I am Director of the Regenerative, Modular & Developmental Engineering Laboratory (REMODEL), Full Professor at the School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Principal Investigator at the Charles Institute of Dermatology and Senior Fellow at the Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research, all at University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland. I am Adjunct Professor at the University of Galway, Ireland and Co-Director of the Laboratory of Animal Science, Nutrition and Biotechnology, University of Ioannina, Greece. I am Chair of the Endorsement Committee of the Global and member of the Meetings & Sponsorship Committee of the EU Chapter of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), Irish Ambassador of the European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS) and Council Member of Matrix Biology Ireland (MBI). I am Fellow of International Orthopaedic Research (FIOR) of the International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies (ICORS) College of Fellows. I am Editor-in-Chief of Biomaterials and Biosystems (Elsevier), Senior Editorial Board member of BMC Biomedical Engineering (Springer Nature) and Associate Editor for Nanobiotechnology of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology and Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. I am Pool of Experts Board of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), United Kingdom. I am Director of REMODEL Scientific Services, Ireland.

My research group operates in the following areas: (A) Biomaterial- and cell- based therapeutic, reparative and regenerative products for healthcare. (B) In vitro pathophysiology models for drug discovery. (C) Cellular agriculture and aquaculture meat products for food security. (D) Tools and technologies that enable effective and efficient ex vivo cell propagation for the cell culture sector.

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