Invited Speakers

Jolanta KARPOWICZ received her Master’s and Engineering degree in Medical and Nuclear Electronics and D.Sc. (Habilitation) in Biomedical Engineering from the Warsaw Technical University (Poland); as well as Ph.D. (Doctorate) in Environmental Engineering from the Central Institute for Labour Protection—National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB) (Warszawa, Poland), where she is a researcher, in the research unit accredited in the evaluation of electromagnetic field and the calibration of measurement devices. Her main area of research is the electromagnetic environment, and its influence on humans and environmental safety, focusing primarily on worker safety through measurements, numerical modeling, safety standardization, and legislation, as well as education - under national research programs and international collaboration (such as European Framework Programs, COST Actions and EMF-NET European network covering broad range of electromagnetic research issues and services, followed by EMF-MED action). She has contributed to over 300 journal research articles, conference short papers, book chapters, guidebooks – supporting many issues as the scientific editor of books or journal issues, and more than 400 expert opinions in the field of evaluating electromagnetic hazards commissioned mainly by industry and healthcare institutions. She also served as a reviewer for many international scientific journals (such as JOSE, Bioelectromagnetics, IJERPH, International Journal of Radiobiology, Electronics, Sensors), as well as reviewer and a committee member to many scientific conferences. She is a member of the international societies: BioEM, URSI, ICOH. Her activities also covere collaboration with international scientific and technical bodies: URSI/Commission K—Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine, the IEEE /International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (IEEE/ICES) and the IEC/CENELEC/Polish Standardization Committee. She was an expert in electromagnetic hazards at work to the European Council, the European Commission and the Ministry of Labour in Poland. She was also elected to the Madical Physics Committee by Polish Academy of Sciences. 

Proposal for the ICEMS-BIOMED presentation:
Multimodal evaluating of electromagnetic hazards while using MRI systems – Jolanta
Karpowicz, Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB),
Warszawa, Poland, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dr. Portan Diana-Hortensia is a Romanian researcher working as an Academic Fellow in the Division of Applied Mechanics,

Materials Technology and Biomechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Greece since 08.03.2012 until now. She is also an external Researcher of the Center for Advanced Medical and Pharmaceutical Research of the University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Tg. Mures, Romania. Previously, she had teaching activity at the University of Peloponnese, Tripoli, Greece. She obtained two PhDs: one from the ‘Politehnica’ University of Bucharest (12/2011) and the second from the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Greece (3/2017), respectively. She taught the courses: biomaterials, biomimetics, rehabilitation engineering, and biochemistry in English and Greeks. It is worth to mention that she introduced for the first time the course of biomimetics, in Greece. Her communication skills are reflected in the organization of 3 international conferences as a general secretary, as well as participation as key organization person to at least 5 international scientific events. 

Scientific interests: biomimetic materials, biocompatibility, human cell cultures, composite materials. She had key role as leader of the Greek consortium in the preparation and contributed to the successful financing of HORIZON-KDT-JU-2022-2-RIA, 101112347 project NerveRepack, “Intelligent neural system for bidirectional connection with exoprostheses and exoskeletons”. Finally, she is a reviewer for the journals: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Frontiers in Physics, Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Polymers, and she published 35 manuscripts in peer-reviewed international journals. Her scholar h-index is 13. 

Proposal for the ICEMS-BIOMED presentation: “Effect of the electric field on human cells: from in vitro response to in vivo feedback”

Calin Munteanu was born in Baia-Mare, Romania, on August 30, 1965. He received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, in 1989, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1999. He joined the Electrotechnics and Measurements Department from Technical University of Cluj-Napoca in 1991. Since 2003 he is Professor of Electromagnetics and the Head of the NUMELEC (Numerical Methods and Electromagnetic Compatibility) Research Center. His scientific work is related to electromagnetic fields, electromagnetic compatibility, numerical computation, optimal design techniques. 

Proposal for the ICEMS-BIOMED presentation: Survey of the Human Exposure to Power Frequency Electromagnetic Fields