Guests

 

Achala De Mel

Achala De Mel

Academic History:  
2007-2011: UCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London - PhD, Molecular Biology, Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering
2004-2005: William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London, University of London - MRes, Mechanisms of Vascular Disease
2001-2004: School of Biomedical Sciences and Chemistry,University of Nottingham - BSc (Hons), Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry

Research Area:
issue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine 

Publications:  2016 onwards

  1. Tsai KJ, Dixon S, Hale L, Darbyshire A, Martin D, de Mel A; Biomimetic heterogenous elastic tissue development; npj Regenerative Medicine; 2017 June https://www.nature.com/articles/s41536-017-0021-4
    Press: https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/insights-fdm-3d-printing-regenerative-medicine-dr-achala-de-mel-115462/
    Insights into FDM 3D printing for regenerative medicine from Dr. Achala de Mel, 3D Printing Industry
  2. Chaves C, Gao C, Hunckler J, Elsawy M,  Legagneux J, Renault G, Masquelet A C, de Mel A; Dual-acting biofuncitonalised scaffolds for application in regenerative medicine; J Mater Sci Mater Med J Mater Sci Mater Med. 2017 Feb;28(2):32. A Special Issue in Tissue Engineering
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10856-017-5849-z
  3. Hunckler J, de Mel A; A current affair; electrotherapy in wound healing; J Multidiscip Healthc. 2017 Apr 20;10:179-194
  4. Elsaway M, de Mel A; Biofabrication and biomaterials for urinary tract reconstruction; Research and Reports in Urology; 2017; 9:79-92
  5. Tsai KJ,  Rammou A, Gao C, de Mel A;  Biofunctionalisation of Biomaterials for Nitric Oxide Delivery; Potential Applications in Regenerative Medicine; Advanced Healthcare Technologies; 2017 
  6. de Mel A; 3D Printing and the Surgeon; Br J Surg. 2016 Jun;103(7):786-8 
    Leading Article - Featured on Cover page http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bjs.10188/full 
  7. Saksena R, Gao C, Wicox M and de Mel A; Tubular organ epithelialisation; Journal of Tissue Engineering 2016 Dec 7: 1 –16
  8. Felicity O, Louis S, Gazit E, de Mel AIs Nitric Oxide Assuming a Janus-Face in The Central Nervous System? Curr Med Chem. 2016 May 27;23(16):1625-37 )
  9. Akter F, Coghlan G, de Mel A; Nitric oxide in paediatric respiratory disorders: novel interventions to address associated vascular phenomena?Ther Adv Cardiovasc Dis. 2016 Aug;10(4):256-70. 
  10. Everett W, Rammous A, Scurr D, Darbyshire, A, Hamilton, G, de Mel A; A Material Conferring heamocompatibility,  Sci Rep. 2016 Jun 6;6:26848. 

Email: demelach@gmail.com

  
Huang Yang

Yang Huang

Academic History:
2006-2010: Bachelor’s degree at Changzhou University.
2010-2016: MD-PhD at Nanjing University of Science and Technology.
2017-now: Postdoctoral research in Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Research Area:
Nano-carbon materials and electrochemical energy storage

Publications:

  1. Yang Huang, Dongping Sun. Bacterial cellulose whisker/poly (acrylic acid-co-acrylamide) super-absorbent composite resins. Acta Polymerica Sinica, 2013, 9, 1185-1191.
  2. Yang Huang, Chunlin Zhu, Jiazhi Yang, Ying Nie, Chuntao Chen, Dongping Sun. Recent advances in bacterial cellulose. Cellulose, 2014, 21, 1-30.
  3. Yang Huang, Tianhe Wang, Mingzhong Ji, Jiazhi Yang, Chunlin Zhu, Dongping Sun. Simple preparation of carbonized bacterial cellulose-Pt composite as a high performance electrocatalyst for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC). Materials Letters, 2014, 128, 93-96.
  4. Yang Huang, Mingbo Zheng, Zixia Lin, Bin Zhao, Songtao Zhang, Jiazhi Yang, Chunlin Zhu, Heng Zhang, Dongping Sun, Yi Shi. Flexible cathodes and multifunctional interlayers based on carbonized bacterial cellulose for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 10910-10918.
  5. Yang Huang, Zixia Lin, Mingbo Zheng, Tianhe Wang, Jiazhi Yang, Fanshu Yuan, Xiaoyu Lu, Lin Liu, Dongping Sun. Amorphous Fe2O3 nanoshells coated on carbonized bacterial cellulose nanofibers as a flexible anode for high-performance lithium ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources, 2016, 307, 649-656.

E-mail: yang.huang@mail.huji.ac.il

 

Július Gajdár

Július Gajdár

Academic History:
2010-2015 - B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees at Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague in the study programme Analytical chemistry
2015-current - PhD. student at Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague in the study programme Analytical chemistry. 
Research Area:
Electroanalytical chemistry of biologically active compounds on modern electrode materials.  
Publications:
Gajdár J.
, Goněc T., Jampílek J., Brázdová M., Bábková Z., Fojta M., Barek J., Fischer J.: Voltammetry of a Novel Antimycobacterial Agent 1-Hydroxy-N-(4-nitrophenyl)naphthalene-2-carboxamide in a Single Drop of a Solution. Electroanalysis 30 (2018), 38-47.
Gajdár J., Barek J., Fojta M., Fischer J.: Micro volume voltammetric determination of 4-nitrophenol in dimethyl sulfoxide at a glassy carbon electrode. Monatsh. Chem. 148 (2017), 1639-1644. 
Gajdár J., Barek J., Fischer J.: Antimony film electrodes for voltammetric determination of pesticide trifluralin. J. Electroanal. Chem. 778 (2016), 1-6.
 Gajdar J., Horakova E., Barek J., Fischer J., Vyskocil V.: Recent Applications of Mercury Electrodes for Monitoring of Pesticides: A Critical Review. Electroanalysis 28 (2016), 2659-2671. 

Email: gajdarj@natur.cuni.cz

Luka Noc

Luka Noč

 Academic History: 
2009-2013: BSc at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2014-2016: MSc at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 
2016-now: PhD student at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and National Institute of Chemistry

Research Area:
High-temperature spectrally selective coatings for concentrated solar power plants

Email: luka.noc@ki.si

Xu Yujuan

Xu Yujuan

Academic History: 
2008-2012: bachelor's degree at Nanjing University of Science and Technology
2012-now: MD-PhD at Nanjing University of Science and Technology

Research Area:
Electrochemical Sensor

Publications:
Boron-doped graphene for fast electrochemical detection of HMX explosive[J]. Electrochimica Acta, 2016, 216: 219-227.

Mail: nlgpomm@163.com

Gianmarco Giordano

Gianmarco Giordano

PhD Student in Science and Engineering of Materials and Nanostructures
University of Padova
Department of Industrial Engineering

 

mail: gianmarco.giordano@mensa.it