Taichi Ito Editor

Vincenzo Piemonte is Associate Professor at University Campus Biomedico of Rome, Faculty of Engineering, Italy. His research activity is primarily focused on the study of Transport phenomena in the artificial and bioartificial organs; new biotreatment technology platform for the elimination of toxic pollutants from water and soil.

Angelo Basile is Senior Researcher at the Institute on Membrane Technology of the Italian National Research Council (ITM-CNR), Rende, Italy. His research activity is primarily focused on membrane applications in several fields.

Taichi Ito is Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo, School of Medicine and Engineering, Japan. His research activity is primarily focused on the study of biomimetic membranes; anti-peritoneal barrier membranes; hemostats; artificial oxygen carriers; scaffolds for tissue engineering and hydrogels for drug delivery of anti-cancer drugs.

Luigi Marrelli is Full professor of Chemical Reactors and of Applied Thermodynamics at University Campus Biomedico of Rome, Faculty of Engineering, Italy. His main research activity deals with thermodynamics of fluid phase equilibria and with kinetics of chemical and biochemical reactions. Some of the results obtained have been applied in the field of artificial and bio-artificial organs.