This symposium seeks contributions on new solutions to developing sustainable and transient electronic functional materials and devices (i.e. sensors, actuators, energy storage devices).
The design and characterization of novel organic materials for device fabrication will also be considered. In this framework, related topics are the use of biosourced, bioderived or bioinspired materials and the cutting-edge material processing techniques for device fabrication. Finally, materials/device circularity and sustainable disposal will be explored, including their recycling, degradation in the environment and/or compatibility with the body.
- biomedical and edible electronics
- design of novel sustainable materials
- materials/device degradation
- bioderived and bioinspired materials
- transient electronics
- energy storage/conversion
- modelling and characterisation
Valerio Francesco Annese is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Milan, where he develops edible and biodegradable biosensors for gastrointestinal health monitoring. He received his B.Eng. and M.Eng. in electronic engineering from Politecnico di Bari and began his research career at the DEISLab at the same institution, working on wearable and embedded sensing systems.
In 2016, he joined the Microsystem Technology Group at the University of Glasgow, completing a PhD in Electronic Engineering focused on CMOS-based diagnostic technologies for point-of-care and ingestible applications. He continued at Glasgow as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and later as an Affiliate researcher. His work contributed to clinical studies and resulted in tangible outcomes, including the creation of the spin-out "Multicorder DX".
Since 2022, Valerio has been part of the Printed and Molecular Electronics group at IIT, contributing to the EU ROBOFOOD project on edible and biodegradable robotic systems. His contribution work for the first edible rechargeable battery was recognised by TIME among the Best Innovations of 2023. He has been an MSCA Fellow since 2024, leading the EDISENS project (https://edisensproject.eu/) on fully edible biosensing technologies.
Danick BriandVivian FeigLuisa PettiAlmudena RivadeneyraEleni Stavrinidou is an Associate Professor and leader of the Electronic Plants group at Linköping University. She received a PhD in Microelectronics from EMSE (France) in 2014. She then did her postdoctoral training at Linköping University (Sweden) during which she was awarded a Marie Curie fellowship. In 2017 Eleni Stavrinidou became Assistant Professor in Organic Electronics at Linköping University and established the Electronic Plants group. She received several grants including a Swedish Research Council Starting Grant and she is the Coordinator of the HyPhOE-FET-OPEN project. In 2019 she received the L’ORÉAL-UNESCO For Women in Science prize in Sweden. In 2020 she became Associate Professor and Docent in Applied Physics. The same year she was awarded the Future Research Leaders grant of the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. Her research interests focus on organic electronics for plant monitoring and optimization, energy applications and bio-hybrid systems.
Jadranka Travas-Sejdic is a Professor at the School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland. She is co-director of the Centre for Innovative Materials for Health at The University of Auckland and a Principal Investigator of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology. Her research interests are in the areas of biosensors and organic electronic materials for bioelectronics. Professor Travas-Sejdic has authored > 350 publications, including 11 book and encyclopaedia chapters. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi (2017), a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (2009), she received Early Career Research Excellence Award (2005), Easterfield Medal (2006), Maurice Wilkins Centre Prize for Chemical Sciences (2017), Shorland Medal (2018), Hector Medal (2019) and The University of Auckland Research Excellence Award (2022). She has been a Councillor of the Pacific Polymer Federation since 2009. She is an Associate Editor of ACS Macromolecules.Jadranka Travas-Sejdic is a Professor at the School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland. She is co-director of the Centre for Innovative Materials for Health at The University of Auckland and a Principal Investigator of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology. Her research interests are in the areas of biosensors and organic electronic materials for bioelectronics. Professor Travas-Sejdic has authored > 350 publications, including 11 book and encyclopaedia chapters. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi (2017), a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (2009), she received Early Career Research Excellence Award (2005), Easterfield Medal (2006), Maurice Wilkins Centre Prize for Chemical Sciences (2017), Shorland Medal (2018), Hector Medal (2019) and The University of Auckland Research Excellence Award (2022). She has been a Councillor of the Pacific Polymer Federation since 2009. She is an Associate Editor of ACS Macromolecules.