Frederik Claeyssens is a Lecturer in Biomaterials at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He joined the department in 2008 from the Chemistry Department at the University of Bristol where he was a Research Fellow at the Life Sciences Interface. He obtained his first degree in Chemistry at Ghent University (Belgium) and his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Bristol and he was a PDRA at the University of Birmingham and the University of Bristol.

Laser-based 3D printing techniques to manufacture structured biomaterials for use as implantable scaffolds to aid regeneration of tissues and organs.

“Ultra-Flexible Boron-Oxygen 3D Solid-State Networks” F Claeyssens, JN Hart, NC Norman, NL Allan, Advanced Functional Materials, 5887 (2013) “Macrostructuring of Emulsion-templated Porous Polymers by 3D Laser Patterning” DW Johnson, C Sherborne, MP Didsbury, C Pateman, NR Cameron, F Claeyssens, Advanced Materials, 25, 3178 (2013) “Simplifying corneal surface regeneration using a biodegradable synthetic membrane and limbal tissue explants” P Deshpande, C Ramachandran, F Sefat, I Mariappan, C Johnson, R McKean, M. Hannah, V. S Sangwan, F. Claeyssens, A. J Ryan, S. MacNeil, Biomaterials, 34, 5088 (2013) “Combined microfabrication and electrospinning to produce 3D architectures for corneal repair” Í Ortega, AJ Ryan, P Deshpande, S MacNeil, F Claeyssens, Acta Biomaterialia, 9, 5511 (2013) “Development of a microfabricated artificial limbus with micropockets for cell delivery to the cornea”,Í Ortega, P Deshpande, AA Gill, S MacNeil, F Claeyssens, Biofabrication, 5, 025008 (2012) “An aligned 3D neuronal-glial co-culture model for peripheral nerve studies”, M.F.B. Daud, K.C. Pawar, F. Claeyssens, A.J. Ryan and J.W. Haycock, Biomaterials, 33, 5901 (2012) “Two-photon polymerization-generated and micromolding-replicated 3D scaffolds for peripheral neural tissue engineering applications” A. Koroleva, A.A. Gill, I. Ortega, J.W. Haycock, S. Schlie, S.D. Gittard, B.N. Chichkov and F. Claeyssens,Biofabrication, 4, 025005 (2012) “Direct laser writing of 3D scaffolds for neural tissue engineering applications” V. Melissinaki, A.A. Gill, I. Ortega, M. Vamvakaki, A. Ranella, J.W. Haycock, C. Fotakis, M. Farsari and F. Claeyssens, Biofabrication, 3, 045005 (2011) “Differential patterning of neuronal, glial and neuronal progenitor cells on phosphorus doped and UV irradiated diamond like carbon”, E.M. Regan, F. Claeyssens, J.B. Uney, A.D. Dick, J.P. McGeehan, and S. Kelly, Biomaterials, 31, 207-215 (2010) “Three-dimensional biodegradable structures fabricated by two-photon polymerization” F. Claeyssens, E.A. Hasan, A. Gaidukeviciute, D. Achilles, A. Ranella, C. Reinhardt, A. Ovsianikov, C. Fotakis, B.N. Chichkov, M. Farsari, Langmuir, 25, 3219 (2009) “Growth of neuronal cells on modified diamond-like carbon substrates”, S. Kelly, E.M. Regan, J.B. Uney, A.D. Dick, J.P. McGeehan, E.M. Mayer and F. Claeyssens, Biomaterials, 29, 2573 (2008) “The influence of organic dyes on the open circuit voltage of dye sensitized solar cells”, W.H. Howie, F. Claeyssens, H. Miura and L.M. Peter, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 1367 (2008)