Prof. Dr. Paul Dalton


Lehrstuhl für Funktionswerkstoffe der Medizin und der Zahnheilkunde
Universität Würzburg | Forschungsgruppe Biofabrikation
Berufserfahrung
seit 2014 | W2 Professor, FMZ, University Clinic Würzburg |
2009 – 2014 | Adjunct Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
2009 – 2011 | Adjunct Special Senior Scientist, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
2006 – 2008 | Research Scientist, University of Southampton, United Kingdom |
2003 – 2005 | Post-doctoral researcher, RWTH-Aachen, Germany |
1999 – 2002 | Post-doctoral researcher, University of Toronto, Canada |
1993 | Research Assistant, Lions Eye Institute, Australia |
Ausbildung
1995 – 1999 | PhD in Applied Chemistry, Curtin University, Australia |
1994 | BSc (Honours) in Applied Chemistry, Curtin University, Australia |
1989 – 1992 | BSc in Multidisciplinary Science, Curtin University, Australia |
Auszeichnungen und andere Verantwortlichkeiten
2016 | Hofvijver Visiting Scientist, University Medical Center Utrecht |
seit 2016 | Editorial Board Member Biofabrication (IOP) |
2006 – 2008 | Welcome Trust Advanced Training Fellowship |
2005 | ICCP Outstanding Young Investigator Award |
2003 – 2005 | Alexander Von Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellowship |

Lehrstuhl für Funktionswerkstoffe der Medizin und der Zahnheilkunde
Universität Würzburg | Forschungsgruppe Biofabrikation
- 3D Printing Technologies
- Medical Materials
- Biofabrication
- Peripheral Nerve Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Degradable Polymers

Lehrstuhl für Funktionswerkstoffe der Medizin und der Zahnheilkunde
Universität Würzburg | Forschungsgruppe Biofabrikation
10 ausgewählte Publikationen
Dimension-based Design of Melt Electrowritten Scaffolds
Hrynevich A, Şen Elçi B, Haigh JN, McMaster R, Youssef A, Blum C, Blunk T, Hochleitner G, Groll J, Dalton PD
Small (in press)
Melt electrowriting of thermoplastic elastomers
Hochleitner G, Fürsattel E, Giesa R, Groll J, Schmidt H-S, Dalton PD
Macromol Rapid Comm, 2018, DOI:10.1002/marc.201800055
Out-of-plane 3D-Printed Microfibers Improve the Shear Properties of Hydrogel Composites
de Ruijter M, Hrynevich A, Haigh JN, Hochleitner G, Castilho M, Groll J, Malda J, Dalton PD
Small, 2018, 14, 1702773
Electrospun Fibers for Drug Delivery
Lühmann TC., Meinel L, Groll J, Dalton PD
In: Comprehensive Biomaterials II. Ducheyne P, Grainger DW, Healy KE, Hutmacher DW, and Kirkpatrick, C.J. (Eds), Oxford: Elsevier., 2017, Vol. 4, 527–548.
Additive manufacturing of polymer melts for implantable devices and scaffolds
Youssef A, Hollister S, Dalton PD
Biofabrication, 2017, 9, 012002
Peptide-functionalized polymeric nanoparticles for active targeting of damaged tissue in animals with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
Führmann T, Mousumi G, Otero A, Goss B, Dargaville TR, Pearse DD, Dalton PD
Neuroscience Letters, 2015, 602, 126–132
Direct Writing by Way of Melt Electrospinning
Brown TD, Dalton PD, Hutmacher DW
Adv Mater, 2011, 23, 5651-57
Degradable polyester scaffolds with controlled surface chemistry combining minimal protein adsorption with specific bioactivation
Grafahrend D, Heffels K-H, Beer M, Gasteier P, Möller M, Boehm G, Dalton PD, Groll J
Nature Mater, 2011, 10, 67-73
Guidance of glial cell migration and axonal growth on electrospun nanofibers of poly(ε-caprolactone) and a collagen/poly(ε-caprolactone) blend
Schnell E, Klinkhammer K, Balzer S, Brook G, Klee D, Dalton PD, Mey J
Biomaterials, 2007, 28, 3012-3025
Manufacture of poly(2-hydroxyethyl-co-methyl methacrylate) hydrogel tubes for use as nerve guidance channels
Dalton PD, Flynn L, Shoichet MS
Biomaterials, 2002, 22, 3843-3851

Lehrstuhl für Funktionswerkstoffe der Medizin und der Zahnheilkunde
Universität Würzburg | Forschungsgruppe Biofabrikation
Prof. Dr. Paul Dalton
Universität Würzburg
Forschungsgruppe Biofabrikation
Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
Pleicherwall 2
97070 Würzburg
Telefon: +49 (0)931 / 201 74081
E-Mail: paul.dalton@fmz.uni-wuerzburg.de
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