Biomaterials

Chara Simitzi graduated as a Chemical Engineer from the National Technical University of Athens (Greece) and then continued her studies in biomedical and tissue engineering. She pursued her MSc in Biomedical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University (Germany); PhD in Biology from University of Crete (Greece). After her PhD she worked at the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas Institute in Crete and the Queen Mary University of London (UK) respectively. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the group of Professor Day (Applied Biomedical Engineering group) at the University College London. Her scientific interests focus on the cell biomaterial interface and more specifically on the development of novel types of scaffolds for tissue engineering applications and cell culture platforms for in vitro studies to address cell biology questions.