Bionanomaterials for Skin Regeneration

Mihaela D. Leonida is a Professor of Chemistry at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Metropolitan Campus, in Teaneck, NJ (mleonida@fdu.edu). She received a M.S.and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Polytechnic University in Bucharest, Romania, and a second Ph.D. in Chemistry from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. While teaching, she has mentored research with over sixty students. Her scientific interests are broad, from “wiring” enzymes to bionanomaterials with antimicrobial and anti-proliferation activity, to detecting art forgeries, to materials and techniques used by artisans of times past. Ish Kumar is an Associate Professor of Chemistryat Fairleigh Dickinson University,  Metropolitan Campus, in Teaneck, NJ (ikumar@fdu.edu).  He earned his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Panjab University, in Chandigarh, India. During his years as faculty Dr. Kumar has supervised research of more than twenty students. His research interests involve designing new molecular inhibitors using the tools of computational chemistry, enzyme structures, enzyme kinetics and chemical synthesis.

• 1. Bionanomaterials for the skin – more than just size.- 2. Bionanomaterials for the skin – more than just size.- 3. Wound Healing and Skin Regeneration.- 4. Transdermal and Topical Delivery to the Skin.- 5. Nanoparticles, Nanomaterials and Nanocarriers.- 6. Bioavailability in Delivery to the Skin.- 7. Lipid-based Nanoparticles in Cosmetic and Pharmaceutical Products for the Skin.- 8. Bionanomaterials with Antioxidant Effect for Skin Regeneration.- 9. Nanochitosan and the Skin.- 10. Nanocellulose.- 11. Bionanomaterials from Plant Sources.- 12. Nanomaterials, Scaffolds, and Skin Tissue Regeneration.- 13. Peptide and Protein-based Nanomaterials in Applications for the Skin.- 14. Nanotoxicity and the Skin.- 15. Ethical and Social Issues Linked to Using Nanomaterials in Skin Regeneration.