Christine Knabe-Ducheyne

Department of Experimental Orofacial Medicine Philipps University Marburg School of Dental Medicine 3 Georg-Voigt-Str. D-35039 Marburg, Germany

Biography

The research of Prof. Knabe-Ducheney deals with various aspects of regenerative medicine and bone regeneration, mainly in the context of implant dentistry and orthopaedics, with a special focus on translation. Prof. Knabe obtained her DDS at the University of Göttingen, Germany, in 1988. She subsequently pursued doctoral studies with Professor U. Gross at the Institute for Pathology of the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, and was awarded her PhD in 1990. She then joined a private practice, but soon returned to academia and continued her training for 16 months in Oral Surgery and Periodontology at the University of Tübingen, Germany. In 1992, she joined the Department of Prosthetic Dentistry at the Freie Universität Berlin. She complemented her training by various study periods abroad. In 1993, with Professor J. E. Davies at the University of Toronto, Canada. She also trained with Professor U. Belser at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, in clinical implant dentistry in 1994. From 1992-2010, she held various positions with increasing responsibilities in the departments of Prosthetic Dentistry (1992-1996), Restorative Dentistry and Periodontology (1996-1997), and was director (first as assistant and then as associate professor) of the division of Biomaterials and Dental Materials of the Dept. of Experimental Dentistry (1997-2010) at the Freie Universität Berlin and Charité University Medical Center. She spent a sabbatical (1999-2000) with Prof. Rolfe Howlett at the Bone Biomaterial Unit of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia to study molecular biological issues regarding implant-tissue interactions. Since 2007 she also has been visiting associate professor at the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery of the Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia (Director Prof. I. Shapiro). In January 2011, she joined the Philipps University Marburg, where she chairs the department of Experimental Orofacial Medicine at the dental school.

Research Interest

ceramo-metal titanium restorations,implant-supported titanium prostheses,calcium phosphate bone substitute cements, three-dimensional scaffolds for bone tissue engineering