Scientific Committee

Biography

Thomas J. Webster (H index: 140) earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1995 and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2000. He has founded over a dozen companies whose FDA approved medical products are improving human health in more than 45,000 patients. He currently supports these companies and serves as a professor at Brown University, Saveetha University, Hebei University of Technology, UFPI, the University of the Basque Country, and other institutions. Dr. Webster has received numerous awards, including World Top 2 Percent Scientist by Citations from PLOS in 2020, Scopus Highly Cited Researcher recognition in the top 1 percent for Materials Science and Mixed Fields in 2020, Clarivate Top 0.1 Percent Most Influential Researchers recognition in Pharmacology and Toxicology in 2021, and Best Materials Science Scientist by Citations from Research.com in 2022. He is a fellow of more than eight professional societies. Professor Webster is a former President of the US Society for Biomaterials and has authored over 1,350 publications with more than 55,000 citations. He was recently nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He also recently established a fund to support Nigerian students pursuing research opportunities in the United States.