| Carolien Geurts has worked with Purac Biomaterials (Gorinchem, The Netherlands) since 2008. She is responsible for global business intelligence related to the biomedical and pharmaceutical industries. Geurts holds a master’s degree in economics, with a specialization in marketing management. Reach her at c.geurts@purac.com. | ![]() |
| Ralf Hauser is a scientist at the Dresden branch lab of Fraunhofer IFAM (Bremen, Germany). |
| Jan Heineck is a senior physician at the University Hospital of Dresden (Dresden, Germany). |
| Bernd Kieback is the director of Fraunhofer IFAM. |
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Richard Parenteau is director of application development at Methods Machine Tools Inc. (Sudbury, MA). Parenteau has worked in the machine tool industry for 35 years, including 21 with Methods Machine Tools. He has worked as an engineering manager in various industries. Reach him at rparenteau@methodsmachine.com. |
| Peter Quadbeck is a team manager at Fraunhofer IFAM (Dresden, Germany). |
| Gisele Standke is a scientist at Fraunhofer IKTS (Dresden, Germany). |
| Günther Stephani is head of Fraunhofer IFAM. |
| Robert Van Tuil is marketing director at Purac Biomaterials, focusing on new business development of resorbable polymers for medical and pharmaceutical applications. He has master’s degrees in chemical and polymer engineering. Reach him at r.van.tuil@purac.com. | ![]() |
| Bernd Wegener is a senior physician at Ludwig-Maximilian University Hospital (Munich). |
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Xiang Zhang is a principal consultant at Ceram (Staffordshire, UK), heading the division of medical materials and devices. A materials physicist with a PhD from Cranfield University, he has studied micromechanics and microfracture mechanics of toughening plastics. E-mail him at xiang.zhang@ceram.com. |