Prof. Mariana Ionita
Mariana Ionita was educated at top level universities (Politecnico di Milano, Technical University of Denmark, Universita degli Studi di Milano) and gained her PhD in Chemistry and in Bioengineering in 2008 from Politecnico di Milano. Thereafter she was appointed Professor and project co-coordinator at Faculty of Medical Engineering, Politehnica Bucharest. Mariana has an outstanding contribution related to bone tissues regeneration solution and additive manufacturing / 3 D printing topic in which she emerged as a game changer achieving structures with predictable bone tissue regenerative performance or fine-tuned structures with anisotropic mechanical properties. She has co-authored four research monographs, more than 100 peer reviewed scientific papers, and participated in over 50 different scientific events as keynote and invited lecturer.