Prof. Dr. Jürgen Groll
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Groll
Department for functional materials in medicine and dentistry
University of Würzburg | BPI Executive committee | KeyLab Koordinator
Job History
| since 08/2010 | Professor (W3), Chair of Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry, U Würzburg |
| 2004 – 2010 | Group Leader at the DWI at the RWTH Aachen e.V., Aachen |
| 2005 – 2008 | Senior Researcher at Sustech GmbH & Co KG, Darmstadt |
Education
| 2000 – 2004 | Dr. rer. nat., RWTH Aachen: Specific and Directed Biomolecular Recognition on Star PEG Coatings |
| 1995 – 2000 | Study of Chemistry, U Ulm |
Awards and other responsibilities
Services to the Community
| since 2017 | Editorial Advisory Board Member Advanced Biosystems (Wiley) |
| since 2016 | Member Board of Directors, Bavarian Polymer Institute |
| since 2016 | Scientific Advisory Board Member of the Bavarian Research Foundation |
| since 2014 | Board Member of the International Society for Biofabrication |
| since 2013 | Coordinator of the Large IP HydroZONES (EU FP7; contract 309962; www.hydrozones.eu) |
| since 2012 | Editorial Board Member Biofabrication (IOP) |
| since 2010 | Board Member of the Musculoskeletal Center Würzburg |
Honors and Awards
| 2016 | NML Researcher Award |
| 2014 | Unilever Prize of the Polymer Networks Group |
| 11/2013 | ERC Consolidator Grant “Design2Heal” |
| 2010 | Reimund Stadler Award of the German Chemical Society - Section Macromolecular Chemistry |
| 2009 | Bayer Early Excellence in Science Award |
| 2007 | Henkel Innovation Award |
| 2005 | Borchers-Plakette of the RWTH Aachen |
| 2004 | PhD Thesis Award of the German Society for Biomaterials |
| 2004 | 2nd Prize at the DSM Awards for Chemistry and Technology |
| 1996 – 2000 | Fellowship of the German National Academic Foundation |
Department for functional materials in medicine and dentistry
University of Würzburg | BPI Executive committee | KeyLab Koordinator
- Applied polymer chemistry
- Self-assembly behavior of multifunctional polymer systems
- Multivalency
- Nanobiotechnology
- Biomimetic scaffolds
- Immunomodulatory materials and scaffolds
- Biofabrication
Department for functional materials in medicine and dentistry
University of Würzburg | BPI Executive committee | KeyLab Koordinator
10 selected publications
A complete list of publications of Prof. Dr. Jürgen Groll is available here.
Control of nanoparticle release kinetics from 3D printed hydrogel scaffolds
B. Baumann, T. Jungst, S. Stichler, S. Feineis, O. Wiltschka, M. Kuhlmann, M. Lindén, J. Groll
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, (in press). DOI: 10.1002/anie.201700153
Thiol-ene clickable poly(glycidol) hydrogels for biofabrication. Annals of Biomedical
S. Stichler, T. Jungst, M. Schamel, I. Zilkowski, M. Kuhlmann, T. Böck, T. Blunk, J. Teßmar, J. Groll
Engineering, 2017, 45(1), 273-285
Strategies and Molecular Design Criteria for 3D Printable Hydrogels
T. Jüngst, W. Smolan, K. Schacht, T. Scheibel, J. Groll
Chemical Reviews, 2016, 116 (3), 1496–1539
Biofabrication of Cellloaded, 3D Recombinant Spider Silk Constructs
K. Schacht, T. Jüngst, M. Schweinlin, A. Ewald, J. Groll, T. Scheibel
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 2816–2820
Additive Manufacturing of Scaffolds with Sub-micron Filaments via Melt Electrospinning Writing
G. Hochleitner, T. Jüngst, T. D. Brown, K. Hahn, C. Moseke, F. Jakob, P. D. Dalton, J. Groll
Biofabrication, 2015, 7, 035002
Side Chain Cysteine Functionalized Poly(2-oxazoline)s for Multiple Peptide Conjugation by Native Chemical Ligation
M. Schmitz, M. Kuhlmann, O. Reimann, C. P.R. Hackenberger, J. Groll
Biomacromolecules, 2015, 16, 1088–1094
Embedding of Active Proteins and Living Cells in Redox-Sensitive Hydrogels and Nanogels through Enzymatic Cross-Linking.
S. Singh, F. Topuz, K. Hahn, K. Albrecht, J. Groll
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 52, 3000–3003
Inducing healing-like human primary macrophage phenotypes by 3D hydrogel coated nanofibres
M. Bartneck, K.-H. Heffels, Y. Pan, M. Bovi, G. Zwadlo-Klarwasser, J. Groll
Biomaterials, 2012, 33, 4136-4146
Degradable polyester scaffolds with controlled surface chemistry combining minimal protein adsorption with specific bioactivation
D. Grafahrend, K.-H. Heffels, M.V. Beer, P. Gasteier, M. Moeller, G. Boehm, P.D. Dalton, J.Groll
Nature Materials, 2011, 10, 67-73
Rapid Preparation of Flexible Porous Coordination Polymer Nanocrystals with Accelerated Guest Adsorption Kinetics
D. Tanaka, A. Henke, K. Albrecht, M. Moeller, K. Nakagawa, S. Kitagawa, J. Groll
Nature Chemistry, 2010, 2, 410-416
Department for functional materials in medicine and dentistry
University of Würzburg | BPI Executive committee | KeyLab Koordinator
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Groll
University of Würzburg | BPI Executive committee
KeyLab coordinator
Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
Pleicherwall 2
97070 Würzburg
Phone: +49 (0)931 / 201 73610
E-mail: juergen.groll@fmz.uni-wuerzburg.de
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