Nanomaterials Webinar | Safety Assessment of Nanomaterials
the chair
29th Nanomaterials Webinar
Safety Assessment of Nanomaterials
Nanomaterials production and application is a continuously expanding world with interest in-fields like electronic, mechatronic, space crafts but also in medicine, drugs production and delivery, gene therapy and many others. All these novelties require a follow up in term of methods for safety assessment for human health and for environmental health .Moreover these methods can be as predictive as possible to be used in the new production philosophy based on the concept “safe by design”.
There is infact nothing more safe and less expensive then prevent the negative effects because once the harm is done this call for analysis , which are extremely expensive . Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be an arrow in the bow of the scientist to couple modeling and simulation with practical in field or in lab safety assessment.
Date: 13 July 2026
Time: 3:00 pm CEST | 9:00 am EDT | 9:00 pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 813 9173 0136
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Meet the Event Chair
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Nelson Marmiroli
Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy;
Emeritus professor of environmental biotechnology , Director of consortium CINSA (Interuniversity Consortium for Environmental Sciences
Prof. Dr. Maria Pilar Vinardell
Professor of Physiology at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences at the Universidad de Barcelona, Former member of the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety of the European Commission;
Prof. Maria Pilar Vinardell is Full Professor of Physiology and an expert in alternative in vitro methodologies for toxicological assessment, with a particular focus on Nanotoxicology. Her research has been dedicated to the development, validation, and application of advanced in vitro models for evaluating the safety and biocompatibility of nanomaterials, colloidal systems, surfactants, and cosmetic and pharmaceutical ingredients. Her scientific work has contributed to the understanding of the mechanisms underlying nanomaterial-induced cytotoxicity, including oxidative stress, membrane interactions, cellular uptake, hemocompatibility, and inflammatory responses. She has developed and optimized in vitro assays using cellular and blood-based models to assess the toxicological profile of engineered nanomaterials such as zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, graphene oxide, and polymeric nanoparticles. Prof. Vinardell has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications and has actively promoted the replacement of animal experimentation She participates in OECD expert groups on dermal sensitization and eye and skin irritation. Her research activities also include the physicochemical characterization of nanomaterials and the integration of in vitro toxicology with nanomedicine and drug delivery applications, contributing to the development of safer and more sustainable nanotechnologies.
Prof. Dr. Jason C. White
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, USA;
Dr. Jason C. White is the Director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, the oldest Experiment Station in the United States, and has a research program on sustainable nano-enabled agriculture. Dr. White has secondary appointments at Yale University, the University of Connecticut, and the University of Massachusetts. Dr. White is a member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, an Honorary Fellow of the Global Academy of Nanotechnology, and the European Science Foundation College of Experts. He is a Commissioned Official of the US FDA and a Clarivate Web of Science Highly Cited. His h-index is 106 and has published 450 papers with 44,071 citations.
Sponsors and Partners
Organizer
"Nanobiotechnology in Biology and Medicine"
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Nelson Marmiroli and Dr. Luca Pagano
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026