Dr. Sara Pourshahrestani

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsBiomaterials,Polymer Materials
Keywordshemostatic biomaterials, Tannic acid, Mesoporous bioactive glass, Wound healing, Antibacterial injectable hydrogel
Honours and awards

2021: Gorge Foster Research Fellowship sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

2021: Postdoctoral Researcher at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

2020: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Seal of Excellence

2018: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Malaya

2014: Fee Waiver under the University of Malaya Graduate Research Assistant Scheme (2014-2016)

Current contact address

CountryAustralia
CityMelbourne
InstitutionRoyal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)
InstituteSchool of Science

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. mult. Aldo Roberto BoccacciniDepartment Werkstoffwissenschaften, Lehrstuhl für Biomaterialien, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2022

Programme(s)

2021Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2025Ehsan Zeimaran,* Sara Pourshahrestani, Jonas Röder, Rainer Detsch, and Aldo R. Boccaccini*: 3D Printing of Photocrosslinked Alginate Dialdehyde-Gelatin Hydrogels Reinforced with Cobalt-Containing Mesoporous Bioactive Glass Nanoparticles for Developing Skin Wound Dressings. In: Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2025,
2024Sara Pourshahrestani, Ehsan Zeimaran, Christina Janko, Christoph Alexiou, Andrea Kerpes, Adrian Wuerz, Marcus Fischer, Hana Kankova, Martin Hartmann, Aldo Boccaccini: The effect of mesoporous bioactive glass nanoparticles incorporating various metallic ions (Cu, Zn, Mn, Te) on wound healing. In: Materials Advances, 2024,