Julietta V. Rau (Dr., PhD, Prof.) is currently Associated Research Director, Head of the laboratory and research group at the Institute of the Structure of Matter of the Italian National Research Council (ISM-CNR, Rome, Italy) and Professor at Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Moscow, Russia). She is the author of more than 200 publications in International Journals and about 180 presentations and 45 Invited, Plenary and Keynote talks at International Conferences. She received several International Awards for her research achievements. Her present H-index is 38 (i10-index  is 119, Citations about 4600 (Google Scholar)).

She is Ambassador for Italy at the European Orthopaedic Research Society and Honorary Member of several International Biomaterial Societies.

She is the CHAIR and organizer of the biennial BioMaH “Biomaterials and Novel Technologies for Healthcare” International Conference (https://biomah.ism.cnr.it) and the Member of the International Scientific Committees of various International Conferences in the field of Materials Science, Nanoscience, Biomaterials and Medical devices.

She is Associate Editor of the Bioactive Materials (KeAi), of Fronties in Biomaterials Science “Bio-interactions and Bio-compatibility” and “In Vitro Models” (Springer) journals and Editorial Board Member of Coatings MDPI, FRONTIES in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Scientific Reports, Journal of Advanced Drug Delivery Research, Drug Design Development & Therapy, EC Orthopaedics, The Open Biomedical Engineering journals.

Her present research interests regard innovative biomaterials for regenerative medicine, among them calcium phosphates and glass-ceramics based materials for tissue engineering applications. Her recent publications are dedicated to bioactive, antimicrobial nanostructured coatings and ceramics of innovative composition for orthopaedic and dental implant applications and cements for bones, cranial-facial surgery and dentistry applications. She is also involved in research projects dedicated to Raman spectroscopy applications in biomedicine and novel imaging approaches for cancer diagnostics.