Speaker

Professor Yannis Missirlis graduated as ChemicalEngineer from the NTUA (Athens-1969), received aM.Sc in Chemical Engineering, (Syracuse-USA, 1971)and his Ph.D. from Rice University (Houston-1973)in Biomedical Engineering.Prof. Missirlis was Assistant /Associate Professor at McMaster University (Canada,1974-1980) before joining the University of Patras in 1981, as a full Professor, directing since then the Laboratory of Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, until his retirement (1/9/2013).Prof. Missirlis has served as Vice-Rector of theUniversity (1986-1988), as a member of theEuropean, and the World Council of Biomechanics.He is an Honorary Member of the European Society ofBiomechanics, and of the ESB (Biomaterials). In 2019he was elected a Fellow of Biomaterials Science andEngineering (FBSE).He has coauthored a textbook: "Biomaterials, the Aantalus Experience" (Helsen-Missirlis, 2011), co-edited 2 books: "Modern aspects of ProteinAdsorption on Biomaterials" (Missirlis-Lemm, 1991) and "The role of Platelets in Blood- BiomaterialInteractions" (Missirlis-Wautier, 1993).He has published >90 peer-reviewed papers ininternational journals, several chapters in books, andcurrently is active in the area of cell-materialinteractions, mechanotransduction, tissueengineering, biomechanics from nano-to macrolevel.Prof. Missirlis is currently a SUNUM AffiliatedResearcher (Sabanci University NanotechnologyCenter, Istanbul, Turkey), and Collaborator of theLTFN Laboratory at Aristotele University ofThessaloniki, Greece.