Paul Gatenholm.received.his.PhD.in.material.science.
from.Chalmers.University.of.Technology..He.is.currently. a. professor. of. biopolymer. technology. at.
Chalmers. University,. director. of. the. Biosynthetic.
Blood.Vessels.Laboratory,.coordinator.of.the.EAREG.
program,. and. director. of. the. Graduate. School. at.
. Wallenberg. Wood. Science. Center.. He. is. also. an.
adjunct. professor. at. the. joint. School. of. Biomedical.
Engineering.and.Sciences.at.Virginia.Tech.and.Wake.
Forest. University. and. an. adjunct. professor. of. biomaterials.at.the.Wake.Forest.Institute.for.Regenerative.
Medicine.in.Winston-Salem,.North.Carolina,.USA..He.
Editors
Francisco Miguel Gama.received.his.PhD.in.biological. engineering. from. Minho. University.. He. is. currently.an.associate.professor.in.habilitation.at.Minho.
University,. where. he. directs. the. FUNCARB. Laboratory,.a.research.group.with.about.20.researchers..He.
has.authored.or.edited.two.books,.more.than.eighty.
papers,.and.two patents. ..His research.interests.include.
mass).and.the.development.of.biomaterials,.in.particular. bacterial. cellulose,. self-assembled. amphiphilic.
nanogels.and.injectable.hydrogels,.developing.applications.for.tissue.regeneration.and.drug.delivery.
has. authored. or. edited. two books,. more. than. two. hundred. papers,. and.
. fifteen. patents. .. His. research. interest. is. in. the. biomimetic. design. of. future.
materials.. This. requires. an. understanding. of. structure–property. relationships.at.all.length.scales..His.research.includes.biological.fabrication.through.
the.use.of.enzymes,.cells,.and.the.coordination.of.biological.systems.
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from.Chalmers.University.of.Technology..He.is.currently. a. professor. of. biopolymer. technology. at.
Chalmers. University,. director. of. the. Biosynthetic.
Blood.Vessels.Laboratory,.coordinator.of.the.EAREG.
program,. and. director. of. the. Graduate. School. at.
. Wallenberg. Wood. Science. Center.. He. is. also. an.
adjunct. professor. at. the. joint. School. of. Biomedical.
Engineering.and.Sciences.at.Virginia.Tech.and.Wake.
Forest. University. and. an. adjunct. professor. of. biomaterials.at.the.Wake.Forest.Institute.for.Regenerative.
Medicine.in.Winston-Salem,.North.Carolina,.USA..He.
Editors
Francisco Miguel Gama.received.his.PhD.in.biological. engineering. from. Minho. University.. He. is. currently.an.associate.professor.in.habilitation.at.Minho.
University,. where. he. directs. the. FUNCARB. Laboratory,.a.research.group.with.about.20.researchers..He.
has.authored.or.edited.two.books,.more.than.eighty.
papers,.and.two patents. ..His research.interests.include.
mass).and.the.development.of.biomaterials,.in.particular. bacterial. cellulose,. self-assembled. amphiphilic.
nanogels.and.injectable.hydrogels,.developing.applications.for.tissue.regeneration.and.drug.delivery.
has. authored. or. edited. two books,. more. than. two. hundred. papers,. and.
. fifteen. patents. .. His. research. interest. is. in. the. biomimetic. design. of. future.
materials.. This. requires. an. understanding. of. structure–property. relationships.at.all.length.scales..His.research.includes.biological.fabrication.through.
the.use.of.enzymes,.cells,.and.the.coordination.of.biological.systems.
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