Dr Manus Biggs

Dr Manus Biggs

Lecturer

Dr Biggs is a Science Foundation Ireland Investigator and lecturer within the department of Biomedical Engineering at NUI Galway. He received a Ph.D in cell engineering from the University of Glasagow in 2009 through research into nanotopographical modification of orthopedic implants. This was proceeded by postdoctoral experience at Columbia University, New York, where he worked on the nanofabriaction of cell platforms for probing T-cell and stem cell processes.

Dr Biggs current research is focused on applying nanofabrication techniques to novel classes of electrically conducting polymers to enhance integration of implanted neuroelectrodes and promote functionality at the brain-machine interface. He has developed tuneable electrically active scaffolds for bone and tendon regeneration through piezoelectric polymers and nanocomposites. He has established a research programme in the nanofabrication of electrically active biomaterials, integrating material science, electronic engineering, top-down nanofabrication techniques and biological functionalization strategies in developing next generation biomaterials platforms.

 Dr Biggs has published more than 35 papers in peer-reviewed journals and filed two patent applications. To date he has received 1.8 million Euros in competitive research funding. In 2014 Dr Biggs was awarded the UK Society for Biomaterials Larry Hench prize for outstanding contributions to the field of Biomaterials. Dr Biggs has been an Editorial Board Member for European Cells and Materials since 2011 and has served on the board of two grant review panels. He is leading a New Foundations Symposium at the upcoming World Biomaterials Congress, 2016, Montreal, Canada on “Engineering the Brain-Machine Interface”. Dr Biggs is also a member of the European Society for Biomaterials International Advisory Committee.

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