Nihal Vrana is Co-founder of SPARTHA Medical. He holds B.Sc. (Biology) and M.Sc. (Biotechnology) degrees from Middle East Technical University. He obtained his PhD at Dublin City University as a Marie Curie ESR fellow. His major research interests are titanium and silicone implants, tissue engineering, cell encapsulation, antimicrobial surfaces, multifunctional coatings, immunomodulation, real-time monitoring of implants, biomaterial risk assessment and cell biomaterials interactions. He has coordinated 2 multi-partner, multinational EU projects (BiMot and IMMODGEL (www.immodgel.com)) and is currently coordinating a H2020 project (PANBioRA, www.panbiora.eu).