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Welcome to the website of the Institute of Biomaterials, seventh Institute of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering  of the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg.

The Institute of Biomaterials at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg started teaching and research activities on 1st October 2009 with the appointment of Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c.  Aldo R. Boccaccini (formerly at Imperial College London, UK), as Professor and Head of the Institute of Biomaterials.

Besuchen Sie auch die deutsche Webseite des Lehrstuhls Biomaterialien.

Congratulations to Meng Li and Zhiyan Xu, PhD candidates at our Institute of Biomaterials, on being awarded the DAAD-STIBET scholarship for the final phase of their doctoral studies. This prestigious scholarship, jointly offered through the Stipendium und Betreuungsprogramm (STIBET)-Programme of the...

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Congratulations to Karla Faquine Rodrigues on successfully defending her doctoral thesis titled "Electrospun nanofibers based on polycaprolactone, functionalized cellulose nanocrystals, and Melaleuca alternifolia essential oil for tissue regeneration" on 15th January, 2026. Karla carried out her doc...

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The volume titled: "Hybrid and Composite Nanofibrous Materials for Wound Healing Applications", co-edited by Dr. Shahin Homaeigohar (University of Dundee, UK), Dr. Judith A. Roether (FAU) and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, has been published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). This comprehensive boo...

Category: 2026, News