Bioprinting & 3D Printing in the Life Sciences Keynote Speakers

Roger Narayan Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Dr. Roger Narayan is a Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University. He is an author of over one hundred publications on processing, characterization, and modeling of biomedical materials. He currently serves as an editorial board member for several academic journals, including as editor-in-chief of Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications. Dr. Narayan has also edited several books, including the textbook Biomedical Materials (Springer) and the handbook Materials for Medical Devices (ASM International). He has been elected as Fellow of ASM International, AAAS, and AIMBE.
Wai Yee Yeong Professor, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Prof Yeong Wai Yee is Professor of Mechanical Engineering in School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She serves as Program Director in HP-NTU Digital Manufacturing Corp Lab and Singapore Centre for 3D Printing. Her research focuses on bioprinting and 3D printing. She has accrued multiple intellectual properties and has secured more than $10 million research grants. Prof Yeong Wai Yee has been named the winner of the inaugural TCT Women in 3D Printing Innovator Award in 2019. She was named as one of the women in the Singapore 100 Women in Tech (SG100WIT) List in 2021 and awarded the highly prestigious NRF Investigatorship 2022.
Marcy Zenobi-Wong Professor, ETH Zürich Dr. Marcy Zenobi-Wong is an Associate Professor of Tissue Engineering and Biofabrication at ETH Zürich, Switzerland. She obtained her PhD from Stanford University and followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in the Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, University of Michigan. In 2012, she moved to the Department of Health Sciences & Technology at ETH Zürich. The Zenobi-Wong group is focused on the development of advanced biomaterials for tissue regeneration using biofabrication technologies including bioprinting, two-photon polymerization, casting and electrospinning. Dr. Zenobi-Wong is the author of over 75 peer-reviewed publications and co-inventor on four licensed patents. She is currently Vice President of the Swiss Society for Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine and general secretary for the International Society of Biofabrication (ISBF). She serves on the editorial board for Biofabrication and Advanced Healthcare Materials.