Ferry Melchels

Research Interests

3D printers and printing Biomaterials Biomedical Engineering Pharmaceutical delivery technologies Polymers Tissue engineering

Prof Ferry Melchels

Research Professor of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Future Industries Institute

Future Industries Institute

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Ferry Melchels is Research Professor: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering in the Future Industries Institute at the University of South Australia. His main interests lie in polymeric biomaterials for 3D printing, tissue engineering, and drug and vaccine delivery. His work has been published in leading journals, attracting over 17,000 citations. He is a recipient of the Patrick Neill Medal from the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the Mid-Career Investigator Award from the International Society for Biofabrication.
Ferry holds an MSc (2005) in chemical engineering and PhD (2010) in biomaterials from the University of Twente (The Netherlands). He has held positions at Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia), University Medical Center Utrecht (The Netherlands) and Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK).

Date Position Institution name
2015 - 2023 Associate Professor Heriot-Watt University
2013 - 2015 Marie Curie Post-doctoral Fellow University Medical Center Utrecht
2010 - 2013 Marie Curie Post-doctoral Fellow Queensland University of Technology

Year Citation
2025 Hidalgo Alvarez, V., Samson, K. D. G., Kolyva, V., Mani Koth, Y., Cumming, C. I., Leman, A. G., . . . Melchels, F. P. W. (2025). Elastic osmotic capsules mimic bolus injection with high release at delayed burst. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 676(125550), 1-13.
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2025 McGuigan, A., Sebastian, V., Unciti Broceta, A., Santamaria, J., & Melchels, F. (2025). In-gel generated palladium nanostructures as Bioorthogonal uncaging reactors. Advanced Nanobiomed Research, online(11), 1-11.
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2024 McCormack, A., Porcza, L. M., Leslie, N. R., & Melchels, F. P. W. (2024). Gellan gum-based granular gels as suspension media for biofabrication. PLOS ONE, 19(11, article no. e0312726), 1-17.
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2024 Walejewska, E., Melchels, F. P. W., Paradiso, A., McCormack, A., Szlazak, K., Olszewska, A., . . . Swieszkowski, W. (2024). Tuning physical properties of GelMA hydrogels through microarchitecture for engineering osteoid tissue. Biomacromolecules, 25(1), 188-199.
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2024 Fazal, F., Melchels, F. P. W., McCormack, A., Silva, A. F., Handley, E. L., Mazlan, N. A., . . . Radacsi, N. (2024). Fabrication of a compliant vascular graft using extrusion printing and electrospinning technique. Advanced Materials Technologies, 9(23, article no. 2400224), 1-15.
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2023 Prabhakaran, V., Melchels, F. P. W., Murray, L. M., & Paxton, J. Z. (2023). Engineering three-dimensional bone macro-tissues by guided fusion of cell spheroids. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 14, 1-13.
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2023 Samson, K. D. G., Hidalgo Alvarez, V., Dargaville, T. R., & Melchels, F. P. W. (2023). Tough, resorbable polycaprolactone-based bimodal networks for vat polymerization 3D printing. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(25, article no. 2213797), 1-11.
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2023 Fazal, F., Melchels, F. P. W., McCormack, A., Silva, A. F., Callanan, A., Koutsos, V., & Radacsi, N. (2023). A vertical additive-lathe printing system for the fabrication of tubular constructs using gelatin methacryloyl hydrogel. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 139(105665), 1-9.
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2022 Abdulrhman, M., Zhakeyev, A., Fernández Posada, C. M., Melchels, F. P. W., & Marques Hueso, J. (2022). Routes towards manufacturing biodegradable electronics with polycaprolactone (PCL) via direct light writing and electroless plating. Flexible and Printed Electronics, 7(2, article no. 025006), 1-11.
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2021 Samson, K. D. G., Bolle, E. C. L., Sarwat, M., Dargaville, T. R., & Melchels, F. P. W. (2021). Elastic bioresorbable polymeric capsules for osmosis-driven delayed burst delivery of vaccines. Pharmaceutics, 13(3, article no. 434), 1-18.
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2020 Fonseca, A. C., Melchels, F. P. W., Ferreira, M. J. S., Moxon, S. R., Potjewyd, G., Dargaville, T. R., . . . Domingos, M. (2020). Emulating human tissues and organs: a bioprinting perspective toward personalized medicine. Chemical Reviews, 120(19), 11093-11139.
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2020 Shavandi, A., Hosseini, S., Okoro, O. V., Nie, L., Babadi, F. E., & Melchels, F. (2020). 3D Bioprinting of Lignocellulosic Biomaterials. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 9(24), 1-26.
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2020 McCormack, A., Highley, C. B., Leslie, N. R., & Melchels, F. P. W. (2020). 3D printing in suspension baths: keeping the promises of bioprinting afloat. Trends in Biotechnology, 38(6), 584-593.
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2020 Di Bartolo, A., & Melchels, F. P. W. (2020). Prolonged recovery of 3D printed, photo-cured polylactide shape memory polymer networks. APL, 4(3), 1-9.
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2019 Lim, K. S., Klotz, B. J., Lindberg, G. C. J., Melchels, F. P. W., Hooper, G. J., Malda, J., . . . Woodfield, T. B. F. (2019). Visible light cross-linking of gelatin hydrogels offers an enhanced cell microenvironment with improved light penetration depth. Macromolecular Bioscience, 19(6), 1-14.
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2019 Hermida, M. A., Kumar, J. D., Schwarz, D., Laverty, K. G., Di Bartolo, A., Ardron, M., . . . Leslie, N. R. (2019). Three dimensional in vitro models of cancer: bioprinting multilineage glioblastoma models. Advances in Biological Regulation, 75(100658), 1-14.
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2019 Visser, J., Melchels, F. P. W., Weinans, H., Kruyt, M. C., & Malda, J. (2019). Applications of 3D printing in medicine: 5 Years later. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 163(23).
2018 Krouwels, A., Melchels, F. P. W., van Rijen, M. H. P., Ten Brink, C. B. M., Dhert, W. J. A., Cumhur Öner, F., . . . Creemers, L. B. (2018). Focal adhesion signaling affects regeneration by human nucleus pulposus cells in collagen- but not carbohydrate-based hydrogels. Acta Biomaterialia, 66, 238-247.
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2018 Klotz, B. J., Lim, K. S., Chang, Y. X., Soliman, B. G., Pennings, I., Melchels, F. P. W., . . . Gawlitta, D. (2018). Engineering of a complex bone tissue model with endothelialised channels and capillary-like networks. European Cells and Materials, 35, 335-349.
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2018 Krouwels, A., Melchels, F. P. W., Van Rijen, M. H. P., Cumhur Öner, F., Dhert, W. J. A., Tryfonidou, M. A., & Creemers, L. B. (2018). Comparing hydrogels for human nucleus pulposus regeneration: role of osmolarity during expansion. Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods, 24(4), 222-232.
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2018 Lim, K. S., Levato, R., Costa, P. F., Castilho, M. D., Alcala Orozco, C. R., Van Dorenmalen, K. M. A., . . . Woodfield, T. B. F. (2018). Bio-resin for high resolution lithography-based biofabrication of complex cell-laden constructs. Biofabrication, 10(3, article no. 034101), 1-14.
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2017 Ferraz, M. A. M. M., Henning, H. H. W., Costa, P. F., Malda, J., Melchels, F. P., Wubbolts, R., . . . Gadella, B. M. (2017). Improved bovine embryo production in an oviduct-on-a-chip system: prevention of poly-spermic fertilization and parthenogenic activation. Lab on a Chip, 17(5), 905-916.
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2017 Poldervaart, M. T., Goversen, B., De Ruijter, M., Abbadessa, A., Melchels, F. P. W., Cumhur Öner, F., . . . Alblas, J. (2017). 3D bioprinting of methacrylated hyaluronic acid (MeHA) hydrogel with intrinsic osteogenicity. PLoS ONE, 12(6, article no. e0177628), 1-15.
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2017 Paxton, N., Smolan, W., Böck, T., Melchels, F., Groll, J., & Jungst, T. (2017). Proposal to assess printability of bioinks for extrusion-based bioprinting and evaluation of rheological properties governing bioprintability. Biofabrication, 9(4, article no. 044107), 1-18.
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2016 Otto, I. A., Van Doremalen, R. F. M., Melchels, F. P. W., Kolodzynski, M. N., Pouran, B., Malda, J., . . . Breugem, C. C. (2016). Accurate measurements of the skin surface area of the healthy auricle and skin deficiency in microtia patients. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open, 4(12, article no. e1146), 1-6.
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2016 Loessner, D., Meinert, C., Kaemmerer, E., Martine, L. C., Yue, K., Levett, P. A., . . . Hutmacher, D. W. (2016). Functionalization, preparation and use of cell-laden gelatin methacryloyl-based hydrogels as modular tissue culture platforms. Nature Protocols, 11(4), 727-746.
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2016 Klotz, B. J., Gawlitta, D., Rosenberg, A. J. W. P., Malda, J., & Melchels, F. P. W. (2016). Gelatin-methacryloyl hydrogels: towards biofabrication-based tissue repair. Trends in Biotechnology, 34(5), 394-407.
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2016 Mouser, V. H. M., Melchels, F. P. W., Visser, J., Dhert, W. J. A., Gawlitta, D., & Malda, J. (2016). Yield stress determines bioprintability of hydrogels based on gelatin-methacryloyl and gellan gum for cartilage bioprinting. Biofabrication, 8(3, article no. 035003), 1-13.
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2016 Melchels, F. P. W., Blokzijl, M. M., Levato, R., Peiffer, Q. C., Ruijter, M. D., Hennink, W. E., . . . Malda, J. (2016). Hydrogel-based reinforcement of 3D bioprinted constructs. Biofabrication, 8(3, article no. 035004), 1-9.
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Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 External Supervisor Development of conductive hydrogels for biomedical applications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Zilin Ye

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