From October 14th to 18th, the Faculty of Biotechnology at the Catholic University of Portugal will have the privilege of hosting Professor Gianluca Ciardelli from Politecnico di Torino as part of the ERASMUS+ initiative. This visit represents a unique opportunity to engage with one of the leading figures in the field of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering.

Professor Gianluca Ciardelli was recently elected a Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE) during the opening ceremony of the World Biomaterials Congress (WBC 2024), held in Daegu, South Korea. Additionally, he is the Chair of the European Society for Biomaterials Conference taking place next year. Professor Ciardelli also serves as Vice-chair of the Evaluation Panel for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships.

During his stay, Professor Gianluca Ciardelli will conduct a series of seminars and interactive sessions:

1. INTERACTIVE SESSION for Post-Docs and Research Leaders | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships: Expert Info Session for Researchers
   • Date: October 14th
   • Time: 14:30 - 15:30
   • Room: EC015
   • Registration
      
2. SEMINAR SESSIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING BY PROFESSOR GIANLUCA CIARDELLI
   • “Advances in 3D Bioprinting: Hydrogels, Bioinks, and Applications in Biofabrication”
     • Date: October 15th
     • Time: 17:30 - 19:00
     • Room: EBI011
     • Registration
        
   • “Polyurethanes and Their Potential for Biomedical Applications”
     • Date: October 16th
     • Time: 11:30 - 13:00
     • Room: EBI023
     • Registration
        
   • “Frontiers in Regenerative Medicine and Biomimetics: Skill Development and Opportunities for Biomedical Engineers”
     • Date: October 17th
     • Time: 16:00 - 17:30
     • Room: EC021
     • Registration

The Faculty of Biotechnology invites all interested parties to participate in these sessions, which promise to be a rich source of knowledge and an opportunity to interact with one of the foremost experts in the field.

About Gianluca Ciardelli

Gianluca Ciardelli (PhD) has a Master Degree in Chemistry summa cum laude, from the University of Pisa (1994). In 1997 he received the PhD in Natural Sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) of Zurich on synthetic degradable polyurethanes for biomedical applications. Then, he moved back to Italy, where he started his activities at Tecnotessile in Prato, a private company for applied research, until June 2002. From 2002 and 2004 he was assistant professor at the University of Pisa at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, Materials Science. In December 2004 he joined the Department of Mechanics at Politecnico di Torino (POLITO) as associated professor. He became Full Professor in 2011. G. Ciardelli is coordinating the Bioinside Lab, a group of 15 people on average (Graduate Students and Post-docs, with an interdisciplinary background ranging from chemical, biomedical engineering and chemistry) carrying out research in the development of biomedical polymers and realization of scaffolds and hydrogels for tissue engineering, drug delivery in nanomedicine, experimental organ models. At POLITO, he is currently teaching at Master Level (Bionanotechnology, Frontiers in Bioengineering enabling Nanotechnologies). He has been organizer of one national and one international conference and of several symposia in international conferences. Recently, he has been appointed as Conference Chair for the organization of the Conference of the European Society of Biomaterials in 2025. He is member of the Editorial Board of “Nanomaterials” and of the “Journal of Healthcare Engineering”. He has acted as external expert assisting, a.o., REA (since 2007), ESF (2009-2011), Eurostars Programme (2011-2014). According to the Scopus database, he is the author of 176 journal articles, 9 book chapters, 18 reviews, 4 editorials. The h-index is 49, the total citation number is over 9000.