Dr. Alexandre Anthis wins the MaP Award 2022
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr. Alexandre Anthis for winning the MaP Award 2022! The prize recognises his impressive doctoral thesis on 'Design & Formulation of Stimuli-Responsive Surgical Materials'.
In his work, Dr. Anthis spearheaded the development of smart sealant technology for the prevention, detection and treatment of intestinal anastomotic leaking, which is one of the most dreaded complications of abdominal surgery. Through detailed analysis of the medical need and the materials engineering toolbox, Dr. Anthis has designed a truly novel approach to tissue adhesion, which enables the anchoring of a sealant patch to tissue based on a mutually interpenetrating network. Dr. Anthis completed his doctoral degree under the supervision of Prof. Inge Herrmann in the Nanoparticle Systems Engineering Laboratory (D-MAVT & Empa). The technology Dr. Anthis developed is commercialised by the startup external pageVeltist.
We would also like to acknowledge the two other MaP Award 2022 finalists, Dr. Tommaso Magrini (Complex Materials, D-MATL) and Dr. Nives Strkalj (Multifunctional Ferroic Materials, D-MATL) for their promising doctoral theses and their excellent presentations at the MaP Graduate Symposium 2022.