prof. dr. John Jansen

About John Jansen

Research is focused along two research themes: (1) development and characterization of novel implant surfaces; this research aims at the development of metal, ceramics or ceramics-coated metal implants with enhanced biomineralization properties. The latter is achieved e.g. by the implementation of well-controlled nano-scale topography on the surface of the implant, using a number of different nanotechnological methods, and (2) construction of synthetic bone substitutes; bone is the most commonly replaced tissue, second only to blood.  In the research, emphasis is put on the development of instructive materials and synthetic scaffolds for bone regeneration as promising alternatives to overcome the problems associated with routine therapeutic applications (i.e. autografts and allografts).

Personal prizes & awards

• 2014: Member Academia Europaea
• 2014: Isaac Schour Memorial Award (International Association for Dental Research, IADR)
• 2014: Royal Decoration: Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion
• 2014: Royal Decoration: Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion
• 2012: FEDERA award (Federation of Dutch Medical Scientific Societies)
• 2008: Full Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Section Medicine)
• 2004: Clemson Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Literature (Society for Biomaterials, SFB)
• 2003: Simon Stevin "Master" Award (Netherlands Technology Foundation, STW)
• 1992: PIONIER-award (Personal Support for Research Groups with New Ideas for Excellent Research, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, NWO)