Vanja Kokol
University of Maribor, Slovenia
Biography
Assoc. Prof. Vanja Kokol PhD got a PhD in area of Textile chemistry in 2001 at University of Maribor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (UM-FS). She have been employed at UM-FS from 1994, currently as a research counsellor with the habilitation of Assoc. Prof.. Her research work in the last decade is oriented in modification and functionalization of fibers and biopolymers, and their processing in highly-engineered materials for different applications (from technical to biomedical). Special attention is attributed to the development of biopolymeric 2D and 3D materials with targeted and biocompatible antimicrobial activity. She is author of more than 90 papers, 3 book chapters, 3 patents, was supervisor of several (seven) doctoral and post-doctoral (five) students, and have been active in research programme Textile chemistry (from 1999) and Center of Excelence (from 2010) for advanced materials and technologies, area of Soft biomaterials. She was involved (leading or collaborating) in many national (ARRS-L2-7576, ARRS-J2-7018), bilateral (SLo-CZ, Slo-IT, SLO-IND, SLO-DE), international (E!3100 CAWAB, E!3654 BIOPOLS, EraNet Manunet NANOWEL, EraNet Matera Plus ANTIMICROB PEPTIDES, E!4956 MAGNET, EraNet MNT TABANA, EraNet MNT n-POSSCOG) and EU (H2020-PILOTS-03-2017-760601-2-NanoTexSurf, FP7-NMP-2011-SMALL-5-280519-NANOSELECT, FP7-NMP-2011-LARGE-5-280759-NANOBARRIER, Erasmus-Mundus (EMA2)-2013–2540/001–EUPHRATES, Marie Curie ToK/DEV FP6-MTKD-CT-2005-029540-POLYSURF, FP6-2004-SME-COOP-032877-ENZUP) funded research projects.
Abstract
Abstract : Biomimetic gelatine coating for less-biodegradable and surface bioactive Mg alloys