International

On 10th January we received the visit of Lic. Rodrigo Herran, CONICET researcher at Polymeric (Nano)materials group, INIFTA (Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas) and PhD student at National University of La Plata, Argentina (supervisor Dr. Javier I. Amalvy). We are colla...

The Special Issue: "Vitrification and Geopolymerization of Industrial Wastes", which was guest edited by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini in collaboration with Prof. Jesus M. Rincon (Dept. of Geology, CSIC-MNCN, Madrid, Spain) and Prof. Manuel Jordan (Dept. of Environmental and Agrochemistry Sciences, UMH, ...

Vom 21.-22. Dezember 2018 stattete Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini dem UFR Science and Properties of Matter am Institut für Physik der Universität Rennes I in Frankreich, einen Besuch, ausgerichtet von Prof. Tanguy Rouxel ab. Prof. Boccaccini nahm an einer Doktorarbeitsverteidigung teil und besuchte die La...

On 10-11 December 2018 we received the visit of Prof. Sandra Van Vlierberghe, Polymer Chemistry & Biomaterials Group, Faculty of Sciences, University of Gent, Belgium. Prof. Van Vlierberghe was an invited speaker at the Institute of Biomaterials hosted by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini. The title ...

The "ESB 2017" Special Issue" has been published in the Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, co-edited by Prof. Maria Chatzinikolaidou, University of Crete, and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (pictured). The special issue includes 22 contributions covering natural, synthetic and composite ...

In the framework of the Conference "Biomaterials to combat infections", held on 28th November in our Institute, we received the visit of Dr. Fredrik Olilla, Chief Executive Officer and Director, BonAlive Biomaterials Ltd., who was one of the invited speakers at the conference. Dr. Olilla presented t...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini attended the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Network of Argentinian Scientists in Germany (Red de Cientificos Argentinos en Alemania, RCAA), which was held on 23th November 2018 at the Embassy of Argentina in Berlin. Prof. Boccaccini represents the area "Agricultural Sci...

Professor Aldo R. Boccaccini has been listed in the prestigious Highly Cited Researchers 2018 (https://hcr.clarivate.com/) list, published by Clarivate Analytics. The list contains the world’s most influential researchers across 21 scientific disciplines. The 2018 list includes 6000 researchers ...

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Aldo R. Boccaccini (Institute of Biomaterials, Department WW) has been elected Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology (SGT), based in the United Kingdom. Fellowship recognition is given to individual achievement and is awarded for recognized contributions to the science and ...

In November 2018, Laura Ramos Rivera and Marcela Arango Ospina, PhD students at the Institute of Biomaterials, visited Prof. Peter Pivonka, Chair of Biomedical Engineering and Spinal Disorders, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, in the framework of the Australia-Germany Joint Research C...