Former Group Members
Former postdocs, PhD, MSc and BSc students and student assistants of the Bioactive Glasses Group
Bioactive glasses group in July 2013
Juliane Brandt-Slowik
Juliane Brandt-Slowik
Doctoral student, working on bioactive borosilicate glasses
April 2015 to August 2018 (including maternity leave)
Thesis Defence on 19th February 2020
(January 2014 to March 2015: research practical & MSc thesis on dental composites, supervised jointly with Dr. A. Rzanny and Dr. R. Göbel, Department of Dental Prosthetics and Materials, University of Jena)
Altair Contreras
Altair Contreras
Postdoctoral researcher
January 2018 to December 2020
Samha El Shabrawy
Samha El Shabrawy
Postdoctoral researcher, maternity leave cover for Juliane Brandt-Slowik
March to May 2018
Thilo Grammes
Thilo Grammes
Doctoral student, working on the structure and properties of phosphate-containing aluminosilicate glasses
April 2016 to August 2019
Thesis Defence on 19th February 2020
Publications:
A Nizamutdinova, T Uesbeck, T Grammes, DS Brauer, L van Wüllen
The structural role of phosphate in metaluminous sodium aluminosilicate glasses as studied by solid state NMR spectroscopy
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, in press (2020) (doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b11403External link)
T Grammes, R Limbach, S Bruns, L van Wüllen, D de Ligny, EI Kamitsos, K Durst, L Wondraczek, DS Brauer
Tailoring the mechanical properties of metaluminous aluminosilicate glasses by phosphate incorporation
Frontiers in Materials, in press (2020) (Open Access!)
Araceli de Pablos Martín
Postdoctoral researcher
June 2020 to March 2021
Ulrike Veit
Ulrike Veit
Postdoctoral researcher, working on glasses and glass-ceramics
August to December 2018
Roland Wetzel
Roland Wetzel
Doctoral student, working on glass ionomer bone cements
December 2015 to September 2019
(March to October 2015: research practical & MSc thesis on aluminium-free glass ionomer cements)
Publications:
R Wetzel, O Eckardt, P Biehl, DS Brauer, FH Schacher
Effect of poly(acrylic acid) architecture on setting and mechanical properties of glass ionomer cements
Dental Materials 36(3) (2020) 377-386 (doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2020.01.001External link)
R Wetzel, DS Brauer
Apatite formation of substituted Bioglass 45S5: SBF vs. Tris
Materials Letters 257 (2019) 126760 (doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2019.126760External link)
R Wetzel, O Bartzok, L Hupa, DS Brauer
Low Mg or Zn substitution for improved thermal properties of Bioglass 45S5
Materials Letters 256 (2019) 126599 (doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2019.126599External link)
R Wetzel, L Hupa, DS Brauer
Glass ionomer bone cements based on magnesium-containing bioactive glasses
Biomedical Glasses 5 (2019) 1-12 (doi: 10.1515/bglass-2019-0001External link) (Open Access!)
Marcus Abend
Markus Abend
BSc student (Materials Science), BSc thesis on apatite formation on diopside glass ceramics
April to September 2013
Oliver Bartzok
Oliver Bartzok
MSc student (Materials Science), MSc thesis on zinc and magnesium-containing bioactive glasses
October 2017 to June 2018
(December 2016 to September 2017: Research practical jointly with Wolfram Hartramph: Dissolution of phosphate glasses)
Liane Bingel
Liane Bingel
MSc student (Materials Science),
April 2013 to March 2014, MSc thesis:
Fluorapatite glass-ceramics
Publication:
L Bingel, D Groh, N Karpukhina, DS Brauer
Influence of dissolution medium pH on ion release and apatite formation of Bioglass® 45S5
Materials Letters 143 (2015) 279-282 (doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2014.12.124External link)
Carsten Blaeß
Carsten Blaeß
MSc student (Materials Science), research practical & MSc thesis on improving the sintering of bioactive glasses
June 2014 to July 2015
Publication:
C Blaeß, R Müller, G Poologasundarampillai, DS Brauer
Sintering and concomitant crystallization of bioactive glasses
International Journal of Applied Glass Science 10(4) (2019) 449-462 (doi: 10.1111/ijag.13477External link) (Open Access!)
Max Blochberger
Max Blochberger
MSc student (Materials Science), Research practical & MSc thesis on intermediate oxide containing bioactive glasses
July 2014 to April 2015
(September to December 2013, Research practical jointly with Kenny Rottenbacher)
Publications:
M Blochberger, L Hupa, DS Brauer
Influence of zinc and magnesium substitution on ion release from Bioglass® 45S5 at physiological and acidic pH
Biomedical Glasses 1 (2015) 93-107 (doi: 10.1515/bglass-2015-0009External link) (Open Access!)
Luise Böhme
Luise Böhme
MSc student (Materials Science) and research assistant, MSc thesis on bioactive borosilicate glasses
November 2016 to February 2017
Raika Brückner
Raika Brückner
MSc student (Materials Science) and research assistant, working on the dissolution behaviour of bioactive glasses
July 2013 to August 2015
Publications:
DS Brauer, R Brückner, M Tylkowski, L Hupa
Sodium-free mixed alkali bioactive glasses
Biomedical Glasses 2 (2016) 99-110 (doi: 10.1515/bglass-2016-0012External link) (Open Access!)
R Brückner, M Tylkowski, L Hupa, DS Brauer
Controlling the ion release from mixed alkali bioactive glasses by varying modifier ionic radii and molar volume
Journal of Materials Chemistry B 4 (2016) 3121-3134 (doi: 10.1039/C5TB02426AExternal link) (Open Access!)
Franziska Döhler
Franziska Döhler
MSc student (Materials Science), MSc thesis on the structural effects upon dissolution of phosphate glasses
April 2013 to February 2014
(November 2012 to March 2013: Research practical jointly with Daniel Groh on bioactive glass fibres)
Publications:
F Döhler, D Groh, S Chiba, J Bierlich, J Kobelke, DS Brauer
Bioactive glasses with improved processing. Part 2. Viscosity and fibre drawing
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 432 (2016) 130-136 (doi: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2015.03.009External link)
F Döhler, A Mandlule, L van Wüllen, M Friedrich, DS Brauer
31P NMR characterisation of phosphate fragments during dissolution of calcium sodium phosphate glasses
Journal of Materials Chemistry B 3 (2015) 1125-1134 (doi: 10.1039/C4TB01757AExternal link) (Open Access!)
D Groh, F Döhler, DS Brauer
Bioactive glasses with improved processing. Part 1. Thermal properties, ion release and apatite formation
Acta Biomaterialia 10 (2014) 4465-4473 (doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.05.019External link)
A Mandlule, F Döhler, L van Wüllen, T Kasuga, DS Brauer
Changes in structure and thermal properties with phosphate content of ternary calcium sodium phosphate glasses
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 292-293 (2014) 31-38 (doi: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2014.04.002External link)
Oliver Eckardt
Oliver Eckardt
Diplom student (Chemistry), Diploma thesis on the synthesis of core-shell hybrid materials (supervised jointly with Felix SchacherExternal link, IOMC, University of Jena)
October 2013 to June 2014
(October to December 2012, Organic chemistry research practical, supervised jointly with Felix SchacherExternal link, IOMC: Degradable PEG-modified silica nanoparticles by sol-gel processing)
Publications:
O Eckardt, C Pietsch, O Zumann, M von der Lühe, DS Brauer, FH Schacher
Well-defined SiO2@P(EtOx-stat-EI) core-shell hybrid nanoparticles via sol-gel processes
Macromolecular Rapid Communications 37(4) (2016) 337-342 (doi: 10.1002/marc.201500467External link)
R Wetzel, O Eckardt, P Biehl, DS Brauer, FH Schacher
Effect of poly(acrylic acid) architecture on setting and mechanical properties of glass ionomer cements
Dental Materials 36(3) (2020) 377-386 (doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2020.01.001External link)
Mirjam Fleck
Mirjam Fleck
MSc student (Materials Science) and research assistant, MSc thesis on fresnoite glass-ceramics
September 2018 to April 2020
Maximilian Fuchs
Maximilian Fuchs
MSc student (Materials Science), MSc thesis on glass ionomer bone cements
April to December 2013
Publication:
M Fuchs, E Gentleman, S Shahid, RG Hill, DS Brauer
Therapeutic ion-releasing bioactive glass ionomer bone cements with improved mechanical strength and radiopacity
Frontiers in Materials 2 (2015) 63 (doi: 10.3389/fmats.2015.00063External link) (Open Access!)
Daniel Groh
Daniel Groh
MSc student (Materials Science), MSc thesis on bioactive glass fibres
April to December 2013
(November 2012 to March 2013: Research practical jointly with Franziska Döhler on bioactive glass fibres)
Publications:
F Döhler, D Groh, S Chiba, J Bierlich, J Kobelke, DS Brauer
Bioactive glasses with improved processing. Part 2. Viscosity and fibre drawing
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 432 (2016) 130-136 (doi: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2015.03.009External link)
L Bingel, D Groh, N Karpukhina, DS Brauer
Influence of dissolution medium pH on ion release and apatite formation of Bioglass® 45S5
Materials Letters 143 (2015) 279-282 (doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2014.12.124External link)
D Groh, F Döhler, DS Brauer
Bioactive glasses with improved processing. Part 1. Thermal properties, ion release and apatite formation
Acta Biomaterialia 10 (2014) 4465-4473 (doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.05.019External link)
Wolfram Hartramph
Wolfram Hartramph
MSc student (Materials Science), MSc thesis on cobalt-containing phosphate glasses
November 2017 to June 2018
(December 2016 to September 2017: Research practical jointly with Oliver Bartzok on the dissolution of phosphate glasses)
John Heier
John Heier
MSc student (Materials Science) and research assistant, MSc thesis and research project on bioactive borate glasses
November 2017 to August 2019
Gloria Kirste
Gloria Kirste
MSc student (Materials Science) and research assistant working on the dissolution and crystallisation of bioactive glasses
October 2016 to September 2018
(April to September 2016: BSc thesis on apatite formation on bioactive glasses)
Publication:
G Kirste, J Brandt-Slowik, C. Bocker, M. Steinert, R. Geiss, DS Brauer
Effect of chloride ions in Tris buffer solution on bioactive glass apatite mineralisation
International Journal of Applied Glass Science 8(4) (2017) 438-449 (doi: 10.1111/ijag.12288External link)
(Cover image: doi: 10.1111/ijag.12238External link)
Ophelia Kloth
BSc student (Chemistry), BSc thesis on historical glass beads, in collaboration with the archaeometry laboratory Weimar.
August - December 2020
Armando Mandlule
Armando Mandlule
BSc student (University of Applied Sciences JenaExternal link), BSc thesis on the dissolution and pH effects in phosphate glasses
May to October 2012
Publications:
F Döhler, A Mandlule, L van Wüllen, M Friedrich, DS Brauer
31P NMR characterisation of phosphate fragments during dissolution of calcium sodium phosphate glasses
Journal of Materials Chemistry B 3 (2015) 1125-1134 (doi: 10.1039/C4TB01757AExternal link) (Open Access!)
A Mandlule, F Döhler, L van Wüllen, T Kasuga, DS Brauer
Changes in structure and thermal properties with phosphate content of ternary calcium sodium phosphate glasses
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 292-293 (2014) 31-38 (doi: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2014.04.002External link)
Steffen Müller
Steffen Müller
Diploma student (Materials Science), Diploma thesis on the mechanical properties of bioactive glasses
January to August 2013
(August to December 2012: Research project on the influence of melting and preparation procedure on the hardness of Bioglass® 45S5)
Publication:
I Farooq, M Tylkowski, S Müller, T Janicki, DS Brauer, RG Hill
Influence of sodium content on the properties of bioactive glasses for use in air abrasion
Biomedical Materials 8 (2013) 065008 (doi: 10.1088/1748-6041/8/6/065008External link)
Kenny Rottenbacher
Kenny Rottenbacher
MSc student (Materials Science) research practical & MSc thesis on bioactive glass/PLGA hybrids (supervised jointly with Felix SchacherExternal link, IOMC)
January 2014 to March 2015
(September to December 2013, Researach practical ointly with Max Blochberger)
Tobias Walter
Tobias Walter
MSc student (Materials Science, University of Ilmenau), MSc thesis on sulfophosphate glasses (supervised jointly with Lothar WondraczekExternal link)
September 2015 to March 2016
Paul Wiemuth
MSc student (Materials Science) and research assistant, MSc thesis on 3D printing on glass
September 2020 - Juni 2021
Felix Arendt
Research assistant
May 2019 to June 2020
Dahiana Avila Salazar
Dahiana Avila
Doctoral student, working on the dissolution of phosphate glasses
September 2016 to August 2020
Akulia Edwards
In the lab
Research assistant
February 2020 to March 2021
Jana Hennig
Jana Hennig
Research Assistant, working on the dissolution of phosphate glasses
January to December 2015
Timothy Imogore
Timothy Imogore
Research assistant (MSc student, Photonics), working on aluminosilicate glasses
May to December 2017
Steffen Müller
Steffen Müller
Research assistant
May 2018 to September 2019
(January to August 2013: Diploma thesis on the mechanical properties of bioactive glasses; August to December 2012: Research project on the influence of melting and preparation procedure on the hardness of Bioglass® 45S5)
Publication:
I Farooq, M Tylkowski, S Müller, T Janicki, DS Brauer, RG Hill
Influence of sodium content on the properties of bioactive glasses for use in air abrasion
Biomedical Materials 8 (2013) 065008 (doi: 10.1088/1748-6041/8/6/065008External link)
Josephine Röhner
Josephine Röhner
Research assistant (BSc student, Chemistry), working on the dissolution of bioactive glasses and phosphate glasses
September 2017 and July 2018:
Tadiyos Tarekegn
Tadiyos Tarekegn
Research assistant (MSc student, Photonics), working on the mechanical properties of aluminosilicate glasses
August 2017 to March 2018
Maxi Tylkowski
Maxi Tylkowski
Doctoral student, working on phase separation and crystallisation effects in
bioactive phospho-silicate glasses
May 2012 to August 2015
Publications:
DS Brauer, R Brückner, M Tylkowski, L Hupa
Sodium-free mixed alkali bioactive glasses
Biomedical Glasses 2 (2016) 99-110 (doi: 10.1515/bglass-2016-0012External link) (Open Access!)
I Farooq, M Tylkowski, S Müller, T Janicki, DS Brauer, RG Hill
Influence of sodium content on the properties of bioactive glasses for use in air abrasion
Biomedical Materials 8 (2013) 065008 (doi: 10.1088/1748-6041/8/6/065008External link)
M Tylkowski, DS Brauer
Mixed alkali effects in Bioglass® 45S5
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 376 (2013) 175-181 (doi: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2013.05.039External link)