Professor Iulian Antoniac has published widely, with over 200 papers published in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, 7 patents, more than 20 books and books chapters (like Handbook of Bioceramics and Biocomposites) and more than 50 invited lectures at conferences focused on biomaterials, bioceramics and materials science. His scientific activity is materialized in many publications with relevant citation: ISI Web of Knowledge citation 233 (h-index 10); Scopus citation 580 (h-index 12); Google Scholar citation: 692 (h-index 14).He was member in the research team of 47 projects – in 13 of them as director or PI, and also as team leader or management group member in various international projects in different framework (FP5, FP7, COST, INTERREG).

He is Editor in Chief for the journal Materials Science Forum, editorial board member for other journals and reviewer for more than 40 journals.In 2005, he received the Daniel Bunea Award from the Romanian Society for Biomaterials. Also, he receives many awards for their patents at various international fairs and exhibitions dedicated to patents. He is currently President of the Romanian Society for Biomaterials (SRB), Former President and permanent Member of Executive Committee of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine (ISCM).

Professor Iulian Antoniac research interests include: metallic biomaterials for orthopedic and dental applications, bioceramic coatings, biocomposites, biopolymers, retrieval analysis of explants, microscopy techniques for materials characterization, bone regeneration, physical and chemical characterization of nano- and micro- particles for biomedical application. 

Present areas of research work: bioceramics, biocomposites, biodegradable metallic biomaterials, surface modification, interaction tissue-biomaterials, biointerfaces, tissue engineering, bone regeneration, retrieval and failure analysis of orthopedic and dental implants.