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- 2010-present: Speaker of the research area Matrix Engineering
- 2007-present: Responsible for the division Biohybrid-Hydrogels at the Institut Biofunktionelle Polymermaterialien of the IPF
- 2007: Doctoral thesis (Dr.-Ing.) in material science, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden
- 2003-present: Scientific co-worker at Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V. (IPF)/ Institut Biofunktionelle Polymermaterialien
- 2001-2003: Process engineer, Advanced Micro Devices Saxony LLC & Co. KG, Dresden
Fields of work
- multifunctional polymer materials for biomedical applications with special emphasis on glycosaminoglycan(GAG)-based hydrogels
- synthetic and biohybrid matrices for tissue engineering applications
- cell-instructive polymer coatings
- cellulose thin films
Publications
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Welzel, P. ; Prokoph, S. ; Zieris, A. ; Grimmer, M. ; Zschoche, St. ; Freudenberg, U. ; Werner, C.
Modulating biofunctional starPEG heparin hydrogels by varying size and ratio of the constituents more
Polymers [Open Access] 3 (2011) 602-620
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Sommer, J.-U. ; Dockhorn, R. ; Welzel, P. ; Freudenberg, U. ; Werner, C.
Swelling equilibrium of a binary polymer gel more
Macromolecules 44 (2011) 981–986
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Zieris, A. ; Prokoph, S. ; Levental, K. ; Welzel, P. ; Grimmer, M. ; Freudenberg, U. ; Werner, C.
FGF-2 and VEGF functionalization of starPEG-heparin hydrogels to modulate biomolecular and physical cues of angiogenesis more
Biomaterials 31 (2010) 7985-7994
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Tsurkan, M. ; Chwalek, K. ; Levental, K. ; Freudenberg, U. ; Werner, C.
Modular starPEG-heparin gels with bifunctional peptide linkers more
Macromolecular Rapid Communications 31 (2010) 1529-1533
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Müller, Y. ; Tot, I. ; Potthast, A. ; Rosenau, T. ; Zimmermann, R. ; Eichhorn, K.-J. ; Nitschke, C. ; Scherr, G. ; Freudenberg, U. ; Werner, C.
The impact of esterification reactions on physical properties of cellulose thin films more
Soft Matter 6 (2010) 3680-3684
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Zimmermann, R. ; Freudenberg, U. ; Schweiß, R. ; Küttner, D. ; Werner, C.
Hydroxide and hydronium ion adsorption - A survey more
Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science 15 (2010) 196-202
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Zieris, A. ; Prokoph, S. ; Welzel, P. ; Grimmer, M. ; Levental, K. ; Panyanuwat, W. ; Freudenberg, U. ; Werner, C.
Analytical approaches to uptake and release of hydrogel-associated FGF-2 more
Journal of Materials Science : Materials in Medicine 21 (2010) 915-923
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Tsurkan, M. ; Levental, K. ; Freudenberg, U. ; Werner, C.
Enzymatically degradable heparin-polyethylene glycol gels with controlled mechanical properties more
Chemical Communications 46 (2010) 1141-1143
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Lanfer, B. ; Hermann, A. ; Kirsch, M. ; Freudenberg, U. ; Reuner, U. ; Werner, C. ; Storch, A.
Directed growth of adult human white matter stem cell-derived neurons on aligned fibrillar collagen more
Tissue Engineering A 16 (2010) 1103-1113
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Grombe, R. ; Gouzy, M.-F. ; Freudenberg, U. ; Pompe, T. ; Zschoche, St. ; Simon, F. ; Eichhorn, K.-J. ; Janke, A. ; Voit, B. ; Werner, C.
Sulfated cellulose thin films with antithrombin affinity more
eXPRESS Polymer Letters 3 (2009) 733-742
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Welzel, P. ; Nitschke, M. ; Freudenberg, U. ; Zieris, A. ; Götze, T. ; Valtink, M. ; Engelmann, K. ; Werner, C. :
Polymer Hydrogels to Enable New Medical Therapies more
Springer 6 (2009) 249-266
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Lanfer, B. ; Seib, P. ; Freudenberg, U. ; Stamov, D. ; Bley, Th. ; Bornhäuser, M. ; Werner, C.
The growth and differentiation of mesemchymal stem and progenitor cells cultured on aligned collagen matrices more
Biomaterials 30 (2009) 5950-5958
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Freudenberg, U. ; Hermann, A. ; Welzel, P. ; Stirl, K. ; Schwarz, S. ; Grimmer, M. ; Zieris, A. ; Panyanuwat, W. ; Zschoche, St. ; Meinhold, D. ; Storch, A. ; Werner, C.
A starPEG-heparin hydrogel platform to aid cell replacement therapies for neurodegenerative diseases more
Biomaterials 30 (2009) 5049-5060
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Lanfer, B. ; Freudenberg, U. ; Zimmermann, R. ; Stamov, D. ; Körber, V. ; Werner, C.
Aligned fibrillar collagen matrices obtained by shear flow deposition more
Biomaterials 29 (2008) 3888-3895
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Freudenberg, U. ; Zimmermann, R. ; Schmidt, K. ; Behrens, S.-H. ; Werner, C.
Charging and swelling of cellulose films more
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 309 (2007) 360-365
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Freudenberg, U. ; Behrens, S.-H. ; Welzel, P. ; Müller, M. ; Grimmer, M. ; Salchert, K. ; Taeger, T. ; Schmidt, K. ; Pompe, W. ; Werner, C.
Electrostatic interactions modulate the conformation of collagen I more
Biophysical Journal 92 (2007) 2108-2119
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Grombe, R. ; Gouzy, M.-F. ; Maitz, M.F. ; Freudenberg, U. ; Zschoche, St. ; Simon, F. ; Pompe, T. ; Sperling, C. ; Werner, C.
Sulfated glycopolymer thin films - preparation, characterization, and biological activity more
Macromolecular Bioscience 7 (2007) 195-200
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Freudenberg, U. ; Zschoche, St. ; Simon, F. ; Janke, A. ; Schmidt, K. ; Behrens, S.-H. ; Auweter, H. ; Werner, C.
Covalent Immobilization of Cellulose Layers onto Maleic Anhydride Copolymer Thin Films more
Biomacromolecules 6 (2005) 1628-1634