Prof. Dr. Iulian Antoniac obtained his M.E., Ph.D. and Postdoc degrees in Materials Science at the University Politehnica of Bucharest. He is the leader of the Biomaterials Group, head of the Biomaterials & Interface Phenomenon Laboratory, and full professor at the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering. He was appointed Vice Dean of the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering and a member of the Senate of University Politehnica of Bucharest in 2016. He is currently President of the Romanian Society for Biomaterials (SRB), former President and permanent Member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine (ISCM). His research interests include metallic biomaterials and bioceramics for orthopedic and dental applications, bioceramic coatings, biocomposites, biopolymers, microscopy techniques for materials characterization, bone regeneration, biodegradable metallic biomaterials, surface modification, tissue engineering, bone regeneration, retrieval and failure analysis of orthopedic and dental implants.