Aleksandr Ovsianikov
TU Wien,
Austria
Prof. Dr. Aleksandr Ovsianikov is a head of the research group 3D Printing and Biofabrication at the TU Wien (Vienna, Austria). He has background in laser physics and material processing with femtosecond lasers. The research group of Dr. Ovsianikov is dealing with the use of additive manufacturing technologies and bioprinting for tissue engineering and regeneration. A particular focus is the development of multiphoton lithography technologies for engineering of biomimetic 3D cell culture matrices, realization of novel tissue engineering scaffolds and microfluidic applications.
Dr. Ovsianikov was awarded a prestigious Starting Grant in 2012 and a Consolidator Grant in 2017 from the European Research Council (ERC) for projects aimed at these topics (https://www.tuwien.at/koop/amt/Ovsianikov). Dr. Ovsianikov is also a co-founder and a former Chief Scientific Officer (2018-2025) of a TU Wien spin-off UpNano GbmH (https://www.upnano.com), which received multiple awards.
