2024

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini has been appointed (from 1st June 2024) Editor of the high impact Elsevier journal "Progress in Materials Science" (IF =  33.6, CiteScore = 59.6). He will collaborate with a group of 9 Editors and Editor-in-Chief Prof. Eduard Arzt in the editorial team of the journal. Progre...

Congratulations to Lulseged for receiving the Best Dissertation in polymer science and engineering Award from the Department of Chemical and Food Engineering at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. Lulseged carried his doctoral thesis titled “False Banana Fiber-Reinforced Alkali Activated Low-Calcium...

Prof. Boccaccini has been appointed member of the Advisory Board of BAYLAT, the Bavarian University Center for Latin America (“Centro Universitario de Baviera para América Latina”)  for a second period (2024-2027) after having served already for three years. Prof. Boccaccini said: “I am happy to hav...

In the week of 22-26 July 2024, we received the visit of Dr. Syed Ahmed Shah, senior researcher at the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences (IPPT PAN), Warsaw. The visit was in the framework of the Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Training program. He is PASIFIC Fel...

We were happy to host 10th grade students from Latvia on 23th – 25th July in the framework of our collaboration with the Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence (BBCE). They were the winners of the BIO-GO-Higher competition which was organised for 10th and 11th grade high school students from Latvi...

The end of the Summer Term 2024 was marked by the traditional Summer BBQ of the Institute of Biomaterials, which took place on 23rd July 2024. Most members of the Institute, including PhD students, post-docs and permanent staff, in addition to our academic visitors and students, attended this event ...

Dr. Irem Unalan, researcher at the Institute of Biomaterials, has received a grant from the FAU Emerging Talents Initiative (ETI) to support her research project at the Institute of Biomaterials (Head: Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini) titled: "Multifunctional Organic-Inorganic Melt Electrowritten Scaffolds...

The International Workshop "Engineering of Tailored Biomaterials for Tissue Regeneration" was organised by Dr. Rainer Detsch and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini on 22nd July 2024 at the FAU Institute of Biomaterials, as part of the 13th International Conference on Voice Physiology and Biomechanics (22nd - ...

The Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS) Board meeting and General Assembly took place in the frame of the FEMS Junior Euromat conference in Manchester, UK, and in hybrid form. Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, FEMS President for the period 24/25  chaired the Board meeting on 15th July attended...

As President of the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS), Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the FEMS Junior EUROMAT conference held in Manchester, UK, on 15-18 July 2024, organised by the Inst. of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). Prof. Boccaccini welcomed the attendees at the open...