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Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 107; Google Scholar) degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995; USA) and in biomedical engineering from RPI (Ph.D., 2000; USA). He has served as a professor at Purdue (2000-2005), Brown (2005-2012), and Northeastern (2012-2021; serving as Chemical Engineering Department Chair from 2012 - 2019) Universities and has formed over a dozen companies who have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health. Dr. Webster has numerous awards including: 2020, World Top 2% Scientist by Citations (PLOS); 2020, SCOPUS Highly Cited Research (Top 1% Materials Science and Mixed Fields); 2021, Clarivate Top 0.1% Most Influential Researchers (Pharmacology and Toxicology); and is a fellow of over 8 societies.

After earning his degree in Aerospace Engineering at the Politecnico di Torino in 2005, Brischetto received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering (Politecnico di Torino) and in Mechanics (Université Paris Ouest–Nanterre La Défense) in 2009. He won the excellence prize for PhD students in 2008 and the prize for young researchers in 2011 at the Politecnico di Torino. He worked as a Research Assistant at the Politecnico di Torino from 2006 to 2010, and as Assistant Professor from 2010 to 2018; currently he is Associate Professor since february 2018. His main research topics are:additive manufacturing, FFF 3D printing,smart composite structures, multifield problems, hygro-thermal stress analysis, CNTs, inflatable structures, shell 3D and 2D numerical and exact solutions and UAVs. He is the author of 158 articles, 81 of which have been published in international journals, and 1 patent. He serves as a reviewer for more than 100 international journals. He has been Guest Editor for Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, for Technologies, and for Journal of Composites Science. He is a committee member for several international journals and 1 book series, and member of the "Shell Buckling People" web-site. Brischetto is Associate Editor of Curved and Layered Structures, and of Journal of Composites Science. He has been Teaching Assistant at the Politecnico di Torino for courses on computational aeroelasticity, structures for aerospace vehicles, nonlinear analysis of aerospace structures, principles of structural mechanics, aeronautic constructions, aeronautic structures, and numerical modelling and simulation techniques for aerospace structures. He was chair at the Polytechnic di Torino for the courses “Aeronautic law and human factors and safety”, "Design and Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Applications "and currently for "Aeronautic constructions", “Numerical modelling and simulation techniques for aerospace structures” and "3D shell models for composite structures". He is co-founder and co-chair of the group “ASTRA: Additive manufacturing for Systems and structures in Aerospace”, and also founder and chair of the project “PoliDrone, A multipurpose modular drone produced via 3D printing".

Dr Wei Min Huang is currently an Associate Professor (tenured) at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. With over 25 years of experience on various shape memory materials (alloy, polymer, composite and hybrid), he has published over 200 papers in journals, such as Accounts of Chemical Research, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, and Materials Today, and has been invited to review manuscripts from over 290 international journals (including Progress in Polymer Science, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, and Advanced Functional Materials, etc), project proposals from American Chemical Society, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, etc, and book proposals from Springer, Elsevier and CRC. He has published two books (Thin film shape memory alloys – fundamentals and device applications, Polyurethane shape memory polymers) and is currently on the editorial board of over three dozen of journals.

Abdel-Fattah Seyam, Charles A. Cannon Professor of Textiles and the Department Head of the Department of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management, Wilson College of Textiles, NC State University, USA. He obtained a BS and MS in Textile Engineering from Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. He also obtained a PhD degree in Fiber and Polymer Science from North Carolina State University, USA. After his graduation from NCSU, Dr. Seyam worked for two US companies for over five years. After gaining industry experience in US for over five years, he joined the College of Textiles, NC State University as Assistant Professor. Since joining NC State University Wilson College of Textiles in 1991, Dr. Seyam established numerous research areas:Structural Mechanics of Woven Fabrics, Carding Dynamics, Needlepunching Process and Products, Direct Garment Manufacturing using Meltblowing and Robotic Technologies, Smart Electrotextile Structures, Computer Simulation and Formation of Nonwovens using Electrostatic Field (electrospinning and flocking), Formation of Nanofibers, Applications of MEMS in Textiles, Static Generation/Dissipation on Polymeric and Textiles’ Surfaces, Modeling of the Hydroentanglement Process, Fiber Reinforced Composites from High Performance Fibers and Sustainable Biodegradable Natural Fibers and Resins, Protection of High Performance Fibers from UV, Jacquard Fabrics on Demand, Seamless Shaped Garments and Medical Textiles, Laminates for Airships,Non-stop Tying-in Process, and Formation and Structure of 3D Printed Fiber Reinforced Composites. The successes of establishing this significant list of research areas is related to the effective leadership and academic coupled with industry experience of Dr. Seyam, recruiting excellent students, involving faculty and industry experts from several disciplines and securing substantial research funds. Dr. Seyam has published numerous peer reviewed journal and conference papers and presented extensively at international conferences, including keynote and invited talks. He authored two user-friendly computer software packages with extensive codes for manufacturing and engineering woven structures for the two of his former industry employers. He is co-inventor of six patents in the areas of cold weather systems, electrotextile structures, airship, and non-stop tying-in process.

Professor Xiaochun Li is the Raytheon Endowed Chair in Manufacturing Engineering in the Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is also the founder of MetaLi LLC (www.metaliusa.com). and He currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer for the Western Regional Smart Manufacturing Center, USA Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute. He received his Ph.D. at Stanford University in 2001. He is a holder of multiple best paper awards and patents, including more than 10 of those licensed by industry. Dr. Li received National Science Foundation CAREER award in 2002, Jiri Tlusty Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from Society of Manufacturing Engineers in 2003, and 2008 Howard F. Taylor Award from American Foundry Society (AFS). Dr. Li was previously a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) from 2001 to 2013. He served as the Director of Nano-Engineered Materials Processing Center (NEMPC) at UW-Madison between 2009 and 2013. Dr. Li has been elected Fellows in American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the International Society for Nanomanufacturing. His research interests are in manufacturing and practical applications of nanotechnology enabled metals, especially nanoparticle dispersion, nanoparticle-metal interaction, and control of microstructures etc.

Dr. Tao Peng obtained his PhD degree from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and Master & Bachelor degrees from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. He is an Associate Professor and currently serves as Deputy Director at the Institute of Industrial Engineering and Associate Head of Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China. Dr. Peng is also the Deputy Secretary General of Industrial Big Data and Intelligent System Branch of China Mechanical Engineering Society (CMES), and a Council Member of Industrial Big Data sub-Association of China Association for Mechatronics Technology and Application. His research focuses on innovative technologies for sustainable manufacturing systems, including system modeling and optimization, big data-driven production management, sustainable additive manufacturing towards better life cycle performance, and cognitive intelligence in manufacturing systems and supply chains. Dr. Peng is an Associate Editor of IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing, Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology, and Guest Editor of a number of journals, e.g. Additive Manufacturing, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Journal of Cleaner Production, Sensors, and etc. He is always active and maintains good international collaborations, and acts as an International Technical/Scientific/Program/Executive committee member of several conferences, such as CIRP LCE/EcoDesign/CIE/IKMAP. He has authored/co-authored over 80 publications, recognized as world’s Top 2% Scientists 2020.

Prajwal Agrawal is currently a Research Associate at ETH Zurich, Switzerland working with Dr. Daniel Ahmed on Acoustics robots and their manipulation in humans and also developing new fabrication technologies for acoustics robotics, (bio)fabrication, and precision medicine. Previously he worked as a research assistant at Dr. Shrike Zhang’s group at Harvard Medical School and Brigham's and women's hospital, USA working towards fabricating and developing new techniques for tissue engineering. He received his graduation in Mechanical (Major) and Civil (Minor). He completed his bachelor thesis at Harvard University, USA, and his bachelor's studies at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Vellore, India. Since May 2017, he has worked at the Manufacturing Department, VIT campus. Here, he researched the fabrication & analysis of different metals, natural fibers, composites, and other elements. He has been awarded G.D. Naidu Young Scientist Award, Achievers award, and C.V. Raman Award by VIT for his outstanding academic and co-curricular performance. Outside of academics, he has collaborated with BOSCH, Mahindra Rise, Natural's Sugar LTD, and other such companies. He has published 10+ papers in high-impact peer-reviewed journals including Small Structures, Applied Physics Reviews, Materials Today, Nature Communications, Advanced NanoBiomed Research, and others. He has also written 2 book chapters one for Wiley and the other for Elsevier publishing house (both are in press). His current interest lies in exploring new ways for advancements of Additive Manufacturing techniques to be used for the betterment of society.

Soshu Kirihara is a doctor of engineering and a professor of Joining and Welding Research Institute (JWRI), Osaka University, Japan. In his main investigation “Materials Tectonics” for environmental improvements of “Geotechnology”, multi-dimensional structures were successfully fabricated to modulate energy and materials flows effectively. Ceramic and metal components were fabricated directly by smart additive manufacturing, design and evaluation (Smart MADE) using high power ultraviolet laser lithography. Original stereolithography systems were developed, and new start-up company “SK-Fine” was established through academic-industrial collaboration

Dr. Liqiang Wang is a full professor in the state key laboratory of metal matrix composites at shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research interests include deformation mechanism of materials, additive manufacturing, and modelling and design for biomedical materials. In the past five years, he has published more than 80 SCI papers (60 first and corresponding authors) in prestigious journals such as ActaMaterialia, Additive manufacturing, Compart B, etc.Currently, he serves in several journals: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions(Key Reader),Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (Associate Editor),Frontiers in Materials (Associate Editor),Virtual and Physical Prototyping (Editorial Board Member),Current Nanoscience (Editorial Board Member),Coatings (Editorial Board Member).

Professor Dr. Xizhang Chen work at Wenzhou University, China, leads the Materials Joining& Processing, 3D print Team, conducting both fundamental and applied R&D and technology innovations for diverse interdisciplinary subjects related to materials joining/additive manufacturing and allied materials manufacturing processes. He also worked as HERE Faculty at Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 2011-2014, USA. With over 15 years R&D experience, Professor Dr. Chen has proven record in developing and leading major R&D programs to advance materials joining and additive manufacturing science and technologies. Over the past decade, Dr. Chen has been involved extensively in body structure light weighting programs, Intelligent Robot welding Program and Production Line, ITER program and some international cooperation Program, serving as PI on a number of materials joining/additive manufacturing technology development projects with cumulative funding. Dr. Chen has broad interactions with industry, and demonstrated experience in solving critical industry problems. Dr. Chen has about 150 publications and 20 patents.

Dr. Alexander Lin obtained his PhD/M.S. from SEMM (Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials) program in Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering in University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley), and his B.S. in Civil Engineering from National Taiwan University. After his doctoral study with a research focus in high performance cement-based composites and fiber reinforced concrete, he served as a postdoctoral research fellow for one year in a collaborative project between UC Berkeley and National University of Singapore where his research direction gradually changed to construction 3D-printing. Afterwards, he started to serve as a senior lecturer (2019 to present) in Department of the Built Environment in National University of Singapore (NUS). He is currently also a co-lead for the Thrust of AM (Additive Manufacturing) Enabled Design and Environment in Centre for Additive Manufacturing in NUS. His research team is currently focusing on integrating novel materials/technologies and building component designs for concrete 3D printing,

Prof. Blaž Likozar is a head of the Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering at the National Institute of Chemistry (NIC), leading the programme “Chemical Reaction Engineering”, as well as numerous research projects (20 in Horizon Europe alone). His expertise lies (among others) in heterogeneous catalysis materials, modelling, simulation and optimization of process fluid mechanics, transport phenomena and chemical kinetics. He worked at the University of Delaware in 2014–2015 as a Fulbright Program researcher. He has authored >270 articles, was cited >5000 times, having a h-index of 36.

REN KAI is an assistant professor with School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China. He received the B.S. degreein machine design manufacturing and automation from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2014, andthe Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from National University of Singapore (NUS)in 2019. From 2019 to 2022, he worked in Singapore A*Star, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) as a research scientist. Dr. Ren studies toolpath planning in additive manufacturing for many years, targeting the tedious manual efforts in process parameter selection in directed energy deposition (DED), complex thermal mechanical coupling behavior during the DEDprocess, and the geometrical and mechanical properties control of the DED components. Specifically, hei) developed a toolpath planning framework based on the heat accumulation and distribution, qualitatively assisting the DED process planning; ii) designed a physics informed DEDdeep learning model, reducing the time required for the temperature prediction of one-layer DED from several hours to few seconds; iii)developed a DED CAMsoftware, improving the material filling percentage and deposition efficiency by around 10% compared to the commercialized software. Related works have been published on the AM top journals as first or corresponding author, including Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Additive Manufacturing, and Virtual and Physical Prototyping. These worksare potential to be applied in the high-valued large complex component fabrication and repairing in various industry sectors, including defense military, aerospace, marine ship, and vehicle, etc.

Marc Levine is currently a third year medical student at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. His research interests include work in the fields of plastic surgery and otolaryngology, as well as applications of 3D printing for surgical planning. He has an extensive background in 3D printing and he printed and distributed 1000 3D printed respirators to the homeless in Miami, FL during the COVID-19 pandemic. He went to University of Miami for his undergraduate degree, where he was awarded the Lois Pope Summer Neuroscience Research Scholarship for his work with Drosophila before matriculating into medical school. He would like to specialize in plastic surgery or otolaryngology when he graduates.

Dr. Hao Yi is currently an Assistant Professor (doctoral supervisor) in the College of Mechanical Engineering at Chongqing University, China. He received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, China, in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, in 2019. He is serving as Associate Editor for Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science (Proc. IMech E Part C), Experimental Techniques, Micro & Nano Letters, and Editorial Board Member for Frontiers in Materials, Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Science-Medziagotyra, etc. His main research interests focus on 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, Green Manufacturing, Production Research, etc.

Roberto Torre received his Ph.D. degree in 2021 at Politecnico di Torino in Aerospace Engineering. During his doctoral career, Dr. Torre focused on Additive Manufacturing, with FFF/FDM as a specific target. His first concern has been to understand the structural behaviour of polymeric FFF/FDM printed elements to encourage their use in the production of functional components. His research activity won the quality prize for Ph.D. students in 2021. His research activities were mainly focused on additive manufacturing, polymers, hygro-thermal stress analysis, numerical and analytical solutions for shells, and UAVs. Currently, he holds a PostDoc position at the European Space Agency – European Astronaut Centre, where he is working on Advanced Manufacturing and In-Situ Resource Utilization. He authored 15 papers published in international journals and serves as a reviewer for many international journals. In addition, he is Guest Editor for a special issue of the Journal of Composites Sciences.

Joanna Kulasa has a PhD degree in technical sciences in the field of Metallurgy from the Silesian University of Technology. Director of the Centre for Advanced Material Technologies in Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals, Gliwice, Poland. Her scientific and research work focuses on the development of, among others: modern manufacturing technologies, including additive manufacturing technologies (WAAM), non-ferrous metals alloys and composites (high-temperature pressure infiltration, stir casting, and powder metallurgy), plastic working and heat treatment of non-ferrous metals and their alloys, material testing (advanced methods of structure examination, tribological tests). J. Kulasa has gained experience as a manager and co-author of projects co-financed from structural and European funds, the winner of 12 distinctions and awards. Author and co-author of more than 63 research and development works and more than 50 national and international scientific publications, mainly in the field of foundry, additive manufacturing, non-ferrous metals processing, composite materials, and tribological properties of these materials. Co-creator of patents and patent applications, as well as industrial implementations. She was responsible for projects management in international and national R&D projects.

Prof. William Scheideler graduated summa cum laude from Duke University in 2013 with B.S.E. degrees in Electrical Engineering and in Biomedical Engineering. He completed his Ph.D. as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow in Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, where his doctoral thesis explored scalable nanomanufacturing of metal oxide electronics. He then completed his postdoctoral studies in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University, where he studied scalable fabrication and thermomechanical reliability of perovskite solar cells. William joined the faculty of Dartmouth College’s Thayer School of Engineering as an Assistant Professor in 2019,launching the SENSE (Scalable Energy and Nanomaterial Electronics) Laboratory. His current research interests include 3-D nanomanufacturing and 2D materials for energy and sensing.

Graduated in material processes technologies from the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice in 2010. PhD Eng. degree in the field of material engineering received in 2016 at the Institute of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials of the Silesian University of Technology. The PhD thesis “The influence of structure on mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of Al-Zn-Mg alloys in seawater” was honoured by the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, the Silesian University of Technology. Since 2018 he has worked as an assistant professor at the Metal Processing Department of the Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals in Gliwice. Main scientific and research activities focus on: wire-feed additive manufacturing (3D Printing); the development and manufacturing of non-ferrous metals and their alloys as well as their thermo-mechanical treatment, study of structure development, mechanical, fatigue, and tribological properties; metal matrix composites manufactured by means of liquid phase methods. An author and co-author of research and development works, national and international scientific publications mainly in the field of processing of non-ferrous metals.

Angélique Simon-Masseron is full Professor of Chemistry at the University of Haute-Alsace, Mulhouse (France) since 2010. Angélique’s research interests focus on microporous materials. After her PhD studies on zeolite acidity in 1998, her research focused on the synthesis of zeolitic materials (metallophosphates, zeolites) and metal–organic frameworks. She is currently working on zeolite/polymer composite development for 3D printing as well as the recovery of co-products/wastes for the synthesis of zeolitic materials. She was President of the French Zeolite Association (GFZ) from 2014 to 2016.

Amir Ameli is an Assistant Professor of Plastics Engineering at UMass Lowell. His research interests encompass material design and advanced manufacturing of functional polymeric systems. His recent focus has been on the additive manufacturing of polymer nanocomposites and foams. He received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 2011. He was the NSERC and MITACS postdoctoral fellow in Canada 2011-2014. Prior to joining UMass Lowell, he served as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University from 2015-2019. He has published 60+ journal articles and 110+ conference papers.

Dr. Arnaud Spangenberg studied Molecular Physical Chemistry at the Paris-Sud University (Orsay, France) and received his PhD (2009) from the ENS Cachan dealing with the design and the characterization of photoswitchable nanosystems. At the University of Amsterdam, he spent two years as post-doctoral fellow in A.M. Brouwer’s group (HIMS, UvA) and developed a wide variety of experimental techniques related to single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy (including FLIM, FCS, FLCS, ...). In 2011, he was the recipient of the “ANR retour PostDoctorant” career development grant of the French National Research Agency focused on new insight in two-photon photopolymerization. Since 2013, he has now a permanent position as CNRS researcher in IS2M (Material Science Institute of Mulhouse) where he is developing multi-scale additive manufacturing and associated functional materials.

Dr. Chenglong Zhao is an associate professorwith a joint appointment in the Department of Physics and Department of Electro-Optics and Photonics at the University of Dayton.He received his Ph.D. from Peking University (Beijing, China) in 2011. Then, he worked at theNational Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Pennsylvania State University. He leads the Nano-photonic & Nano-manipulation (NPNM) Lab,which is dedicated to developing cutting-edgenanotechnologies for additive nano-manufacturing, super-resolution nano-imaging and ultra-sensitive bio sensing.Prof. Zhao has authored and co-authored over 30 journal papers including Nature Communications, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, Light: Science & Applications, Nanoscaleetc. His research findings have been widely reported by Science Daily, Physics News, National Science Foundation, Science Codex, Science News, Nano Werk, etc.His NPNM lab has been funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institute of Health (NIH), and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).

Muhammad Imran Asghar works in the Department of Applied Physics at Aalto University, Finland as Academy of Finland Research Fellow.He was granted the title of Docent (professor) by the School of Science, Aalto University in 2017. In addition, he is a professor in the Faculty of Physics and Electronics Science at Hubei University in China. He has been awarded with prestigious fellowship by Academy of Finland (2019-2024) and another talent 100 distinguished professor position by Hubei province China (2019-2024). He has been also working in the Finnish industry as well. He worked in Marioff Oy (UTC Climate, Control and security) for a year (2018-2019) and in a photovoltaic panel manufacturing company Solarwheeler Oy for a year (2013). He completed his Doctor of Science degree from Aalto University in June 2012, Master’s degree in Micro and Nanotechnology in October 2008 from Helsinki University of Technology and Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering in May 2005 from National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan. He has expertise in ceramic nanocomposite fuel cells, dye-sensitized solar cells,perovskite solar cells, crystalline-silicon solar cells, batteries and other energy technologies. Furthermore, he is an expert on modern printing technologies i.e. 3D printing, ink-jet printing, screen-printing and tape-casting. He has given over 40 invited talks and keynote speeches in renowned international forumsand acted as session chairs in many conferences. He is a member of various scientific societies such as American Ceramic Society, The Electrochemical Society, Finnish physical Society, and others. He is an associate editor of prestigious journals including WIREs Energy and Environment, Wiley interdisciplinary reviews and Nanoenergy Advances. He has published over 80 international publications in reputed journals and international conference proceedings. He has supervised numerous Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral theses. He has been givenseveral awards including “Outstanding contribution award” at the 6th Yangzi Rover Delta International Conference on New Energy for his research work on emerging energy technologies.

Valentina Bertana received her BSc and MSc Degree in Biomedical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino in 2013 and 2015 respectively. In February 2020 she received her PhD degree at Politecnico di Torino in Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering. She is a PostDoc (Academic Discipline FIS/03 – Physics of Matter) at the Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT) of Politecnico di Torino. Her research activities are mainly focused on additive manufacturing, smart materials, printable electronics and microfluidics.

Manuel F. M. Costa hold a PhD degree in Science (Physics) from the University of Minho (Portugal) where he works since 1985 at its Physics Department teaching and performing applied research in optical metrology, image processing,thin films nanostructures and applications, instrumentation, and, science education and literacy. President of the Ibero-American Optics Network, RIAO, for the term 2019-2022. President of the Hands-on Science Network, HSCI. Deputy Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the European Optical Society.Executive Committee member and Europe Regional Representative of the International Council of Associations for Science Education, ICASE.President of the Portuguese Society for Optics and Photonics, SPOF. Fellow of European Optical Society.

I am Gebremariam Birhanu Wondie (H index:9; Google scholar), I have a first degrees in Pharmacy (BPharm., 2003, Ethiopia); MSc in Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality assurance (MSc., 2006, Ethiopia) both from Addis Ababa University, and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics (Ph.D., 2017, Iran) from Tehran University of Medical Sciences. I was served as an Assistant Professor and Head of Pharmaceutics and Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia for more than 3 years. Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Pharmacology, College of Health Sciences, University of Free State, South Africa. My postdoctoral study focuses on the design and development of herbal drug loaded Hydrogels and 3D printed biomaterials for wound healing application.