- Research Staff
- Prof. José M. Asua
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- Prof. Aurelio Mateo-Alonso
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- Prof. Juan Luis Delgado
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- Prof. Alejandro J. Müller
- Prof. Marcelo Calderón
- Prof. Jose-Ramon Sarasua
- Prof. Ronen Zangi
- Prof. Maria Forsyth
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- Prof. Radmila Tomovska
- Dr. Haritz Sardon
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- Dr. Amaia Butrón
- Dr. Agustin Etxeberria
- Dr. Manoli Zubitur
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- Dr. Emiliano Meaurio
- Dr. Nicholas Ballard
- Dr. Aitor Larrañaga
- Dr. Ester Zuza
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- Dr. Gonzalo Guerrica-echevarria
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- Support Staff
- Postdoctoral Researchers
- Dr. Aitor Barquero Salaberria
- Dr. Andere Basterretxea
- Dr. Shaghayegh Hamzehlou
- Dr. Nerea Casado
- Dr. Marta Martínez-Abadía
- Dr. Coralie Jehanno
- Dr.Iliane Rafaniello
- Dr. Maryam Safari
- Dr.Jorge Luis Olmedo
- Dr. Leire Sangroniz
- Dr. Nikolaos Politakos
- Dr. Nicolas Jean-Christopher Goujon
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- Dr. Saibal Bera
- Dr. Gregorio Guzman Gonzalez
- Dr. Ainara Sangroniz Agudo
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- Dr. Antonela Gallastegui
- Dr. Edurne Gaston Estanga
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- Dr. Leire Iturriaga Oñarte-Echevarria
- Dr. Tobias Kuhnt
- Dr. Daniel Sanchez de Alcazar
- Dr. Miguel Martín Arroyo
- Dr. Miryam Criado González
- Dr. Mª Soledad Orellano
- Dr. Matias Luis PIcchio
- Dr. Daniela Minudri
- Dr. Carlos A. Castor Jr.
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- Dr. Marta Ximenis
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- Javier Mateos
- Beñat Olave
- Naroa Sadaba
- Nerea Jiménez
- Maialen Argaiz
- Eider Matxinandiarena
- Iranzu Barbarin
- Fabian Wenzel
- Marta Alvarez
- Hesham Ahmed Mostafa Abdeldaim
- Félix Hernández Culebras
- Elisabet de Bolòs Sánchez
- David Esporrín Ubieto
- Sheraz Tariq
- Huiyi Wang
- Justine Elgoyhen
- Nicolás María Muñoz
- Adrián Pérez López
- Elena Gabirondo Amenabar
- Soline Vauthier
- Rafael del Olmo Martínez
- Edurne Marín
- Diulia Caroline Quites Rodrigues
- Andrea Melissa Cabrera Espinoza
- Sumi Murali Nair
- Elvis Lopes Brito
- Mehdi Naderi
- Mauro Marongiu
- Nicolas Ramos
- Maria Rosaria Caputo
- Joaquin Almarza Gonzalez
- Maria Angela Motta
- Oliver Wolfgang Etzold
- Jinxiu Zhou
- Ion Olazabal
- Mario Iván Peñas Núñez
- Carlos Bello Alvarez
- Xabier Lopez de Pariza
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- Oroitz Sanchez
- Maria Regato Herbella
- Valentina Pirela Wilhelm
- Richard Schönlein
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- Natalia Stankiewicz
- Jakes Udabe Sanchez
- Wichsuda Tangsongcharoen
- Ousmane Camara
- Naroa López Larrea
- Ana Aguzin
- Pierre Luca Stigliano
- Laura Ballester Bayarri
- Tijs Lap
- Sara Beldarrain
- Ainhoa Fernández Tena
- Roció López Domene
- Tansu Abbasoglu
- Ana Trajcheva
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- Aleksandar Sladojevic
- Jacopo Teotonico
- Usue Aspiazu Iturbe
- Bruno Espuche
- Pablo Muñumer Camacho
- Sharon Monaci
- Yilong Liao
- Jorge S. Coba Daza
- Xabier Larrañaga Etxabe
- Emelin Yhoany Luna Barrios
- Marcos Heredero Iborra
- Sergio Galve Lahoz
- Carlos E. Villacis Segovia
- Anto Puthussery Varghese
- Kevin U. Palma Lemus
- Ana Clara Rolandi
- Irene Alonso Sampedro
- Marco Caliari
- Mohammad Raef
- Ainhoa Maiz Iginitz
- Sandra Ramos Díez
- Pauline Bron
- Garazi Larrañaga Jaurrieta
- Alessandra Stevens
- Alister Josu Urain Aird
- Juan Felipe Hincapie
- Santiago A. Sarasa San Jose
- Paula Fanlo Pujol
- Claire Morand
- Flore Kilens
- Seyedeh Maliheh Razavi Esfali
- Ane Olazabal
Dr. Aitor Larrañaga
Research Staff
Dr. Aitor Larrañaga
Research Staff
Escuela de Ingeniería de Bilbao
Plaza Ingeniero Torres Quevedo 1
48013 Bilbao
Bizkaia
email: aitor.larranagae@ehu.eus
Tel:+34 946013935
Education
I graduated in Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao in Spain (2008) and followed with a Master in Advanced Materials Engineering at the same faculty (2009-2010). Thanks to a predoctoral grant funded by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), I completed an international PhD (2014) under supervision of Prof. J.R. Sarasua entitled "Fabrication and Characterization of Lactide and Caprolactone Based Bioresorbable and Bioactive Polymer Scaffolds for Tissue-Engineering Applications", which got the highest rating (Cum Laude) and the extraordinary doctorate award by the UPV/EHU. During this period, I was awarded with a mobility grant from the UPV/EHU which allowed me to visit the laboratory of Prof. Gaétan Laroche at the Laval University (Quebec, Canada). After my PhD, I joined the Center for Research in Medical Devices (CÚRAM) in Ireland under supervision of Prof. A. Pandit as a postdoctoral researcher (2015-2017) via a postdoctoral grant funded by the Basque Government. In 2016, I also received a Short-term Scientific mission funded by the COST action iPROMEDAI (EU), which gave me the opportunity to do a short-term stage in the laboratory of Prof. Cornelia Palivan at the University of Basel (Basel, Switzerland).
Research
Professionally, I have actively contributed to the scientific community since 2013 with 2 book chapters, 2 patents, 21 contributions to international conferences and over 30 research papers in high-impact factor journals in the field of Materials Science & Engineering and Biomaterials such as Progress in Materials Science, Advanced Functional Materials, Acta Biomaterialia, Advanced Healthcare Materials and Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, among others. The interest on my work in the scientific community has gradually increased along this period, reaching a total of 510 citations and an h-index of 16 (source: Google Scholar). I have also participated as an invited reviewer in several high-impact factor journals (e.g., Scientific Reports, Biomaterials Science, etc.) and as an expert reviewer for a Marie Curie COFUND fellowship, which demonstrates my growing recognition in the fields of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering.
My main research interests are related to the use of polymeric devices at the nano- and microscale with advanced functionalities to induce specific responses on living cells with the aim of providing a therapeutic and/or regenerative outcome.
Grupo en Ciencia e Ingeniería de Biomateriales Poliméricos