics, biochemistry, supramolecular chemistry, and material sciences. PubMed http://goo.gl/uW67bK ResearchGate http://goo.gl/llPHxI and Publons https://publons.com/researcher/1220970/rogerio-sotelo-mundo/
Angelo M Taglietti
Since October 2014 AT is Associate Professor in the Chemistry Department of University of Pavia, sector CHIM/03.
He has been tutor of about 25 thesis degree and of two PhD students. He is a referee for several international journals. In December 2013 he obtained the scientific abilitation as “Professore Ordinario” .
Here are briefly listed some of his research interests.
Past:
(i) design, synthesis and characterization of systems able to work as fluorescent sensors for analytes of biological interest;
(ii) kinetic characterization of demetallation or translocation processes involving polyamminic complexes of transition metal ions;
(iii) design, synthesis and characterization of systems able to perform controlled translocation of transition metal cations inside poli-aza ligands;
Recent:
(iv) design, synthesis and characterization of devices containing transition metal ions able to perform supramolecular functions;
(v) functionalization of surfaces and polymeric samples with inorganic (Au, Ag, CuS) nano-objects and/or transition metal complexes with microbicidal action, in order to build antibacterial materials;
(vi) synthesis of anisotropic noble metal (Ag, Au) nano-objects, their surface functionalization for sensing and theranostic applications, study of their SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy) activity;
(vii) green synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles exploiting agricultural waste materials.
Luca Testarelli
Professor Testarelli is Associate at the 1st Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Rome “La Sapienza” since 2006. Dentist in Dental Clinic of Policlinico Umberto I’s Hospital of Rome since 2011. He completed a Ph.D with the highest marks at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” (2004) and obtained a Specialization Diploma in Orthognathodontics, at the University of L’Aquila (2008). Professor Testarelli is a member of several scientific national and international associations, and a member of the editorial board for several dental scientific journals. He is also Professor of Dental Restorative, Endodontics in School of Dentistry in Sapienza University of Rome, Professor of Oral Care in School of Dental Hygienist in Sapienza University of Rome and Professor of PhD Dentistry in Sapienza University of Rome.
Nagendran Tharmalingam
I started my career as a Med. Lab Tech and microbiologist. After my bachelor's and master’s graduation in Microbiology at the Department of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University, India, I did a Ph.D on the Inhibitory effects of piperine compound on Helicobacter pylori and its effects on gastric cancer. Then I moved to the Rhode Island Hospital, U.S.A, for my Post-Doctoral studies with Prof. Eleftherios Mylanokis, where I am actively involved in research projects and engaged in teaching research to undergrad students.
My primary interests are Novel antibiotic molecules against ESKAPE pathogens and gastric cancer-inducing pathogen- H. pylori. I am involved in repurposing clinical and novel synthesized molecules to combat bacterial pathogens.
Currently working as a Assistant Professor of Medicine at Houston Methodist Academic Institute and Assistant Research Member at Houston Methodist Research Institute
Stephan E Wolf
Dr. Stephan E. Wolf received his doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) in inorganic chemistry from Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany (2009). In 2020, after accomplishing a junior professorship, he received his Venia legendi (Priv.-Doz.) from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU, Germany).
He holds a Heisenberg Fellowship granted by the German Research Foundation and leads a research group on bioinorganic and bioinspired materials chemistry at the Department of Materials Science of FAU. His research revolves around the biosynthesis and process-structure-property relationships of biological materials, the underlying physicochemical intricacies of phase separation, and the translative adaptation of these concepts towards novel approaches in bioinorganic solid-state chemistry.
Yuliang Zhang
Dr. Zhang is a Staff Scientist from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences. His research mainly focuses on bio-molceular interaction by using microscopy and Molecular Dynamic simulations. He served as PI and Co-I in two projects.