Dr. Jacek Wychowaniec
Degree:
Ph.D., Nanotechnology/Biomaterials, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2017
B.Sc., Mathematics and Physics honours degree, Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom
Research interests:
- Developing functional biopolymer-based soft materials for drug delivery, tissue engineering and bioelectronics
- Shear-induced phenomena in soft matter: liquid crystals, hydrogels and polymer melts
- Using carbon-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications
- Hierarchical assembly of hybrid materials with electric and magnetic properties
- Self-assembling nanostructures
- Translation from material science to regenerative medicine
Selected publications:
- J. Wychowaniec, M. Iliut, M. Zhou, J. Moffat, M. A. Elsawy, W. A. Pinheiro, J. A. Hoyland, A. F. Miller, A. Vijayaraghavan, A. Saiani, Designing peptide / graphene hybrid hydrogels through fine tuning of molecular interactions, Biomacromolecules, 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00333
- University of Manchester administered PhD thesis: Designing nanostructured peptide hydrogels containing graphene oxide and its derivatives for tissue engineering and biomedical applications, 2018
- J. Wychowaniec, I. Griffiths, A. Gay, A. Mughal, Compaction of cereal grain, Philosophical Magazine, 2013, 93, 31-33
