Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Lianbing Zhang
studied biochemistry at Mar-
tin-Luther-University Halle, Germany. After-
wards, he carried out his PhD studies at the
Max-Planck-Institute of Microstructure Physics
in Halle. His studies were related to the synthe-
sis of hybrid-materials with atomic layer deposi-
tion (ALD) and further synthetic strategies.
He finished his doctoral thesis on the biomedical
application potential of ferritin-templated nano-
particles in 2011. In 2010 he received the Young
Scientist Award from the European Materials
Research Society. In the same year, he was
awarded the Chinese Government Award for
Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad.
In February 2012, he joined the research insti-
tute CIC nanoGUNE in San Sebastian (Spain) as
post-doctoral research scholar. His research is
focused on the biomimicry of nanomaterials and
their application potential in biomedicine.
Mato Knez
studied chemistry at the University
of Ulm. After receiving his diploma in organic
chemistry, he moved to the Max-Planck-Institute
of Solid State Research in Stuttgart to work on
his doctoral thesis on the use of plant viruses as
biological templates for nanostructuring, which
was completed in 2003. Thereafter, he spent two
years as a post-doctoral research scholar at the
Max-Planck-Institute of Microstructure Physics
in Halle, investigating the application potential
of thin film coating technologies for nanomateri-
als and materials science in general. In 2006, he
was awarded a grant from the German ministry
of education and research (BMBF) in the frame-
work of the program Nanofutur to form and
guide a research group. In 2009, he was a visit-
ing professorship to Brescia, Italy. In January
2012, he joined the CIC NanoGUNE research
institute in San Sebastian (Spain) as group leader
and Ikerbasque research professor. In the same
year, he was awarded the Gaede prize of the
German Vacuum Society for his work on nano-
materials synthesized and functionalized by
atomic layer deposition.
His major research interests are vapor phase
processes for thin film coatings, particularly
ALD, and bio-inorganic or organic-inorganic
materials and their physical properties.
