Dr. Ioana Cristina Marinas is currently a scientific researcher III and visiting professor at the University of Bucharest, the Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB). She graduated the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, Technological Biochemistry Department with a master's degree in the Chemistry of drug and cosmetic products. She completed his doctoral studies at the Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Department of Microbiology and Botany. She completed three postdoctoral grants at the University of Bucharest, ICUB Fellowship for Young Researchers. Dr. Biochem. Ioana Cristina Marinas is employed at private Institute of Advanced Biotechnologies, being involved in enzymatic digestion processes to obtain wet forms of collagen and the development of new collagen materials with targeted actions for various skin conditions. Within this company, she is the project manager for 3 national projects. Her current research focuses on the development of materials with biomedical applications, especially on medical devices with controlled release of active principles with antimicrobial, antioxidant, hemostatic and immunomodulatory effects for acute and chronic wounds.