Biointerfaces International 2018 Conference & Seminar, August 13-16, 2018University of Zurich
Short Biographies of Speakers/Lecturer (for the attention of chairs/ discussion leaders)
Joanna Aizenberg, PhD, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Current position:
Professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard University, MA, USA
Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Materials Science at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Co-director of the Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology, Harvard, MA, USA
A core faculty member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA, USA
Education / Positions
Harvard University postdoctoral research with George Whitesides on micro/nano-fabrication and near-field optics
Ph.D. degree in Structural Biology from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (1996).
B.S. degree in Chemistry in 1981. M.S. degree in Physical Chemistry in 1984 from Moscow State University, Russia
Interests
Biomineralization, biomimetics, self-assembly, crystal engineering, surface chemistry, nanofabrication, biomaterials, biomechanics and biooptics, advanced materials and devices
André Studart, PhD, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Current position:
Prof. in Complex Materials, Dept. of Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Education / Positions
Researcher at Harvard University, USA (2007/2008)
Postdoc and Lecturer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2002-2007)
BA and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
Interests
Science & Technology of bio-inspired complex materials
Potential applications as medical implants, energy conversion systems and smart structures.
