Dr. Abolfazl Heydari is an expert in the field of biomaterial research with a focus on carbohydrate, bioorthogonal, and supramolecular chemistry. He obtained his BSc degree at the University of Zabol in  2009, his MSc degree at the University of Tabriz in 2012, and his PhD degree at the Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman in 2017. He served as a Guest Researcher at the Polymer Insitute of Slovak Academy of Science from 2016 to 2017, and as a Postdoctoral at the Polymer Insitute of Slovak Academy of Science from 2017 to 2018. He has been serving as a Senior Research Scientist at the Slovak Academy of Sciences since 2018. Currently, Dr. Abolfazl Heydari focused on the modification of polysaccharides and cyclodextrins in a reproducible way and also the preparation and characterization of self-healable hydrogels using covalent and non-covalent click chemistry based on modified carbohydrates under physiological conditions.