Varvara Platania is currently a PhD candidate at the Laboratory of Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering at the Department of Materials Science and Technology of the University of Crete and a member of the Hybrid Nanostructures Group of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas.

She received her Bachelor’s Degree from the Department of Biological Applications and Technology, University of Ioannina in 2016. 

Education

• 2019, Master of Science, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine
• 2016, Bachelor of Science, University of Ioannina, Department of Biological Applications and Technology

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

• Biomaterials for bone and vascular tissue engineering and growth factor delivery
• Cell-biomaterial interactions including cell viability, morphology, differentiation - Bioprinting