Madalina Simona Baltatu is a young researcher since 2014 in the field of biomaterials, a hardworker on titanium alloys. She obtained her Ph.D in 2017 with the subject “Contributions regarding the improvement of the properties of Ti-Mo alloys for medical applications”. Currently is a postdoctoral researcher in the Advanced Research Postdoctoral Training Program on the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Faculty of Science and Engineering. In 2022 she received the Excellence Award, offered by the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, for the “Young researcher with the best performance in scientific research” category.

Her activity is embodied and highlighted in the list of works, which are mostly in the field of biomaterials (obtaining, characterization, testing and expertise of new biomaterials; medical devices; surface properties; tissue-implant interaction phenomena; functionalization). The publication record is over 50 articles of which 30 are indexed in journals with IF (9 papers in Q1, 14 papers in Q2). Other achievements include: 6 international books, 2 national books, 4 international book chapters, 5 patent applications and 61 awards at invention salons. As experience in research projects, she was director/responsible for 3 grants, member of 3 international projects, and a member of 8 national projects. Also, she is Co-founder on SIMTIT ENGINEERING Spin-off (www.simtit.ro), a company dealing with obtaining and characterizing of new materials for medical applications. She is Guest Editor for 9 Special Issues on MDPI and has made over 300 reviews on articles in the field. H-index = 14. Personal webpage: http://www.afir.org.ro/msb/.