Vita of Manfred Maitz
Manfred F. Maitz
Dr. med.
Biomaterials Researcher
Professional Career
2006 - Present
Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Institute Biofunctional Polymermaterials
- Speaker Hemocompatible Surfaces
- Bioresponsive anticoagulant materials with feedback characteristics
- Responsibility for R&D projects with leading international chemical and biomedical companies
2001 - Present
Southwest Jiaotong University Chengdu, Biomaterials and Surface Engineering
- Guest Professor (since May 2019)
- One month presence per year
- Support in design and discussion of experiments
- Discussion and support in result presentation in publications
11/2004 - 11/2005
Southwest Jiaotong University Chengdu, Biomaterials and Surface Engineering
- Foreign expert
- Further setup of the biochemical and cell biological laboratory and responsibility for the related research field
- Student education in lecture hall and laboratory
- Investigation of ion implanted magnesium and alloys in contact with blood
2000 - 11/2004
Research Center Rossendorf
Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research
- Leading scientist for the thematic field biocompatible materials.
- Set up of a cell culture, biochemical and molecular biological laboratory
- Acquisition of public funded and industry projects
7/1999 - 11/1999
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Institute of Pathology
- Assistant
9/1998 - 6/1999
University Ulm
Central Institute of Biomedical Techniques
- Tasks related to the EC co-ordination project “Materials in Medicine” (MatMed)
- Investigation of methods for cell differentiation and cell death at foreign materials
1995 - 1998
University Würzburg
Department of Experimental Surgery
- Work in the research program “Cryopreservation of red blood cells with the cryoadditive hetastarch”
- Changes in the membrane skeleton
- Oxidative damage of red blood cells
- Activation of polymorphonuclear neutrophils by bioactive glasses
Education
1988
Gymnasium Bad Aibling
High School degree
1994
University Würzburg
Final medical exam
1997
University Würzburg
Department of Experimental Surgery
Doctor of medicine (Dr. med.)
Topic: Application of chemiluminescence to determine the activity of granulocytes and evaluation of the method for biocompatibility testing
Other Professional Activities
1991 - 2002
University Würzburg
Institute for History of Medicine
- academic freelance
2005 - present
Southwest Jiaotong University Chengdu, Biomaterials and Surface Engineering
- Foreign Advisory Expert
Referee activities
- European frame INTAS
- Georgian Academy of Science
- Journals: see Publons
Membership
Skills and qualifications
Languages
- German: native
- English: fluent (oral and written)
- French: basic
- Mandarin: basic
Professional qualifications
- Certificate for Qualified Medical Education
- Project leader (§15 GenTSV) for work with genetically modified organisms
Skills
- Project management (industry and public funded)
- Team leadership
- Office software and software packages for analytical devices
- Biochemistry and cell biology
- Materials science, surface analysis