Prof. Dr. Stevo Najman (Ret.) is a full professor and former head of the Department of Biology with Human Genetics and the Scientific Research Center for Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš. He holds a PhD in Biological Sciences from the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad. His honors include the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Niš branch of the Serbian Medical Society, book awards, and the Faculty of Medicine's Charter for Outstanding Work. He has led international and national research projects, including skeletal tissue regeneration with biomaterial scaffolds, participated in 18 projects, and developed an institutional cell culture infrastructure. He has published nearly 300 papers, about 140 indexed in Web of Science, and five monographs, with over 6,300 citations (h-index 34). He serves on journal editorial boards, reviews research projects, and belongs to scientific and professional societies. He previously chaired the Serbian Ceramic Society's Bioceramics Section and served on the board of the Anthropological Society of Serbia. He has supervised 13 doctoral dissertations. He has taught cell and molecular biology, human and medical genetics, and laboratory techniques. His interests include phagocyte biology, cell differentiation, biomaterial and 3D-printed scaffold biocompatibility, skeletal regeneration with biomaterials and stem cells, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and in vitro and in vivo testing of bioactive substances.