Hilal Turkoglu Sasmazel is working in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department at Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey since 2007. Her areas of interest are biomaterials, nanomaterials, tissue engineering, polymeric and composite materials, materials surface modifications and characterizations. She was honored with TUBA-L’Oreal-UNESCO Young Women in Science Award in Materials Engineering in 2009. She has published 21 SCI research articles and has 31 conference presentations in the last 15 years. She is the Director of Polymer/Composite Materials, Biocompatibility of Biomaterials and Antibacterial Property Testing Laboratories at Atilim University. She is an MC Member and representative of Turkey in EU-COST MP1101, MP1206 and FP1405 actions Hilal Turkoglu Sasmazel is working in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department at Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey since 2007. Her areas of interest are biomaterials, nanomaterials, tissue engineering, polymeric and composite materials, materials surface modifications and characterizations. She was honored with TUBA-L’Oreal-UNESCO Young Women in Science Award in Materials Engineering in 2009. She has published 21 SCI research articles and has 31 conference presentations in the last 15 years. She is the Director of Polymer/Composite Materials, Biocompatibility of Biomaterials and Antibacterial Property Testing Laboratories at Atilim University. She is an MC Member and representative of Turkey in EU-COST MP1101, MP1206 and FP1405 actions

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