Delia Brauer

Professional Experience

since 08/2017
Full Professor (W2) for Bioactive Glasses, Otto-Schott-Institut, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany.

12/2016
offer (in German: "Ruf") of a full (W2) Professorship for Bioactive Glasses at the University of Jena

12/2015
Successful 4-year evaluation

03/2012 - 08/2017
Juniorprofessorship, Otto-Schott-Institut, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany. First 4 years of juniorprofessorship funded by the Carl-Zeiss-Foundation, Germany.

05/2007 - 01/2012
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dental Physical Sciences, Barts and The London, Queen Mary University of London;
from 5/2007 to 08/2009: Department of Materials, Imperial College London
Supervisor: Robert G. Hill

including: 4 months (03/2010 - 6/2010) research at the Department of Frontier Materials, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan
Supervisor: Toshihiro Kasuga

09/2005 - 04/2007
Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences,
University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Supervisors: Sally J. Marshall, Grayson W. Marshall

07/2002 - 08/2005
Research Assistant (PhD student), Otto-Schott-Institut für Glaschemie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany
Supervisor: Christian Rüssel

including: 6 months (06/2004 - 11/2004) research at the Department of Orofacial Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Supervisors: Wu Li, Stefan Habelitz

10/2001 - 06/2002
Research Assistant, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany
Supervisor: Jürgen Einax

04/2000 - 10/2000
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Institut für Technische und Umwelt-Chemie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany
Supervisor: Günter Kreisel

 

Awards, Scholarships & Fellowships

Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology, SGT (2016)
Gottardi Prize of the International Commission on Glass (2015)
Short Term Research Fellowship awarded by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS (2009)
Short Term Research Fellowship awarded by Heinrich J. Klein Foundation for the Advancement of Science (2004)
PhD Grant awarded by the Free State of Thuringia (2001)
Klaus Murmann Fellowship Programme of the Foundation of German Business (1998-2001)

 

Education and Qualifications

07/2002 - 06/2005
PhD Thesis: "Resorbable phosphate glasses and composites for biomedical applications"
Supervisor: Christian Rüssel, Otto-Schott-Institut für Glaschemie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany

11/2000 - 09/2001
Diploma (i.e. MSc) Thesis: "Lowering of detection limit in voltammetry by application of Fourier- and Wavelet-Transform" (in German)
Supervisor: Jürgen Einax, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany

10/1998 - 09/2001
Diplom (MSc) Chemistry with Environmental Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany

including: 6 months (09/1999 - 02/2000) studies (Environmental Chemistry) at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

10/1996 - 09/1998
Vordiplom (i.e. BSc) Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany

 

Memberships

Technical Committee 04 (TC04, Bioglasses) of the International Commission on Glass (ICG), since 2018: Chair of TC04
Technical Committee 23 (TC23, Education) of the ICG
Society of Glass Technology (SGT)
Board of Fellows of the SGT
Basic Science and Technology Committee (BSTC) of the SGT
German Society of Glass Technology (Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaft, DGG)
German Society for Material Science (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde, DGM)
Abbe Center of Photonics, Jena, Germany
Jena Center for Microbial Communication, Jena, Germany

 

Others

Editorial Board member of the journal "Dental MaterialsExternal link" (Elsevier) since 2020
Associate Editor of the journal "Biomedical GlassesExternal link" since 2014

 

Languages        

German (native speaker)
English (fluent in writing/reading/speaking)
French (intermediate)
Spanish (intermediate)

DA Avila Salazar, P Bellstedt, DS Brauer
Studying the dissolution of phosphate glasses by ³¹P NMR, Society of Glass Technology Annual Meeting, 2 – 4 September 2019, Cambridge, UK

DS Brauer, J Brandt-Slowik, L van Wüllen, J Massera, L Hupa
Influence of B for Si substitution on properties of bioactive phospho-silicate glasses, 2^nd Global Forum on Advanced Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Development (GFMAT-2) & 4^th International Conference on Innovations in Biomaterials, Biomanufacturing and Biotechnologies (Bio-4), 21 – 26 July 2019, Toronto, Canada

DS Brauer, DA Avila Salazar, R Wetzel, X Lu, L Chung, RA Martin, J Du
The role of magnesium and zinc in bioactive glasses, 25^th International Congress on Glass, 9 – 14 June 2019, Boston, USA

DS Brauer
Bioactive glasses: controlling dissolution & ion release via modifier ionic radius, 15^th International Conference on the Physics of Non-Crystalline Solids & 14^th European Society of Glass Conference, 9 - 13 July 2018, Saint-Malo, France

DS Brauer
Bioactive glass innovations for use in toothpastes, European Dental Materials Conference, 31 August - 01 September 2017, London, UK

DS Brauer, DA Avila Salazar, P Bellstedt
Following phosphate glass dissolution by ³¹P NMR, The 9th International Conference on Borate Glasses, Crystals and Melts and the 2nd International Conference on Phosphate Glasses, Crystals and Melts, 24 - 28 July 2017, Oxford, UK

DS Brauer, L Hupa
Improving the processing of bioactive glasses
International Conference on Advances in Glass Science and Technology (ICAGST), 23 - 25 January 2017, Kolkata, India

DS Brauer
Bioactive glasses - introduction to their compositions, structure and properties
ICG Tutorial, 19 - 21 January 2017, Kolkata, India

DS Brauer
The role of fluoride in the chemical nanoheterogeneity of phospho-silicate glasses, Turner Legacy Symposium at the SGT Centenary Conference & 13th ESG Conference, 5 - 9 September 2016, Sheffield, UK

DS Brauer, L Hupa
Correlating the structure of highly disrupted phospho- and borosilicate glasses with their chemical durability and processing, 13th International Conference on the Structure of Non-Crystalline Materials (NCM13), 24 - 29 July 2016, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

DS Brauer
Glass for biomedical uses: controlling dissolution, ion release & crystallisation (presentation of the Gottardi winner), Annual Meeting of the International Commission on Glass, 20 - 23 September 2015, Bangkok, Thailand

DS Brauer, R Brückner, M Tylkowski, L Hupa
Dissolution of mixed alkali bioactive glasses, 14th International Conference on the Physics of Non-Crystalline Solids, 20 - 25 September 2015, Niagara Falls, NY, USA (cancelled owing go overlap in dates with ICG, Bangkok)

C Blaess, D Groh, S Reinsch, R Müller, DS Brauer
Improving the sintering of bioactive glasses: Influence of compositional changes on viscosity, crystallisation and sintering (Keynote Presentation: Ceramics and Glasses for Healthcare), 14th Conference of the European Ceramic Society, 21 - 25 June 2015, Toledo, Spain

DS Brauer, M Blochberger
Influence of Mg and Zn substitution on bioactive glass dissolution at neutral and acidic pH, Glass & Optical Materials Division (ACerS GOMD) and Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaft (DGG) Joint Annual Meeting 2015, 17 - 21 May 2015, Miami, Florida

DS Brauer, E Gentleman, RG Hill, N Karpukhina
Fluoride-containing bioactive glasses - from structure to cell compatibility, 26th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB), 31 August - 3 September 2014, Liverpool, UK

DS Brauer
Fluoride-containing glass-ceramics for optical applications, International Symposium on Ceramics Nanotune Technology (ISCeNT-3), 2 - 4 March 2014, Nagoya, Japan

DS Brauer
Designing new bioactive glasses - understanding the structure property relationship, International Symposium on Ceramics Nanotune Technology (ISCeNT-2), 6 - 8 March 2013, Nagoya, Japan

DS Brauer
Tooth structure and properties at the dentin-enamel junction (DEJ), invited speaker at the Restorative Dentistry Lunchtime Meeting, Institute of Dentistry, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK, 27 Sept 2010

DS Brauer
Tooth properties near the dentin-enamel junction, invited speaker at the London Oral Biology Club, UK, 23 Feb 2010