Noam Eliaz, Ph.D. | biocon2030

Noam Eliaz, Ph.D.

Professor and Founder the Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Tel Aviv University

Speech Title:

Materials Science Integration in Bio-Convergence

Abstract:

In a recent innovation wave, biological sciences, genetic engineering, machine learning, artificial intelligence, automation, electronics, advanced imaging and sensors technologies, materials science, nanotechnology, chemistry and physics fuse together to address unmet needs in healthcare and other sectors. In this presentation I will review some of our R&D activities in the field of biomaterials, focusing on those that demonstrate bio-convergence. These include: (1) Development of novel electrochemically-deposited calcium phosphate coatings for dental implants. Coatings prepared in our lab have already demonstrated better performance than commercial plasma-sprayed coatings and are currently on the way to market after implantation in humans. The coating is marketed by SGS Dental as Smart Bioactive Trabecular Coating (SBTC); (2) The use of Bio-Ferrography for diagnosing osteoarthritis or cancer, determining the efficacy of drug treatments, and monitoring the wear of artificial joints; (3) Three-dimensional printing (additive manufacturing) of cranio-maxillofacial and dental implants and scaffolds for tissue engineering. I will conclude by providing my personal vision of the future of biomaterials in the next 8 to 10 years.

Bio:

Noam Eliaz is the Dean of The Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering (July 1, 2022–), the eleventh dean since the Faculty was founded in 1971. He is a full professor, Director of the Biomaterials and Corrosion Laboratory, and the founder of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) at Tel Aviv University (TAU). He is also a Honorary Professor of the Transylvania University of Braşov in Romania, an Adjunct Professor at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), and an endowed Chair Professor for Advanced Manufacturing at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TIET), both in India. He is the founder of TAU 3D Printing Research and Development Center. He received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. (direct track) in Materials Engineering as well as M.B.A., all cum laude from Ben-Gurion University. He served for three years in the Department of Materials and Failure Analysis of the Israel Air Force. He has published more than 480 research publications, including a bestselling textbook on electrochemistry, three edited books, 15 invited journal articles and 139 contributed journal articles. He has garnered numerous awards, including the Fulbright and Rothschild postdoctoral scholarships (1999-2001), T.P. Hoar Award for the best paper published in Corrosion Science (2001), JSPS fellowship (Japan, 2005-7), NACE International’s H. H. Uhlig Award (2010), Fellow Award (2012), and Technical Achievements Award (2014), Northwestern University's Eshbach scholarship (2013), the Electrodeposition Division Research Award (of the ECS, 2021), and the IVS 2021 Excellence Award for Research. He was elected to the Israel Young Academy (2015) and to the US National Academy of Inventors (NAI, Senior Member, 2020), was a member of the committee that prepared the 3rd “State of the Sciences in Israel” report of The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and has been a member of the Governing Board of The German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF). Noam is an 8th generation Israeli, married to Billie and the proud father of Ofri, Shahaf and Shalev.