Prof. Dr. Tatjana Gric, Project Coordinator of CA23125 – The mETamaterial foRmalism approach to recognize cAncer (TETRA), has been appointed as Special Issue Editor of the international peer-reviewed journal Materials (ISSN 1996-1944), published by MDPI.

The Special Issue, entitled “Metamaterials Through the Prism of Biology”, is part of the Materials Physics section and focuses on exploring metamaterials from a biological perspective. It addresses how the extraordinary electromagnetic properties of metamaterials—such as engineered anisotropy, homogenization, and control of effective permittivity—can be leveraged to model, analyze, and interpret biological tissues.

The Special Issue highlights the use of metamaterial formalism to describe disordered biological media, drawing parallels between randomly distributed cellular structures and disordered metamaterials. By viewing biological tissue through the lens of metamaterials, it becomes possible to homogenize tissue structures and identify pathological regions particularly cancerous areas based on their effective electromagnetic properties.

This scientific vision closely aligns with the core objectives of the TETRA project, which aims to develop metamaterial-based methodologies for cancer recognition and diagnosis.

The deadline for manuscript submission is 20 June 2026. The Special Issue welcomes original research and review articles in areas including metamaterials, plasmonics, electromagnetic modeling of biological tissues, and physics-based biomedical diagnostics.

Prof. Dr. Tatjana Gric’s appointment as Special Issue Editor further strengthens the international visibility and scientific impact of the TETRA project, reinforcing its role at the intersection of metamaterials, physics, and biomedical applications.

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/special_issues/5ELB7QN497