Dr. Ramūnas Valiokas

Biography

Dr. RamÅ«nas Valiokas is the founder and head of the Department of Nanoengineering at the Center for Physical Sciences (CPST) in Vilnius, Lithuania. He obtained his PhD in applied physics at Linköping University, where he continued his work within the University's Biomimetic Materials Science program. He later was a post-doctoral scientist at the Institute of Biochemistry at Frankfurt University and worked in the fields of cell membrane biophysics and biochemistry.  Having founded his own laboratory within the CPST in Vilnius in 2004, his current scientific interests include controlled self-assembly, nanotechnology, cell biophysics, micro/nanodevices for cell and tissue engineering and bioanalytics. Dr. Valiokas has served and is current project lead of several EU projects. His role as project lead from CPST in the EU Nanomedicine project, "I-CARE" has led to the creation of the spin-off company, UAB Ferentis.

Research Interest

Nanoengineering, nanotechnology, cell biophysics, micro/nanodevices, tissue engineering and bioanalytics