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Dr. Gilson Khang was born in 1961 in South Korea, where he obtained his degrees at the Inha Univ (B.S. and M.S.). In 1987, he joined Dr Hai Bang Lee’s Lab at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT, Deajeon, Korea). He was studying for Ph.D. degree at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Univ of Iowa (Iowa City, IA, USA) from 1991~1995 under the guidance of Prof Joon B. Park. For 11 years (1987~1998) at KRICT, he worked on the development of drug delivery systems, the contact lens, blood bag, blood-compatible vascular graft, urinary catheter and tissue engineered cartilage, bone and spinal cord.
His academic career started at the Department of PolymerNano Science and Technology at Jeonbuk National University (JBNU, Assistant Professor, 1998-2004; Associate Professor, 2004-2009) and then tenured by Full Professor in 2009. He was planning and steering over 20 big grants from 1998 to present for the Korean Government, for example, Development of Drug Delivery System for Anticancer Drug (2MUSD/yr for 5 years, Korean Ministry of Intellectual and Economy), Stem Cell Research Center (10MUSD/yr for 10 years, Korea Ministry of Education, Science & Technology), Muscloskeletal Bioorgan Center (1MUSD/yr for 9 years, Korea Ministry of Health & Welfare), Advances Regenerative Medicinal Products (ARMP) and so on.
From 2006 to now, he was the PI of BK-21 (Brain Korea 21 Project), WCU (World Class University, 3MUD/yr for 5 years) Program at JBNU supported by KMEST and Innovation Lab by KMOCIE (5MUSD/2.5 yrs), typically. He was Chair Professor in the Department of BIN Fusion Technology of WCU program of CBNU.
Dr. Khang is member of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), Society for Biomaterials and American Association of Pharmaceutical Science and so on. He was the one of Founder Members of Asian Tissue Engineering Society (ATES), TERMIS Global and TERMIS-AP Chapter. Prof. Khang was General Secretary and Treasurer for 2005~2009 of TERMIS-AP Chapter and now served as a Co-Chair of Local and Development Committee of TERMIS-AP. He serves TERMIS-AP Continental Chair-Elect and Chair (2012~2015) and TERMIS Global President-Elect (2016~Aug. 2018). Also, he elected the Founding Fellow for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (FTERM) on 2012 (40 of total member 4,500 of TERMIS).
From 2004 to 2009, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (IF: 2.8). He is or has been member of the Editorial Board of many scientific journals (e.g. J Tissue Eng Regen Med, Stem Cell & Development, Inter J Stem Cell, Tissue Eng, Therapeutic Delivery, Regenerative Research, Macromolecular Research, Regenerative Therapy, Frontiers of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Biomaterials Research and so on).
He has co-authored or edited over 10 books. He has published ~700 original research papers, and ~200 editorials, reviews or chapters in books. His papers were cited >20,000 times. (h-index >76) His major scientific contribution has been to appreciate and analyze the importance of natural/synthetic hybrid scaffold to reduce the host inflammation reaction as well as the commercialization for tissue engineered products as cartilage, bone, retinal pigment epithelium, cornea endothelium, etc.
His international collaboration network is really worldwide and tight over 7 countries and 15 Universities. He is/was engaging the Visiting Professor of Tsinghua Univ, Peking Univ, Zhejiang Univ (China), Minho Univ. (Portugal), Trento Univ. (Italy), Airrangga Univ (Indonesia) and Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine (USA).
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Prof. Dr. Ali Erçin Ersundu is a faculty member in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Yıldız Technical University, where he co-founded the Glass Research Laboratory. He received his degrees from Istanbul Technical University, completing his Ph.D. in 2013, and conducted part of his doctoral research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
His work centers on glass and glass-ceramic materials for energy and communication technologies, with recent focus on lanthanide- and quantum dot-doped glass nanocomposites for color conversion. His pioneering research has enabled applications in solid-state lighting, agrivoltaics, luminescent solar concentrators, building-integrated photovoltaics, volumetric displays, optical sensing, and anti-counterfeiting.
He has published over 55 scientific articles, filed 4 international patent applications, and holds an h-index of 28. He has led numerous national and international projects, including Horizon Europe, the Clean Energy Transition Partnership, and TUBİTAK.
Prof. Ersundu received the Turkish Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Researcher Award in 2021 and the METU Parlar Foundation Research Incentive Award in 2022.
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C. Hakan Gür is a full-professor in The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at METU. He received his BSc (1st rank among the department graduates in 1986), MSc, and PhD (1995) degrees from the Department of Metallurgical Engineering of Middle East Technical University (METU, Ankara). He performed research studies at BAM-Berlin between 1991 and 1993. He served as the chair of the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (2012-2022) and as the director of the Welding Technology and Non-destructive Testing Center (2007-2024) at METU. He has level 3 certificates (UT, RT, MT, PT) from the German Non-Destructive Testing Society. His research topics include non-destructive testing and materials characterization, heat treatment, and residual stress. He supervised 10 PhD and 45 MSc theses. He has 72 international journal articles and more than 150 conference articles. He is the editor of the Handbook of Thermal Process Modeling of Steels (2008, CRC-Press). He is the author of the Residual Stress chapter in ASM Handbook-Vol 4F (Quenchants and Quenching Technology, 2024). In 2010, he was appointed a Fellow of the International Federation of Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering.CV
Julietta V. Rau (Dr., PhD) is currently Director of Research, Head of the laboratory and research group at the Institute of the Structure of Matter of the Italian National Research Council (ISM-CNR, Rome, Italy).
She is the author of more than 220 articles in International Journals, about 180 presentations and 45 Invited, Plenary and Keynote talks at International Conferences, and 3 International Patents. Her present H-index is 45 (Citations about 5900 (Google Scholar)
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She received several International Awards for her research achievements.
She is the CHAIR and organizer of the biennial BioMaH “Biomaterials for Healthcare” International Conference (https://biomah.ism.cnr.it) (4 editions were organized for now) and the Member of the International Scientific Committees of various International Conferences in the field of Materials Science, Nanoscience, Biomaterials and Medical devices.
She is Ambassador for Italy at the European Orthopaedic Research Society. She is Honorary Member Award of the Romanian Society for Biomaterials.
She is currently Associate Editor of the Bioactive Materials journal and FRONTIES in Biomaterials Science and Editorial Board Member of FRONTIES in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Scientific Reports, Coatings MDPI, In Vitro Models, Journal of Advanced Drug Delivery Research, Drug Design Development & Therapy, EC Orthopaedics, The Open Biomedical Engineering Journal.
Her present research interests (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Julietta_Rau) regard innovative biomaterials for regenerative medicine, orthopaedics and dentistry, among them calcium phosphates and bioactive glasses for tissue engineering applications. She is developing also antibacterial surfaces for orthopaedic and dental implants. She is also involved in research projects dedicated to novel imaging approaches for cancer diagnostics and biodegradable alloys and coatings.
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Prof. Dr. Capt. Taner ALBAYRAK (BA (Marine Sciences and Int. Relations), MA (Management and Political Sciences), PhD (Marine Sciences and Management - Maritime Business Management and Maritime Policies), Habilitation Strategic Management; is graduate of Naval Academy and Naval War College and qualified as a line officer (both deck and engineering). He served 33 years in the Turkish Navy mostly in operations and education and training management duties at different ranks and seniority and served as captain of a frigate and Commodore of a naval division. He also served in NATO Headquarters, UN Peacekeeping Missions and as a Defence Attaché at the Turkish Embassies abroad. Following his retirement from the Navy, he worked as Head of Vocational Programmes, Head of Navigation Engineering Department and EU Projects Coordinator at TUDEV (Turkish Maritime Education Foundation-established by Chamber of Shipping) Institute of Maritime Studies for Merchant Navy prior to his present post at Piri Reis University. He served as vice dean during the foundation of the university and also served at various positions such as Faculty Board Member, University Erasmus coordinator, Faculty Secretary, Head of International Office during the establishment of the university structure. He also served as a Board Member of Seafarers Examination Centre of the Turkish Maritime Administration. He took part in several EU funded Projects for international development as project manager and coordinator and currently in charge of seven EU Projects. He is the secretary of the Black Sea Association of Maritime Institutes. His various awards include NATO Medal for international peacekeeping missions, Oceangoing Unlimited Master Certificate and ACF/ICF (American Coaching Federation and International Coaching Federation) Management Coaching certificate, Honorary Professorship of Mircea Cel Batran Naval Academy/Romania and Honorary Professorship of Nikolai Vaptsarov Naval Academy/Bulgaria. He is presently senior lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Maritime Business Management Department and teaching Management and Organization, Maritime Business Management, Leadership Skills, Maritime Business Ethics, Marine Pollution and Environment Protection, Maritime Policy and Advance Topics in Maritime Management at bachelor, master and PhD levels.
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Iulian Antoniac is Full Professor in Materials Engineering and Biomaterials, Habil in Materials Engineering, Member of the Academy of Romanian Scientist, Member of American Romanian Academy of Art and Sciences, Past President of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine (ISCM) and President of the Romanian Society for Biomaterials. He received his B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., and Postdoc degrees in Materials Science at University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest.
Professor Iulian Antoniac research interests include biomaterials; bioceramics; coatings; biodegradable metals; biocomposites; metallic materials obtaining, characterization and testing; advanced techniques for surface characterization; microscopy techniques; functional materials; physical and chemical characterization of nano- and micro- particles for biomedical applications; implants for orthopedics and dentistry; advanced materials for smart industrial applications.
He has directed 12 PhD defended theses; member of the international commission for PhD thesis evaluation or promotion commission in different countries (Romania, Italy, Latvia, Türkiye, Russia); invited professor for teaching in other foreign universities from Israel, China, Portugal, Italy, Türkiye.
He is author of over 270 publications, with more than 3900 citations and Hirsh Index 37 according to Scopus database. He is Editor in Chief for the journal Materials Science Forum, editorial board member for other journals and reviewer for more than 50 journals.
Professor Iulian Antoniac have achieved in 2023 and 2024 the feat of ranking in the top 2% of the world’s most cited scientists according to the latest ELSEVIER report, using the SCOPUS database and h-index, hm-index, adjusted for the number of co-authors, citations in different author positions and a composite index c-score.
The latest achievement of the Professor Iulian Antoniac was his election as Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE), in 2023, which was made by the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE). (http://iusbse.org/aboutus/). Fellows are recognized for a status of excellent professional standing and high achievements in the field of Biomaterials Science and Engineering. This is the highest honor the global biomaterials community can bestow on outstanding scientists. Iulian Antoniac is one of the youngest researchers in the field to be distinguished and is now joining as first Romanian member of this group of less than 500 of the most respected biomaterials scientists worldwide.
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I graduated from Cerrahpasa English Faculty of Medicine in 1997 and started my professional life in Afyonkarahisar. In 2002, I received my Forensic Medicine Specialist training at the Istanbul Forensic Medicine Institute and completed my military training at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy. Due to my interest in the surgical branch, I started my Cardiovascular Surgery Training in 2005 and completed my Cardiovascular Surgery Training at Eskişehir Osmangazi University in 2011. After my compulsory service, I worked as a Cardiovascular Surgery Specialist at Taksim Training and Research Hospital, Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, and Mehmet Akif Cardiovascular Surgery Hospitals in Istanbul. In 2018, I started working as an Assistant Professor at Istanbul Medipol University Mega Hospitals Complex. In 2022, I received the title of Associate Professor and continue to serve my patients at The University of Health Sciences Gaziosmanpasa Training and Educational Hospital as a chef of Cardiovascular Surgery Department.
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Dr. Csaba Balázsi is Scientific Advisor of the HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research, Centre of Excellence of Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He obtained MSc degree in Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering from Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania. He received PhD in Materials Science from University of Miskolc, Hungary in 2000. He was a visiting scientist at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan in 2001, University of Limerick, Ireland and Istanbul Technical University, Turkey in 2003. He is President of Fine Ceramics section of the Hungarian Scientific Society of Silicate Industry (SZTE) and Representative of SZTE in International Ceramic Federation (ICF), Member of Council Board and Industrial Working Group Leader – European Ceramic Society (ECerS), Member of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) since 2004, Member in European Materials Research Society (EMRS), Bolyai Engineering Science Committee Evaluation (HAS). He served as Board Member of the Hungarian Society of Materials Science (MAE), Executive Committee Member of Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS), Member of PEC (ECerS) and Steering Committee Member of Energy Materials Industry Research Innitiative (EMIRI), Brussels. He organized several international conferences, was acting as chair of CMCEE14, 2024 (Budapest), ECERS2017 (Budapest), FEMS Junior EUROMAT2018 (Budapest), symposium co-organizer in ICACC (ACerS) Daytona Beach, USA, EMRS Fall Meeting Symposia (Warsaw) with topics on ceramics-based nanocomposites and co-chair of WoCeram2019 (JECS Trust, Budapest). He holds several awards, fellowships: Bolyai Plaqett (HAS), Fellow of the European Ceramic Society (ECerS), Gabor Dennis award (Novofer Foundation), ACerS Global Amassador (ACerS), Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), Mrityunjay Singh Bridge Building Award (ACerS), Late Shri J.S. Minhas Memorial Award (Indian Ceramic Society), Excellence Award BiomMed'2024 (Romanian Society for Biomaterials), Szent Antal Award (Parent’s House Foundation) and he is Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics.
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Professor Simona Cavalu serves as Full Professor in the Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, ROMANIA and Head of Cells Culture Laboratory.
She obtained an International Ph.D. in Sciences at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj -Napoca, Romania and she has worked as invited professor in several international institutions including Istanbul Technical University, Debrecen University (Hungary) and ISM-CNR Rome, Italy. She is also member of several Academic Societies: International Society for Ceramic in Medicine, Romanian (European) Society of Biomaterials, Romanian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics, Romanian Society of Medical Physics.
Professor’s Simona Cavalu research focuses on bio nano-materials for orthopaedic, dental and tissue regeneration applications, natural polymeric composites for controlled and targeted drug release, titanium cranioplasty, nanoparticles production and characterization, nanomedicine, animal model (in vivo biocompatibility tests), in vitro biocompatibility tests, natural compounds for different therapeutic strategies. She also served as invited lecturer at prestigious international conferences and co-organizer of international meetings, international reviewer and Editorial Board Member for prestigious, top-ranked international journals in MDPI, Frontiers, Springer, Elsevier. Her publishing activity comprises more than 220 papers in international ranked journals. Included in Top 2% World Ranking Scientists based on Stanford University Scientists List 2024. She has been awarded with various research prizes from international and national organizations: “Daniel Bunea“ Award of Romanian Society of Biomaterials 2014, Excellence Award SRB 2015, Best Conference Chairperson EMN Biomaterials Phuket 2016, Gold Medal - National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) 2018, Special Honour of Invention - Toronto International Society of Innovation & Advanced Skills 2018 (TISIAS), Special Award & Gold Medal - Malaysian Research & Innovation Society, and Special Award & Medal - Association of Polish Inventors and Rationalizers, 2018, as a group member of the invention “Cranial implant with osteointegrating structures and functional coatings”.
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Nermin Demirkol received her B.Sc. degree from Dumlupınar University as a ceramic engineer, Türkiye in 2001, and M.Sc. degree from Gebze Institute of Technology, Türkiye in 2004 and Ph.D. degree from the İstanbul Technical University (ITU), Türkiye in 2013. Since 2004, Demirkol has presented and published papers on the production and characterization of ceramic materials in many countries including Belgium, Germany, USA, Japan, Spain, France, England, Sweden, Romania, China, Greece, Hungary. She has many publications in SCI. In 2011, she received a scientific achievement award from Kocaeli University for her SCI publications. In 2014, her biography was published among the World Successful Scientists by the Marquis Who's Who Publication Board in the UK. In 2015, she was listed among the TOP 100 Engineers by the biography center in the UK. She is a board member of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Society (BTES) and Clay Sciences Society, member of Turkish Ceramic Society, European Ceramic Society ECerS, Turkish Electron Microscopy Society, International Society for Ceramics in Medicine ISCM and European Society for Biomaterials (ESB). She served as chair, organizing board and scientific board member in many international symposiums and congresses. She continues her studies on the production and characterization of traditional ceramics, bioceramic composites, 3D printing technology, reuse of waste materials in ceramic material production and ceramic glazes. She is involved in many national and international projects as an executive and researcher. She is an Associate Professor at Kocaeli University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Ceramics.
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Dr. Mirza-Rosca is Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Universit, Canary Islands, Spain. She is the Head of Nanoscience and Nanomaterials Laboratory and Director of Nanomaterials and Corrosion Research Group. Co-author of more than 100 publications with around 1200 citations. Her research interests are in the field of the materials science, corrosion of all types of materials, microstructure and biocompatibility of new materials, nanomechanical testing and surface treatments of materials.
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Prof. Hasan Gocmez received his BSc degree from the Department of Metallurgical Engineering of Middle East Technical University, Turkey in 1994, and his MSc and Ph.D. degrees in Material and Ceramic Engineering departments from the Rutgers University-New Jersey, the USA in 1997 and 2001, respectively. Japan Society awarded him for Promotion of Science as JSPS fellow between 2006 and 2007 to do research at Yamaguchi University. He was a visiting scientist at AIST, Stockholm University, Stevens Institute of Technology, and KTH. He is a Professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Kutahya Dumlupinar University.
His research focuses on ceramic processing, nanomaterials, and energy storage systems such solar cells and lithium-based batteries. In the meantime, he is an expert on the synthesis, dispersion, and stability of ceramic nanoparticles, as well as the preparation for energy storage applications. He has three patents pending and more than 100 publications, including articles, conference proceedings, and others. He was also an associate editor of the Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan and an editor of the Science and Engineering Journal of Dumlupınar University. He coordinated 13 national and 3 international projects supported by EU-FP6, the Japanese Society of the Promotional Science (JSPS), TUBİTAK, BOREN, etc. He received some awards from international and national levels, such as the Japan Society for Promotion of Science fellowship (Japan), the RoMat Excellence Award (Romania), the SME productivity encouragement award by the Ministry of Science, Industry, and Technology, Serhat Özyar Ph.D. thesis award by METU and best Ph.D. thesis by Automotive Association. Prof. Gocmez has been the founder and CEO of Piltek Energy System Co., located in Ankara, since 2016. This SME is focused on battery technologies, especially lithium and solid-state batteries.
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Takashi Shirai is a professor at the Advanced Ceramics Research Center, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan. He received his BS, MS and Dr. Eng. degrees in materials science in 2005 from the Nagaoka University of Technology. He joined the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), as a Post-Doctoral Research Scientist in 2005.
He moved to the Nagoya Institute of Technology as a Research Associate in 2008 and was appointed as an associate professor in 2009 and a professor in 2025. Prof. Shirai has more than 220 scientific papers in reputed journals, book chapters and conference proceedings and 70 patents to his credit. He has received 20 awards from Ceramics Society of Japan, The society of Powder Technology, Japan, and The Association of Powder Process Industry and Engineering, Japan, etc. His current research interests are developing ceramics processing by surface and/or interface-controlled techniques and in surface characterization of ceramics powder, for structural and functional ceramics. And focus on the development of novel materials and processes that contribute to energy economizing, highly efficient utilization of energy and new energy generation technique, achieving through theoretical and experimental research of synthesis and application of functional nanoparticles, composites and porous materials, etc.
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Gülşen Akın Evingür graduated from Physics Department at the Yıldız Technical University (YTU, İstanbul,Turkey) in 1996. She completed her Master Science in 2002 at the same department. The titled of her thesis was “Electrical Properties of Polystyrene”. She received her PhD from Physics Engineering at İstanbul Technical University in 2011. The title of the thesis was “Phase Transitions in Composite gels”. She worked as an assistant professor between 2011 and 2018, and she is currently working as Professor at Pîrî Reis University, Istanbul, Turkey. She has been engaged in various academic studies in the fields of composites and their mechanical, optical, electrical, and acoustic properties. She has authored more than 65 SCI articles, 100 proceedings in national and international, respectively. She has written 1 book, edited 4 books, and has had 9 chapters published in international books, 4 international, 4 national projects, respectively.
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Born in 1970 in Kütahya, he graduated from Ahmet Kanatlı High School with honors. Between 1987 and 1993, he received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Ege University Faculty of Medicine. In addition to his medical education, he led the first “Pharmaceutical Promotion Days” organization and ensured that it became a traditional organization. He completed his compulsory service in Karaman State Hospital between 1993-1995. Between 1996-2003, he completed his specialty training in Neurosurgery at Erciyes University Training and Research Hospital. In 1999-2000, he worked as an assistant to Prof. Dr. Paul Cooper, Head of Spinal Surgery at New-York University (NYU) in Manhattan, USA, and completed cervical and lumbar spinal microsurgery training. During this education, she has presented oral and written papers in many national and international meetings, published articles and successfully completed the courses she attended and received certificates.
Between 2003-2005 at Baltalimanı Bone Diseases Hospital,
Private Bahat Health Group Hospitals and Private GOP Hospital between 2005-2009,
Since 2011, he has been serving his patients in his own practice, Terace Fulya.
For more than 25 years, he has been one of the few surgeons in Turkey who can perform lumbar slip surgery with screwing method without anesthesia, correction surgery in lower lumbar scoliosis (spinal curvatures) without anesthesia and micro discectomy surgery in lumbar herniated disc without anesthesia, coccyx (coccyx) surgery with microsurgical technique, brain hemorrhage surgery with local anesthesia. He is known as a neurosurgeon who performs fast surgery with microsurgical technique and offers a high success rate.
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Ahmet Turan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Nanotechnology Engineering at Yeditepe University, where he also serves as the Director of Yeditepe University Technology Transfer Office (YUTTO). He was elected as a Board Member of the UCTEA Chamber of Metallurgical and Materials Engineers in both 2022 and 2024.
He received his B.Sc. degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Sakarya University in 2006 and his M.Sc. from Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in 2009. He completed his Ph.D. in the same field at ITU in 2014.
Between 2006 and 2007, Dr. Turan worked as a project engineer in the construction industry in London. From 2007 to 2010, he was a researcher in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at ITU, contributing to several industry-funded projects. He served as a lecturer at Yalova Vocational School between 2010 and 2014, and then as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Yalova University from 2014 to 2021. In 2017–2018, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Research Centre for Carbon Solutions (RCCS) at Heriot-Watt University.
Dr. Turan’s research interests include extractive metallurgy, pyrometallurgy, industrial waste recycling, sustainable metallurgy, synthesis and sintering of advanced ceramics and CO₂ capture technologies. He has authored more than 150 publications including journal articles, book chapters and conference papers.
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Professor (Biomaterials), Graduate School of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Catholic University “Sacro Cuore”, Roma, Italy.
After his studies in Roma he joined the Ceramics Technology Laboratory of the National Committee for Nuclear Energy (now ENEA), where he carried out studies on the thermophysic properties of Uranium and Plutonium oxides used as nuclear fuels. Since 1975, the framework of agreements with the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA) and of AGIP Nucleare S.p.A. he carried out studies on the behavior of ceramic oxides as fuels for Thermal and Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactors in nominal and in off-normal conditions.
In 1989, due to moratorium in nuclear energy activities in Italy, he transferred the know-how and technologies of his research group to the development of ceramics for clinical applications, with special emphasis on zirconia.
He has been head of Research Unit in the Italian National Research Council (CNR) programme on Advanced Materials, and Scientific Coordinator of EU-funded R&D projects.
From 2000 to 2005 he was as R&D Project Manager in Tecnobiomedica S.p.A (Pomezia, Italy) working on the development of medical devices for orthopedic and cardiovascular applications.
From 2005 to 2014 he was Scientific Director of the MeLab R&D facility of GHIMAS S.p.A. (Brindisi, Italy), developing scaffolds for bone tissue engineering and dental implants using advanced ceramic composites and 3D laser sintering of titanium powders.
From 2015 to 2022 is associated as Senior Scientist to the Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics of the Italian National Research Council (ISTEC-CNR), Faenza.
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1997 to 2017: Lecturer in Biomaterials, Orthopedics Dept., School of Medicine, Catholic University “Sacro Cuore”, Roma, Italy.
2000 to 2018: Scientific Consultant of the Medical Devices Division of CeramTec GmbH, Plochingen, Germany.
2005 to 2011: Scientific Supervisor of research project on the development of medical devices made by direct laser sintering of titanium powders, supported by Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Italy.
2005 to 2007: lecturer in Biomaterials and Biomechanics, 2nd Level Master “New Therapeutic Methods”, 2nd School of Medicine, “La Sapienza” University, Roma, Italy
2006 – 2012: Scientific Consultant, Dental Materials Dept., School of Dentistry, University “Tor Vergata”, Roma, Italy.
Currently he is member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the European Society for Ceramic Implantology (ESCI), active of the Italian Society for Research in Orthopedics (IORS). He is referee for scientific journals (Acta Biomaterialia,
Ceramics International, Journal of Advanced Biomaterials and Functional Materials).
He is author of more than 100 articles and book chapters that have about 4,500 citations (ResearchGate) by May 2025.
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I am an associate professor at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Japan. I received a doctorate in Energy Science from Kyoto University, Japan. My field of expertise is biomaterials and inorganic solid-state chemistry, with focus on preparation of bioactive titanium metal and its alloys by solution and heat treatment for orthopedic and dental applications.
I have developed a solution and heat treatment that can controllably incorporates multi kinds of functional metal ions such as Ca, Sr, Mg, Zn, Ga, Li, Ag and I into titanium surface. The treated metal exhibited both bone-bonding and antibacterial capability without cytotoxicity. My recent work revealed that the combination of additive manufacturing technology and the solution and heat treatment can produce an advanced functional porous titanium that induced early bone ingrowth and sustained antibacterial activity for a long period of time.
Another interest of my research is to reveal the dominant factor for apatite formation on pure Ti. It was found that both the positively and negatively charged surfaces can effectively induced early apatite formation in a simulated body fluid. Based on the findings, we recently developed full-custom made titanium plate for fixing mandibular bone with acid and heat treatment, and this was commercialized in Japan from 2022.
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Professor PhD Eng. Habil BURUIANA Daniela Laura (45 years old) is vice-rector at “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati. She has an experience of 20 years in Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, bachelor’s degree at the Faculty of Economics, Master's in Management of European Programs and Projects, Expert in Romanian Environmental Association. She performs 2 habilitation degrees in engineering: Industrial Engineering in 2022, and Materials Engineering in 2023. She is a doctoral supervisor in industrial engineering at the Doctoral School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, currently supervising many PhD students. She is Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Center in the Field of Eco-Nano Technology and Advanced Materials CC-ITI. Her scientific expertise in the coordination of more than 20 national/international research projects as principal investigator allows her to navigate complex scientific concepts with ease, making informed decisions and recommendations related to projects. With extensive experience in coordinating research projects, she guides young researchers in exploring innovative solutions and implementing them on an industrial scale. In addition to research, she is actively involved in publishing scientific papers, national/international patents and participating in international conferences, keeping abreast of the latest discoveries in the field of industrial engineering and materials engineering, and contributing to global scientific evolution.
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Reviewed articles for Thin Solid Films, Journal of Materials Science, Journal of Materials Research, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Materials Chemistry and Physics, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Scripta Materialia, Acta Materialia, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, Physica Status Solidi A, Scientific Reports, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review Materials, Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Communications.
Scientific Reports editorial board member, 2016-2024.
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Eda Tahir Turanlı is a Professor and Director at Acıbadem University's Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey. With extensive training and expertise as a human molecular geneticist, she holds a BSc in Genetics from Nottingham University (1995), an MSc in Human Molecular Genetics from Imperial College of Science and Technology (1996), and a PhD in Medical Biology from Marmara University (2000). Dr. Turanlı's research focuses on investigating the genetics and epigenetics of neurological and autoinflammatory diseases, with primary focus on Multiple Sclerosis. Her current work in the laboratory involves omics analysis of familial multiple sclerosis and functional analysis of the candidates in cell culture models. Dr. Turanlı fosters national and international partnerships in her research. With over 25 years of experience in academia, Dr. Turanlı leads a diverse research group at Acıbadem University comprising PhD, master's, and undergraduate students.
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Esra Zayim is a Professor at Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ), where they have been a faculty member since 2003. With over two decades of experience in research and teaching, their work focuses on advanced materials and renewable energy technologies.
She has conducted research on thin film coatings for electrochromic smart glasses, sensor application publishing extensively in high-impact journals. They have held visiting research positions at renowned institutions, including the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the United States worked with Dr. Satyen Deb who is father of electrochromism and KU Leuven in Belgium.
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Professor Vizureanu is Full Professor and Director of the Department of Technologies and Equipment for Materials Processing, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering of the Technical University of Iasi, Romania with a teaching experience over 30 years, a very rich experience in project management of a national and international research projects (Director – 7, team member – 38), concretized in many articles in different competences areas: biomaterials (characterization, testing and material expertise; medical devices; surface properties; tissue-implant interaction phenomena), materials science, unconventional energy, refractory materials, computer assisted design, geopolymers, safety and health at work, management and commercial engineering. As publications he has over 250 WoS scientific articles published in journals and conference proceedings, books and chapters in specialized books – Author of 28 national books and 18 international chapters/books, Editor of books INTECH OPEN (10 books + 6 chapters). Prof. Vizureanu has H-index 30 in Web of Science and 32 in Google Scholar. Prof. Vizureanu is Editor-in-Chief for European Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, indexed by DOAJ, CAS and CiteFActor, Guest Editor for several journals: MATERIALS (MDPI): Advanced Surface Treatment Technologies for Metallic Alloys; COATINGS (MDPI): Surface Treatment of Metals; Topical Collection in Coatings: Feature Paper Collection (5) of Topic Editors; Magnetochemistry (MDPI): In-depth Assessment of Highly Specialised Materials
Prof. Vizureanu is Chairman of ICIR EUROINVENT - International Conference on Innovative Research (Scopus & Web of Science Proceedings) 2015-2026 and Visiting Professor for lectures at prestigious universities: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 2011-2018, Universiti Perlis Malaysia 2015-2025 and Universiti Malaysia Terengganu 2023-2025.
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Sedat Alkoy earned his B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering in 1992 and his M.S. in Materials Science in 1994, both from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. He completed his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University, USA, in 1999. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Gebze Technical University, Turkey. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of the spin-off companies ENS Piezodevices Ltd., Turkey & STEM Sensors Ltd, Turkey.
Dr. Alkoy has held positions as a visiting scientist at the University of Manchester in UK in 2004, and as a JSPS fellow for 2 years at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan from 2004 to 2006. He has contributed to over 80 SCI articles including two reviews, and he holds one U.S. and one Turkish patent. He has led 15 scientific and industrial R&D projects. His research has been cited over 2,250 times, with an h-index of 18 and an i10-index of 36. His research focuses on ferroelectric and antiferroelectric materials, textured piezoceramics, piezoceramic fibers, piezocomposites, design and development of transducers for underwater acoustics.
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Prof. Neşe Şahin-Yeşilçubuk is a full-time professor at Dept. of Food Engineering (ITU). Prof. Şahin-Yeşilçubuk's extensive experience spans over 25 years. She continues her research and development studies on developing cost-effective extraction processes to obtain value-added components from industrial food waste and by-products, enhancing the functional properties and stability of these components through encapsulation techniques, developing sustainable food packaging including edible and biodegradable films and production of blue foods.
She is actively involved in international collaborations within EU-funded projects focusing on food engineering and sustainability. Prof. Dr. Neşe Şahin-Yeşilçubuk is PI of the AgriBioPack project, supported by the PRIMA program, which aims to utilize agri-food waste for the development of biodegradable packaging materials, and also in the SEAREFINERY project, supported by the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership (SBEP), which focuses on the valorization of marine resources and wastes for the development of efficient blue food/feed and environmentally sustainable materials.
Since 2021, Prof. Dr. Neşe Şahin-Yeşilçubuk has also served as a member of the Committee of the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
Geographically restricted access to reliable green energy, coupled with the inherent intermittency of their sources, poses a significant obstacle to the development of livable, healthy, and prosperous communities. In contrast, today dependence on fossil fuels worsens air pollution, severely affecting the environment, hence human health. In response, countries around the world are working together to develop policies and advance technologies that enable the continuous and sustainable use of clean, non-polluting green energy across all aspects of daily life, every where on Earth.
The system requires innovative material strategies to fabricate, store and transfer the energy. Our research group focuses on the development of environmentally friendly, low carbon footprint electrode active material used for energy storage devices. The primary objective is to conduct experimental research on the synthesis and characterization of anode active materials derived from various waste types (i.e. AlSi9Cu4 casting scrap [1], orthodontic waste [2], rice husk [3], inorganic domestic waste [4], biowaste [5], ferrochromium flue dust [6], electric arc furnace fluw dust [7]), utilizing a design of experiments (DoE) approach to optimize process parameters. For cathodes, our work mostly entangle the synthesis of cobalt-free chemistries ( i.e. NMA [8], CuS [9]). Moreover, studies on recycling of NMC cathodes are also being conducted via deep euectic solvent and hydrometallurgical techniques. In these studies, computational modeling is used in the early stage of the project to fasten the optimization procedure and ensure reductions in both material consumption and experimental time.
In this work, we report a case study demonstrating the functionalization of synthetically engineered ternary metal oxide powders with carbon dots obtained from bio-waste. This study’s originality lies in its materials-engineering-driven approach, which enables the strategic selection of raw materials and the design of synthesis flow chart to optimize performance, cost-efficiency, and sustainability in energy storage systems. As materials engineering stands at the intersection of chemistry, physics, and thermodynamics, interdisciplinary collaboration is essential to enhance sustainable innovation. The outcomes of our research demonstrate the mutual benefits of such integrative approaches not only in advancing technology, but also in reducing environmental impact and supporting circular resource utilization. In this context, this point of view offers a promising direction for future research and application in green energy technologies.
Keywords: lithium ion batteries, energy storage devices, material selection, process design, material science, innovation, sustainable world.
References
1. H Ashraf, BD Karahan Journal of Alloys and Compounds 1021, 179722
2. H Ashraf, BD Karahan, Z Şen Journal of Applied Electrochemistry 55 (3), 603-617
3. I Tunc, BD Karahan, O Keles Applied Physics A 130 (10), 677
4. H Ashraf, BD Karahan Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy 10 (3), 1702-1716
5. H Ashraf, BD Karahan Materials Research Bulletin 169, 112492
6. H Ashraf, BD Karahan Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 32 (20), 9029-9039
7. BD Karahan Materials Chemistry and Physics 302, 127734
8. HG Kul, BD Karahan, O Keles Ionics 30 (12), 7903-7915
9. R Solmaz, BD Karahan, O Keles Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 978, 118880
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Billur Deniz Karahan received her B.Sc. degree as the top-ranking graduate of the Faculty of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, in 2008. She completed both her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees at the Program in Materials Science and Engineering with the highest GPA grade, earning her doctorate in 2017. During her Ph.D. studies, she worked as a visiting researcher at Argonne National Laboratory (USA). Thanks to the innovative approach and impactful results obtained in her doctoral research, she recieved two international well prestigious awards: the ECS Battery Division Student Research Award (2016, USA) and the ICMCTF Advanced Surface Engineering Division Award (2017).
In 2017, she was appointed as an Assistant Professor at Istanbul Medipol University, where she established the institution’s first Battery Research Laboratory. In 2019, she contributed to the foundation of the interdisciplinary master's program Climate Change, Energy and Health and served as its department chair until 2022. She was promoted to Associate Professor in March 2022 and has been serving as a faculty member at Istanbul Technical University’s (İTU) Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering since May 2022. In 2023, she visited Argonne National Laboratory another time as a visiting researcher for strengthening the collaboration.
Upon her appointment to the department from which she graduated, Dr. Karahan founded the Energy Storage Technologies Materials Research and Development Laboratory, focusing on advanced materials for sustainable energy storage systems. As of May 2024, she has been leading the laboratory together with her former doctoral advisor, Prof. Dr. Özgül Keleş. Dr. Karahan’s current research focuses primarily on energy storage technologies, with additional work in electrochemical characterization, research on corrosion and protective coating. She also works on recycling as well as the recovery of critical materials from waste, which are then functionalized for use in various applications.
Dr. Karahan teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate-level courses, including Introduction to Materials Science, Design and Material Selection, Quality Engineering, Problem-Solving Techniques, Innovation and Lithium-Ion Batteries. She has edited a national book, holds two patents, and has authored or co-authored over 100 national and international publications and conference papers. She has led over 10 research projects supported by national and international institutions. Currently, she serves as Vice President of the Battery Group within the Automotive Technology Platform and continues her academic career at Istanbul Technical University.
