Key Lecture
Key Lecture: Bridging the Gap: Translating Biomechanics Research into Meaningful Advances in Sport, Technology, and Public Health
Professor Nachi Chockalingam holds academic positions in the UK, Malta, and India, collaborating with researchers worldwide. A Fellow of the International Society of Biomechanics and the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, he has also been awarded Honorary Fellowships by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and the Royal College of Podiatry.
With a distinguished research portfolio of over 300 manuscripts, alongside numerous abstracts, book chapters, and lectures, Professor Chockalingam is widely recognised by leading scientific societies. He serves on the boards of international scientific organisations, contributes as an editor for multiple journals, and reviews for various academic publications and grant bodies globally.
His current focus is on translational research, particularly in integrating allied health professionals into biomechanics and medical engineering. Passionate about interdisciplinary collaboration and gender equality in research, he actively mentors students and early-career researchers. A key area of his expertise is in Footwear Science, and he currently serves as the Chairperson of the Footwear Biomechanics Group affiliated with the International Society of Biomechanics. His contributions also extend to charitable organisations, supporting global initiatives on healthy ageing and mobility-assistive technology.
Jerzy Małachowski
Key Lecture: Numerical aspects of modeling flow through the cerebral artery system
Prof. dr hab. inż. Jerzy Małachowski graduated from the Military University of Technology in Warsaw. He was awarded the title of Professor in the field of technical sciences in 2019. The area of scientific research and implementation and technological development mainly concerns methods of research and simulation analysis in issues related to security and defense, biomedical engineering, materials and structural mechanics, as well as the implementation and development of genetic algorithms and optimization methods for process control. Recently, he has held and continues to hold positions on scientific councils and committees (including) as a member of the Mechanics Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, chairman of the Scientific Discipline Council for Mechanical Engineering at the Military University of Technology, member of the Council of the Łukasiewicz Research Network Institute – Institute of Aviation (2019-2023), member of the Scientific Council of the Military Medical Institute (2021-2025), member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Solid State and Applied Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2023-2026), member of the Scientific Excellence Council (term of office 2024-2027), expert of the Ministry of Education and Science for the evaluation of achievements in scientific activity for the years 2017-2021, member of the Council for Innovation in Higher Education and Science at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (since 2024) and vice-chairman of the College of Deans of Mechanical Faculties of Polish Technical Universities for the term 2020-2024. Prof. Jerzy Małachowski has supervised nine doctoral students, led numerous projects and participated as a contractor in over 30 such undertakings focused on scientific, development and implementation work financed by, among others, the National Science Centre, the National Centre for Research and Development, the EU (FP6, FP7 and Horizon 2020), EDA (European Defense Agency) and Science for Peace and Security (SPS-NATO). He regularly reviews numerous scientific articles in JCR-listed journals. He has authored more than 700 publications. He has recently conducted and maintains ongoing international collaborations with numerous centres and universities in Europe. He is a recipient of a foundation grant from the NATO Fellowship Programme and the US Research Council, which enabled him to undertake research internships at Florida State University and Indiana State University.
Key Lecture: Smart bioresorbable polymer scaffolds with shape memory behavior for minimally invasive surgery.
Piotr Rychter, PhD is a professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology of Jan Długosz University in Czestochowa. Head of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Director of Interdisciplinary Science and Research Centre at Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa.
His research interests are focused on the application of biodegradable and biocompatible polymers for environmental and biomedical purposes. The interdisciplinary character of the research combines the ecotoxicological impact of polymers and their degradation products on the environment, controlled-release technology for agrochemicals and drugs, and utilization of wastes containing biodegradable polymers for their further application.
Author/co-author of almost 100 scientific articles and 3 patents. Hirsch Index: 18 (Scopus), 17 (WoS); citations: 1144 (Scopus), 1030 (WoS). Awards: Diploma of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for the invention" Smart bioresorbable scaffolds with shape memory properties", Warsaw, Poland, March 2018. Three gold medals for the invention "Smart bioresorbable scaffolds with shape memory properties" at: 1) International Intellectual Property, Invention, Innovation, and Technology Exposition (IPITEX 2018), Bangkok, Thailand, 2018, 2) International Invention Design Competition, Hong Kong, 2017 and 3) International Warsaw Invention Show, IWIS 2017, Warsaw, Poland, 2017. Silver medal for the invention (patent no. P.424500) „Identifying agent of biodegradable polymeric packages” at International Warsaw Invention Show, IWIS 2018, Warsaw, 2018. Participated in numerous national and international conferences. Investigator/co-investigator of several national and international projects funded by the National Science Centre and The National Centre for Research and Development.
The academic teacher within Erasmus + Programme at: Universita degli Studi di Cagliari, Sardinia (2012); Department of Chemistry and Technology of Drugs, University of Perugia, Italy (2013); Joseph Fourier University, Cermav, CEntre de Recherches sur les MAcromolécules Végétales, Grenoble, France (2014); Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Italy (2022); Centre of Polymer Systems, Thomas Bata University, Zlin, Czech Republic (2022); Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia (2023); University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy (2024); Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic (2024).