Career History

2013-present: Associate Professor 2010-present: Group Leader Biomaterials and Tissue Morphology Group 2009 – 2010: Senior Research Fellow, Regenerative Medicine Group, IHBI, QUT 2006 – 2009: Post Doctoral Research Fellow, National University of Singapore Fellowships: ARC, APD(I) Fellowship 2011-2013 QUT Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellowship 2010-2013

Broad Area of Research: Othopaedics PhD, masters, and research-placement opportunities are available – please contact me directly. Main Areas of Research

Composite scaffolds for tissue engineering Electrospinning – melt and solution In vivo models for bone regeneration Cell culture and in vitro biocompatibility studies for new biomaterials Microsphere production for growth factor delivery Histology and uCT assessment of biomaterial implants Large animal models, large bone explants histology processing using PMMA resin embedding

Bock N, Dargaville T, Woodruff MA, (2012) Electrospraying of polymers with therapeutic molecules: State of the art, Progress in Polymer Science: an international review journal p1510-1551 Reichert J, Cipitria A, Epari D, Saifzadeh S, Krishnakanth P, Berner A, Woodruff M, Schell H, Mehta M, Schuetz M, Duda G, Hutmacher D, (2012) A tissue engineering solution for segmental defect regeneration in load-bearing long bones, Science Translational Medicine p1-10 Berner A, Boerckel J, Saifzadeh S, Steck R, Ren J, Vaquette C, Zhang Q, Nerlich M, Guldberg RE, Hutmacher D, Woodruff M, (2012) Biomimetic tubular nanofiber mesh and platelet rich plasma-mediated delivery of BMP-7 for large bone defect regeneration, Cell and Tissue Research p603-612 Kirby GT, White L, Rahman CV, Cox HC, Qutachi O, Rose FR, Hutmacher D, Shakesheff KM, Woodruff MA, (2011) PLGA-based microparticles for the sustained release of BMP-2, Polymers p571-586 Bock N, Woodruff MA, Hutmacher D, Dargaville T, (2011) Electrospraying, a reproducible method for production of polymeric microspheres for biomedical applications, Polymers p131-149 Woodruff MA, Hutmacher D, (2010) The return of a forgotten polymer - polycaprolactone in the 21st century, Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford) p1217-1256