Ferry Melchels is Research Professor: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering in the Future Industries Institute at the University of South Australia. His main interests lie in polymeric biomaterials for 3D printing, tissue engineering, and drug and vaccine delivery. His work has been published in leading journals, attracting over 17,000 citations. He is a recipient of the Patrick Neill Medal from the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the Mid-Career Investigator Award from the International Society for Biofabrication.
Ferry holds an MSc (2005) in chemical engineering and PhD (2010) in biomaterials from the University of Twente (The Netherlands). He has held positions at Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia), University... Read more
About me
Ferry Melchels is Research Professor: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering in the Future Industries Institute at the University of South Australia. His main interests lie in polymeric biomaterials for 3D printing, tissue engineering, and drug and vaccine delivery. His work has been published in leading journals, attracting over 17,000 citations. He is a recipient of the Patrick Neill Medal from the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the Mid-Career Investigator Award from the International Society for Biofabrication.
Ferry holds an MSc (2005) in chemical engineering and PhD (2010) in biomaterials from the University of Twente (The Netherlands). He has held positions at Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia), University Medical Center Utrecht (The Netherlands) and Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK).
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of Twente
Master of Science University of Twente
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Hydrogels with dynamic mechanical properties for 3D in vitro cell models - CSIRO iPhD stipend - Gelomics, Gelomics Pty Ltd, 02/09/2024 - 02/09/2029
Hydrogels with dynamic mechanical properties for 3D in vitro cell models - CSIRO iPhD stipend - CSIRO , CSIRO Industry PhD Program, 02/09/2024 - 02/09/2029
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2017 |
36
1
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2025 |
Open access
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| 2025 |
Open access
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| 2024 |
Open access
7
7
1395
|
| 2024 |
Open access
1
1
8
|
| 2024 |
Open access
8
8
1
|
| 2023 |
Open access
7
7
|
| 2023 |
Open access
2
2
2
|
| 2023 |
Open access
19
17
5
|
| 2022 |
Open access
19
15
|
| 2021 |
Open access
6
6
2
|
| 2020 |
Open access
9
7
3
|
| 2020 |
Open access
85
88
13
|
| 2020 |
Open access
254
229
16
|
| 2020 |
Open access
74
64
|
| 2019 |
85
4
|
| 2019 |
199
190
6
|
| 2019 |
3
|
| 2018 |
Open access
39
37
1
|
| 2018 |
22
23
1
|
| 2018 |
28
28
3
|
| 2018 |
272
230
31
|
| 2017 |
Open access
67
66
1
|
| 2017 |
Open access
818
702
12
|
| 2017 |
Open access
315
268
10
|
| 2016 |
745
686
16
|
| 2016 |
Open access
670
642
118
|
| 2016 |
Open access
80
74
2
|
| 2016 |
Open access
317
272
3
|
| 2016 |
Open access
5
2
|
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | UNITED STATES |
| Chulalongkorn University | THAILAND |
| Free University of Brussels | BELGIUM |
| Heriot-Watt University | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Meander Medisch Centrum | NETHERLANDS |
| Medical University of Warsaw | POLAND |
| National Chung Cheng University | TAIWAN |
| Polytechnic Institute of Leiria | PORTUGAL |
| Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
| Renishaw (United Kingdom) | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Stellenbosch University | SOUTH AFRICA |
| UMC Utrecht | NETHERLANDS |
| University of Cambridge | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Coimbra | PORTUGAL |
| University of Edinburgh | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Manchester | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Nantes - Université de Nantes | FRANCE |
| University of Otago | NEW ZEALAND |
| University of Strathclyde | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Virginia | UNITED STATES |
| University of Würzburg | GERMANY |
| University of Zaragoza | SPAIN |
| Utrecht University | NETHERLANDS |
| Warsaw University of Technology | POLAND |
| Xinyang Normal University | CHINA |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Design and Evaluation of Slow and Autonomous Shape Shifting Polymer Network Biomaterials | Current |
| Designing Hydrogels with Delayed Swelling Kinetics for Controlled Tissue Expansion | Current |
