Dietmar Hutmacher | 2018 Speaker
Walking the talk of interdisciplinary research
Dietmar is a biomedical engineer, an educator, an inventor, and a creator of intellectual property. He directs the Centre for Regenerative Medicine and the ARC Training Centre in Additive Bio manufacturing at QUT. DProf Hutmacher is an internationally recognised leader in the fundamental science of biomaterials and tissue engineering & regenerative medicine. He also has an outstanding track record in translating applied research into intellectual property and commercialization portfolios.
He has converted a bone tissue engineering concept from the laboratory through to clinical application involving in-vitro experiments, pre-clinical studies and ultimately clinical trials. His recent breast tissue engineering research efforts have resulted in traditional scientific/academic outputs as well as pivotal commercialisation outcomes.