Prof. Dr. Aldo R. Boccaccini
Prof. Dr. Aldo R. Boccaccini
Institute of Biomaterials
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Job History
| since 10/2009 | Full Professor and Chair of the Institute of Biomaterials, FAU |
| since10/2009 | Visiting Professor, Department of Materials, Imperial College London, UK |
| 10/2008 – 09/2009 | Professor, Department of Materials, Imperial College London, GB |
| 10/2002 – 09/2008 | “Reader”, Department of Materials, Imperial College London, GB |
| 08/2000 – 09/2002 | Lecturer, Department of Materials, Imperial College London, UK |
| 1997 – 2000 | Research associate, TU Ilmenau |
| 1996 – 1997 | Post-doctoral researcher, Institute for Mechanics and Materials, University of California, San Diego, USA |
| 1994 – 1996 | Post-doctoral researcher, University of Birmingham, UK |
| 1993 – 1994 | Research assistant, RWTH Aachen |
Education
| 2001 | Habilitation, TU Ilmenau |
| 1994 | PhD (Dr.-Ing.) in Materials Science, RWTH Aachen |
| 1983 – 1987 | Engineering degree (nuclear engineering), Instituto Balseiro/Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Bariloche, Argentina |
Awards and other responsibilities (selection)
| 2019 | Fellow of the European Ceramic Society |
| 2018 | Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology, UK |
| 2018 | Highly Cited Researcher 2018 (Clarivate Analytics) |
| 2018 | Elected member of acatech („Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften“) |
| 2017 | Diels-Planck-Lecture 2017, “Kiel Nano, Surface and Interface Science (KiNSIS)”, Kiel |
| 2016 | Turner Award of the International Commission on Glass |
| 2016 | “Friedberg Award and Lecture” of the American Ceramic Society, USA |
| 2016 | Pfeil Award of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, IOM3, UK |
| 2015 | DGM Award, German Materials Society (DGM) |
| 2015 | Academician, World Academy of Ceramics |
| 2014 | Listed in: “2014 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher” and in Thomson Reuters’ report: "2014 The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds" |
| 2012 – 2020 | Elected member of the Review Board („Fachkollegium“) of the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 2011 | Fellow of the American Ceramic Society |
| 2010 | Ivor Jenkins Medal of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, UK |
| 2004 | Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, UK |
| 2003 | Materials Science and Technology Prize, Federation of European Materials Societies |
| 2003 | “Verulam Medal and Prize”, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, GB |
| 2000 | Adolf-Martens-Award, Adolf-Martens-Fonds, Berlin |
other responsibilities (selection):
| since 2019 | Chair of the board of the Regionalforum Erlangen of the German Materials Society |
| 2017 – 2019 | Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, FAU |
| since 2014 | Founding editor and editor-in-chief, “Biomedical Glasses” (Open Access journal) |
| since 2015 | Elected member of the Council of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) |
| 2010 | Visiting professor, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy |
| seit 2010 | Editor-in-chief, Materials Letters (Elsevier) |
| 2004 | Visiting professor, Nanyang University of Technology, Singapore |
| seit 2004 | Elected member of the Technical Committee “Glass for Medicine and Biotechnology”, International Commission on Glass (ICG) |
| seit 2002 | Founder and chairman of the international conferences series “Electrophoretic Deposition” of Engineering Conferences International (ECI) (held every 3 years since 2002) |
Institute of Biomaterials
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Our research is focused on the development and characterization of biomaterials, including polymers, bioactive glasses and composites, for biomedical applications, specially medical implants, tissue engineering/regenerative medicine and drug delivery.
- New biomaterials based on polymer / nanoparticle composites and bioactive glasses
e.g. 3D composite scaffolds with angiogenic potential for vascularized tissue engineering - Electric field assisted processing of biomedical nanomaterials
e.g. electrospinning technique for the development of nanofibers and fiber mats for cardiac tissue engineering (heart patches) and wound healing dressings, electrophoretic deposition for the development of bioactive and antibacterial polymer coatings on metallic implants - 3D bioprinting (biofabrication)
e.g. development of bioinks based on alginate, gelatine and other biopolymers for the fabrication of 3D tissue analogue structures by 3D bioprinting, electrically conductive polymers for tissue stimulation - Drug delivery systems
e.g. phytotherapeutic agents, nanoparticles and nanofibers for encapsulation of essential oils, antibacterial surfaces, mesoporous bioactive glasses
Institute of Biomaterials
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
10 selected publications
A complete list of publications of Prof. Dr. Aldo R. Boccaccini can be found here
3D printed oxidized alginate-gelatin bioink provides guidance for C2C12 muscle precursor cell orientation and differentiation via shear stress during bioprinting
Distler, T., Sulistio, A., Schneidereit, D., Friedrich, O., Detsch, R., Boccaccini, A. R.Biofabrication 2020, 12, 045005
Polymer-Bioactive Glass Composite Filaments for 3D Scaffold Manufacturing by Fused Deposition Modeling: Fabrication and Characterization
Distler, T., Fournier, N., Grünewald, A., Polley, C., Seitz, H., Detsch, R., Boccaccini, A. R.Frontiers Bioengineering Biotechnology 2020, 8, 552
Polymeric Hydrogel Systems as Emerging Biomaterial Platforms to Enable Hemostasis and Wound Healing
Pourshahrestani, S., Zeimaran, E., Kadri, N. A., Mutlu, N., Boccaccini, A. R.Advanced Healthcare Materials 2020, 9, 2000905
Manuka honey and bioactive glass impart methylcellulose foams antibacterial effects for wound healing applications
Schuhladen, K., Mukoo, P., Liverani, L., Neščáková, Z., Boccaccini, A. R.
Biomed. Mater. 2020, 15, 065002
Antibacterial biohybrid nanofibers for wound dressings
Homaeigohar, S., Boccaccini, A. R.
Acta Biomaterialia 2020, 107, 25-49
Poly (ε-caprolactone)/poly (glycerol sebacate) electrospun scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering using benign solvents
Vogt, L., Rivera, L. R., Liverani, L., Piegat, A., El Fray, M., Boccaccini, A. R.
Materials Science and Engineering: C 2019, 103, 109712
Incorporation of Cu-Containing Bioactive Glass Nanoparticles in Gelatin-Coated Scaffolds Enhances Bioactivity and Osteogenic Activity
Zheng, K., Wu, J., Li, W., Dippold, D., Wan, Y., Boccaccini, A. R.
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2018, 4, 1546-1557
Multilayered drug delivery coatings composed of daidzein-loaded PHBV microspheres embedded in a biodegradable polymer matrix by electrophoretic deposition
Chen, Q., Li, W., Yao, Q., Liang, R., Perez-Garcia, R., Munoz, J., and Boccaccini, A. R.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016, 4, 5035-5045
Versatile production of poly (epsilon-caprolactone) fibers by electrospinning using benign solvents
Liverani, L., Boccaccini, A. R.
Nanomaterials 2016, 6, 75
Tissue engineering of electrically responsive tissues using polyaniline based polymers: A review
Qazi, T. H., Rai, R., Boccaccini, A. R.
Biomaterials 2014, 35, 9068-90862
Institute of Biomaterials
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Prof. Dr. Aldo R. Boccaccini
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Cauerstrasse 6
91058 Erlangen
Phone: +49 (0)9131 / 8528601
E-mail: aldo.boccaccini@fau.de
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