Personal data - Benjamin Kruppke
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Former Group leader
NameMr Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Kruppke
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Professur für Biomaterialien - MBZ
Professur für Biomaterialien - MBZ
Besucheradresse/Paketadresse:
Max-Bergmann-Zentrum für Biomaterialien, Schweizer Straße 3: R. 05 Budapester Str. 27
01069 Dresden
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Since October 2025, appointed professor at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena and head of the biomaterials department at the Institute for Bioprocess and Analytical Measurement Technology.
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Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie
Professur für Intelligente Hybridmaterialien und Biointerface-Engineering
07743 Jena
Institut für Bioprozess- und Analysenmesstechnik e.V.
Fachbereich Biowerkstoffe
Rosenhof
37308 Heilbad Heiligenstadt
Fachbereich Biowerkstoffe - iba Heiligenstadt
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- 2024 (Oct.-Dec.): Stay at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Chennai, India) as a Saxon Science Ambassador and invitation to the 50th anniversary of the Indo-German Science & Technology Cooperation (New Delhi)
- Teaching Prize of the Society of Friends and Sponsors of TU Dresden 2023
- 2022: Saxon Higher Education Didactics Certificate Plus
- since 2021: Substitute representative in the Faculty Council of Mechanical Science and Engineering of the TU Dresden
- 2021: Saxon Higher Education Didactics Certificate
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Since 2019: Head of the group: Bioresponsive material systems and bioinspired composites.
- 2017: Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) on the topic "Biomimetic material development for bone replacement" predicated "summa cum laude"
- Since 2013:PhD student at TU Dresden, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Professorship of Biomaterials, Groupe Biomimetic Materials and Biomaterial Analytics (Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. H. Worch)
- SFB/Transregio 79 Project M3: Three-phase composite for bone replacement based on collagen, silica and calcium phosphate-phases
- BMBF-Project: In vitro screening of bioactive materials from crayfish gastrolith for bone metabolism (BIOMATGAST)
- 2012.03 - 2012.12: Member of research staff TU Dresden, Institute of Materials Science, Chair of Biomaterials, Group Corrosion and corrosions protection
- Development of sacrificial anodes for the corrosion protection of cutlery steel (AiF-Project)
- 2012: Graduation with distinction (Lohrmann-Medaille)
- 2006-2012: Studies in Materials Science (Technische Universität Dresden)
- Thesis: Influence of different calcium phosphate phases on the bioactivity, biocompatibility and biaxial strength of silica/collagen xerogels
Fields of research
- Biomimetic mineral formation
- Composite/hybrid materials for bone replacement
- Compact materials and porous scaffolds
- Sol-gel process under defined climatic conditions
- Mechanical testing
- Atomic force microscopy, electron microscopy, fluorescence microscopy
- Cultivation of stem cells for tissue engineering
- Bone remodeling, osteoblasts, osteoclasts
Reviewer activities
- Journal of Composites Science [MDPI] (Member of Reviewerboard)
- Head & Face Medicine [BMC Part of Springer Nature] (Member of Reviewerboard)
- Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry [Springer]
- Biomaterials Science & Engineering [ACS]
- Acta Biomaterialia [Elsevier]
- Alloys and Compounds [Elsevier]
- Clay Minerals - Journal of Fine Particle Science
- International Journal of Nanomedicine [Dove Medical Press]
- Journal of Biomedical Materials A&B [John Wiley & Sons]
- Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry [Springer]
- Materials [MDPI]
- Scientific Reports [Nature]