Prof. Jöns Hilborn
Description:
Jöns Hilborn is since 2001 the head of the Polymer Chemistry program at the Department of Materials Chemistry, Uppsala University in Sweden. Currently he serves president elect of TERMIS which he was a part of creating. His research interests are in the design, synthesis and preparation of polymers and specifically materials for tissue scaffolds and as delivery vehicles. Effort is also being placed on the reason for the formation of a fibrotic capsule around implants where recent findings suggest that biomechanics is one key promoter. He received his PhD from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm which was followed by seven years in industry before he joined the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Switzerland for eight years. He has published some 150 scientific papers, 25 patents and has started 4 companies.
Former positions/employments
- 2000-2001: Associate Professor (MER), Swiss Federal Institute Lausanne, Switzerland
- 1994-2000: Assistant Professor, Swiss Federal Institute Lausanne, Switzerland
- 1991-1993: Manager Material Research, Kabi-Pharmacia Hospital Care, Stockholm, Sweden
- 1992-1999: Board Member and Part Owner of Global Powder AB, Sweden,
- 1991-1992: Research associate, Swiss Federal Institute Lausanne, Switzerland
- 1989-1991: Manager Polymer Synthesis, AB Wilhelm Becker R&D, Sweden
- 1988-1989: Post Doc. (Visiting Scientist), IBM Central Research, ARC, USA
- 1987-1989: Research Chemist, Kabi-Pharmacia Biosensor, Sweden
Awards, Merits & Others
- VR, SSF, Vinnova International Evaluation of Swedish Research in Biomedical Engineering (BME) 1997-2005 Evaluation as ”Outstanding scientific quality of the Group as compared to internationally leading groups in the same area(s)” http://www.polymer.uu.se/Jons/Evaluation.pdf
- Excellence Award by Society of Biomaterials and Artificial Organs India, 2006
- Co-founder of Polymimetics AB that develops and commercialises biodegradable drug delivery systems, 2006.
- President elect of the World Tissue Engineering Society (current)
- President of the European Tissue Engineering Society 2004-2005
- Project coordinator of EU-Project 3G-SCAFF (17 million SEK)
- Project steering committee member of Eurostec (78 million SEK)
- Elected board member of the European Tissue Engineering Society (2001-2003)
- Elected member of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala (2003-)
- Board member of the Center for Surface Biotechnology (2003-)
- Board member of Forskarpatent Uppsala AB (2004-)
- Board member of Octapump AB (2005-)
- Ph.D. examiner in Switzerland, France and Sweden
- Evaluator of applications for the Swedish Science Council (VR) 2001-2004
- Invited evaluator for proposal within EU, NSF (US), FNS (Switzerland)
- Expert evaluator for Professor Nominations at Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- Expert for EU-commission for future European legislation on Tissue Engineered products
- Expert for EU-commission for final project negotiation
- European Affiliate Member of the NSF Centre of Polymeric Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (CPIMA) (1996-2001)
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