Buddy Ratner
Buddy Dennis Ratner (born January 19, 1947 in New York City ) is an American chemist . He is a professor of chemistry and bioengineering and director of the Research Center for Biomaterials at the University of Washington ( University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials , UweB), and one of the leading researchers of the presence in the field of biomaterial .
Life
Buddy Ratner was born in New York City in 1947 and received a BS degree in chemistry from Brooklyn College in 1967 . Five years later he received his PhD from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn with a thesis in the field of polymer chemistry . He then worked as a post-doctoral student at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington , before becoming Research Assistant Professor there in 1975, Research Associate Professor four years later and Associate Professor in 1984. From 1985 to 1996 he was director of the National ESCA and Surface Analysis Center for Biomedical Problems(NESAC / BIO), a research and service facility at the University of Washington in the field of surface analysis. Since 1996 he has headed the University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB) funded by the National Science Foundation .
Buddy Ratner's research interests include the synthesis, modification and characterization of material surfaces for medical applications, tissue engineering and its application in the field of regenerative medicine , the synthesis and characterization of polymeric biomaterials, as well as wound healing and inflammation processes associated with implants . He is co-author of over 300 scientific publications and co-editor of the standard work “Biomaterials Science. An Introduction to Materials in Medicine ". The International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering awarded him the title of Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering in 1996 . In 2002 he received the Medard W. Welch Award and was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering .
Works (selection)
- Surface Modification of Polymeric Biomaterials. Plenum Press, New York 1997
- Scanning Probe Microscopy of Polymers. American Chemical Society, Washington DC 1998
- Biomaterials Science. An Introduction to Materials in Medicine. Second edition. Elsevier Academic Press, San Diego 2004
literature
- Ratner, Buddy Dennis. In: American Men & Women of Science. A Biographical Directory of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological and Related Sciences. 18th edition. Bowker, New Providence 1992, ISBN 0-83-523074-0 , Volume 6, p. 63
Web links
- University of Washington, Department of Bioengineering: Buddy Ratner faculty homepage (English, with picture)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ratner, buddy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ratner, Buddy D .; Ratner, Buddy Dennis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American polymer chemist and biomaterials researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |