**About the Special Issue Editors**

**Albino Martins** (BSc, PhD) is an Assistant Researcher with an Investigator FCT starting grant since 2015, a member of the Services and Innovation Subunit and of the Scientific Council of the I3Bs Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics of University of Minho. He is the author of 57 publications, 12 book chapters, 5 patents, and 125 scientific communications.

**Rui L. Reis** (CEng, MSc, PhD, DSc, MD h.c.) is the founder and Director of the I3Bs Research Group and a Full Professor of Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Biomaterials, and Stem Cells at the University of Minho. He is a recognized world expert in the TERM and biomaterials fields and has edited several books and encyclopedias, being the author/inventor of more than 1250 publications and around 75 patents. He has been awarded several major international prizes.

**Nuno M. Neves** (CEng, MSc, PhD, DSc) graduated in Polymer Engineering, has a Master degree on Polymer Engineering, a PhD on Polymer Science and Engineering (1998) and a Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) in Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells at the University of Minho. Currently, he is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at the University of Minho and Vice-Director of the 3B's Research Group.
