Function-Oriented Bioengineered Skin Equivalents / SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science (PDF)

supervisor at University of Maribor, University of Ljubljana, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia and TU Graz and University of Graz, Austria. Her field of expertise is surface modification and characterization of polymeric materials with special attention on polysaccharides and its usability in biomedical applications (3D bioprinting and bioinks development, biopolymer composites and nanoparticles preparations). Her bibliography consists of more than than 1150 units, including 220 scientific peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, more than 50 lectures as a visiting speaker, as well as more than 500 contributions from scientific conferences, patents and innovations. Moreover, she implemented and coordinated more than 41 research projects/activities (2007-present), such as EU projects: (Horizon 2020, 7th FP, Era.NET, COST, EU, Structural funds), programmes and projects funded by ARRS, activities relating to the development and implementation of the Slovenia and EU higher education and research policy and more research activities funded directly by Slovenian and EU industries.

UroS Maver+,+ is a Head of IBS MFUM and an Associated Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor (MFUM). His research interests include topics such as preclinical in vitro models, surface functionalization, drug delivery systems, tissue engineering and wound healing, and molecular-resolution microscopy, especially atomic force microscopy in life sciences. As part of his research, he also leads several joint projects with the University Clinical Centre Maribor (involving various departments, from plastics, dermatology, orthopaedics, and ophthalmology). His bibliography includes more than 396 units (including more than 122scientific papers, 11 invited lectures, 130 contributions to conference proceedings, more than 15 final reports on national andinternational projects, 17 elaborates, 2 patent and 2 patent applications) with a proven track record as a project leader and author of 12 publications recognised as outstanding achievement with the highest scientific merit in the last decade. In 2018, he was awarded the Outstanding Scientific Work Award by the University of Maribor. According to the national evaluation of the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS), he was among the top 20 researchers in the field of biomedicine in recent years.

Tina Maver+ The desire to improve patient lives led her into scientific waters. After graduating from the Faculty of Pharmacy University of Ljubljana (UL), she worked with the Trauma Clinic of University Medical Center Ljubljana, where she developed advanced wound dressings for wound care. During her PhD studies in Biomedicine (at the Faculty of Medicine, UL), she developed two prototype wound dressings containing immediate and long-term pain relief drugs. Afterwards, she was granted a postdoctoral project and expanded her skin pharmacology research with 3D printing technology. Combining the knowledge of skin pharmacology with biomedical engineering is also her future research direction. Her extensive expertise in the application of biofabrication techniques (3D bioprinting and electrospinning) is evidenced by her bibliography, which consists of 156 units, including 30 scientific papers, 4 chapters in a monograph, 1 monography, 6 invited lectures, 43 contributions to conference proceedings, 12 final reports on national and international projects, 12 elaborates, 1 patent and 1 patent application. She has led several projects in the past (postdoc, national project, clinical projects, PI of a partner institution in some projects) and is the author of 5 publications recognized as outstanding achievements by ARRS.