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Professor Penny Martens

Deputy Dean

University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, December 2002

M.S. Chemical Engineering, May 2000

Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, USA

B.S. Engineering Physics, May 1997

Research & Enterprise

Graduate Research School

Prof Penny Martens, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering

Prof PENNY MARTENS is currently the Deputy Dean of Graduate Research and a Professor in the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering at UNSW Australia in Sydney. She received her PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado, USA in 2002. She then took up her academic position at UNSW in 2003. Her area of expertise is in polymer synthesis and characterisation, particularly the rational design of complex biomedical polymer systems. Specifically, she is focused on developing biosynthetic hydrogels for applications ranging from fundamental polymer design to cell encapsulation to conducting coatings for implants. She has worked on several approaches to covalently incorporating biological polymers into her poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogel systems, as well as various polymerisation methods.

Student Projects:

Development of new polymeric materials

Biosynthetic hydrogel microspheres for diabetes applications

Biosynthetic conducting hydrogels for neural applications

Looking for students for projects related to:

Polymer synthesis, fabrication, and characterisation. Also open to other projects relating to this core area. Feel free to contact me to discuss your project ideas.

Professional Organisations and Consulting positions

past President, Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Awards

Young Tall Poppy, 2009

Education

PhD/postgraduate

2002 - PhD from the University of Colorado in Chemical Engineering

2000 - MS from the University of Colorado in Chemical Engineering

Undergraduate

1997 - BS from Loras College in Engineering Physics

Phone

+61 2 9385 3902

E-mail

p.martens@unsw.edu.au

Location

Samuels Building (F25) Level 5, Room 511 Kensington Campus

Books | 2015

Poole-Warren L; Martens P; Green R, 2015, Biosynthetic Polymers for Medical Applications, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/C2013-0-16462-8
Book Chapters | 2018

2018, 'Biosynthetic hydrogels for cell encapsulation', in Li J; Osada Y; CooperWhite J (ed.), Springer Series in Biomaterials Science and Engineering, SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, pp. 1 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57511-6_1

Book Chapters | 2016

2016, '9 Engineering biosynthetic cell encapsulation systems', in Biosynthetic Polymers for Medical Applications, Elsevier, pp. 205 - 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-1-78242-105-4.00009-2

Book Chapters | 2015

2015, 'Bioactive conducting polymers for optimising the neural interface', in Biointerfaces : Where Material Meets Biology, edn. 10, Royal Society of Chemistry, pp. 192 - 220

Book Chapters | 2015

2015, 'Biosynthetic conductive polymer composites for tissue-engineering biomedical devices', in Poole-Warren L; Martens P; Green R (ed.), Biosynthetic Polymers for Medical Applications, Elsevier, pp. 277 - 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-78242-105-4.00011-0

Book Chapters | 2015

2015, 'Engineering biosynthetic cell encapsulation systems', in Poole-Warren L; Martens P; Green R (ed.), Biosynthetic Polymers for Medical Applications, Woodhead Publishing, pp. 205 - 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-78242-105-4.00009-2

Book Chapters | 2010

2010, 'Biointegration of medical implant materials: Science and Design', in Sharma CP (ed.), Biointegration of Medical Implant Materials: Science and Design, Woodhead Publishing, Ltd, pp. 179 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1533/9781845699802.2.179

Book Chapters | 2010

2010, 'Contributor contact details', in Biointegration of Medical Implant Materials, Elsevier, pp. xi - xiii, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-1-84569-509-5.50016-1

Book Chapters | 2009

2009, 'Bio-synthetic encapsulation systems for organ engineering: focus on diabetes', in Artmann G; Hescheler J; Minger S (ed.), Stem Cell Engineering, Springer, New York, pp. 363 - 381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11865-4_16
Journal articles | 2022

2022, 'Impact of test environment on the fracture resistance of cortical bone', Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 129, pp. 105155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105155

Journal articles | 2021

2021, 'Challenges and solutions for fabrication of three-dimensional cocultures of neural cell-loaded biomimetic constructs', Biointerphases, 16, pp. 011202 - 011202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/6.0000700

Journal articles | 2021

2021, 'Characterization and in-vitro analysis of poly(ε-caprolactone)-“Jackfruit” Mucilage blends for tissue engineering applications', Polymer Engineering and Science, 61, pp. 526 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.25597

Journal articles | 2021

2021, 'Fucoidan- and carrageenan-based biosynthetic poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels for controlled permeation', Materials Science and Engineering C, 121, pp. 111821 - 111821, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2020.111821

Journal articles | 2020

2020, 'Immunomodulatory properties of photopolymerizable fucoidan and carrageenans', Carbohydrate Polymers, 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115691

Journal articles | 2020

2020, 'Visible light mediated PVA-tyramine hydrogels for covalent incorporation and tailorable release of functional growth factors', Biomaterials Science, 8, pp. 5005 - 5019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0bm00603c

Journal articles | 2019

2019, 'Amidation of methyl ester side chain bearing poly(2-oxazoline)s with tyramine: A quest for a selective and quantitative approach', Polymer Chemistry, 10, pp. 954 - 962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9py00014c

Journal articles | 2019

2019, 'Tissue engineered hydrogels supporting 3D neural networks', Acta Biomaterialia, 95, pp. 269 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2018.11.044

Journal articles | 2018

Aregueta-Robles UA; Martens PJ; Poole-Warren LA; Green RA, 2018, 'Tailoring 3D hydrogel systems for neuronal encapsulation in living electrodes', Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 56, pp. 273 - 287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.24558

Journal articles | 2018

Blamires SJ; Martens PJ; Kasumovic MM, 2018, 'Fitness consequences of plasticity in an extended phenotype', Journal of Experimental Biology, 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.167288

Journal articles | 2018

Blamires SJ; Nobbs M; Martens PJ; Tso IM; Chuang WT; Chang CK; Sheu HS, 2018, 'Multiscale mechanisms of nutritionally induced property variation in spider silks', PLoS ONE, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192005

Journal articles | 2018

Faradilla RH F; Lee G; Roberts J; Martens P; Stenzel M; Arcot J, 2018, 'Effect of glycerol, nanoclay and graphene oxide on physicochemical properties of biodegradable nanocellulose plastic sourced from banana pseudo-stem', Cellulose, 25, pp. 399 - 416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10570-017-1537-x

Journal articles | 2017

Blamires SJ; Hasemore M; Martens PJ; Kasumovic MM, 2017, 'Diet-induced co-variation between architectural and physicochemical plasticity in an extended phenotype', Journal of Experimental Biology, 220, pp. 876 - 884, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.150029

Journal articles | 2017

Faradilla RH F; Lee G; Arns JY; Roberts J; Martens P; Stenzel MH; Arcot J, 2017, 'Characteristics of a free-standing film from banana pseudostem nanocellulose generated from TEMPO-mediated oxidation', Carbohydrate Polymers, 174, pp. 1156 - 1163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.07.025

Journal articles | 2017

Goding J; Gilmour A; Martens P; Poole-Warren L; Green R, 2017, 'Interpenetrating Conducting Hydrogel Materials for Neural Interfacing Electrodes', Advanced Healthcare Materials, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201601177

Journal articles | 2017

Goding J; Gilmour A; Robles UA; Poole-Warren L; Lovell N; Martens P; Green R, 2017, 'A living electrode construct for incorporation of cells into bionic devices', MRS Communications, 7, pp. 487 - 495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2017.44

Journal articles | 2016

Blamires SJ; Kasumovic MM; Tso IM; Martens PJ; Hook JM; Rawal A, 2016, 'Evidence of decoupling protein structure from spidroin expression in spider dragline silks', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms17081294

Journal articles | 2016

2016, 'A comparative study of enzyme initiators for crosslinking phenol-functionalized hydrogels for cell encapsulation.', Biomaterials Research, 20, pp. 30 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40824-016-0077-z

Journal articles | 2016

2016, 'In situ formation of poly(vinyl alcohol)–heparin hydrogels for mild encapsulation and prolonged release of basic fibroblast growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor', Journal of Tissue Engineering, 7, pp. 2041731416677132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2041731416677132

Journal articles | 2015

De Silva DA; Martens PJ; Gilmore KJ; Panhuis MI H, 2015, 'Degradation behavior of ionic-covalent entanglement hydrogels', Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.41216

Journal articles | 2015

Fan KW; Roberts JJ; Martens PJ; Stenzel MH; Granville AM, 2015, 'Copolymerization of an indazole ligand into the self-polymerization of dopamine for enhanced binding with metal ions', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3, pp. 7457 - 7465, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5tb01150g

Journal articles | 2015

Goding JA; Gilmour AD; Martens PJ; Poole-Warren LA; Green RA, 2015, 'Small bioactive molecules as dual functional co-dopants for conducting polymers', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3, pp. 5058 - 5069, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5tb00384a

Journal articles | 2015

Lim KS; Ramaswamy Y; Roberts JJ; Alves MH; Poole-Warren LA; Martens PJ, 2015, 'Promoting Cell Survival and Proliferation in Degradable Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Tyramine Hydrogels', Macromolecular Bioscience, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201500121

Journal articles | 2015

Lim KS; Ramaswamy Y; Roberts JJ; Alves MH; Poole-Warren LA; Martens PJ, 2015, 'Promoting Cell Survival and Proliferation in Degradable Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Tyramine Hydrogels', Macromolecular Bioscience, 15, pp. 1423 - 1432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201500121

Journal articles | 2015

Martens PJ; Ly M; Adams DH; Penzkover KR; Strudwick X; Cowin AJ; Poole-Warren LA, 2015, 'In vivo delivery of functional Flightless i siRNA using layer-by-layer polymer surface modification', Journal of Biomaterials Applications, 30, pp. 257 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0885328215579422

Journal articles | 2015

Nafea EH; Poole-Warren LA; Martens PJ, 2015, 'Bioactivity of permselective PVA hydrogels with mixed ECM analogues', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.35510

Journal articles | 2015

Nafea EH; Poole-Warren LA; Martens PJ, 2015, 'Bioactivity of permselective PVA hydrogels with mixed ECM analogues', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A, 103, pp. 3727 - 3735, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.35510

Journal articles | 2015

Roberts JJ; Naudiyal P; JugÃ© L; Bilston LE; Granville AM; Martens PJ, 2015, 'Tailoring Stimuli Responsiveness using Dynamic Covalent Cross-Linking of Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Heparin Hydrogels for Controlled Cell and Growth Factor Delivery', ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 1, pp. 1267 - 1277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5b00321

Journal articles | 2015

2015, 'Understanding and tailoring the degradation of PVA-tyramine hydrogels', Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.42142

Journal articles | 2014

Peterson MB; Le-Masurier SP; Lim K; Hook JM; Martens P; Granville AM, 2014, 'Incorporation of 5-hydroxyindazole into the self-polymerization of dopamine for novel polymer synthesis', Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 35, pp. 291 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/marc.201300746

Journal articles | 2014

Wang R; Geven M; Dijkstra PJ; Martens P; Karperien M, 2014, 'Hydrogels by supramolecular crosslinking of terpyridine end group functionalized 8-arm poly(ethylene glycol)', Soft Matter, 10, pp. 7328 - 7336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4sm01162g

Journal articles | 2014

2014, 'Conductive hydrogels with tailored bioactivity for implantable electrode coatings', Acta Biomaterialia, 10, pp. 1216 - 1226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2013.12.032

Journal articles | 2014

2014, 'Correlation of macromolecular permeability to network characteristics of multivinyl poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels', Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 52, pp. 63 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.23397

Journal articles | 2014

2014, 'Structural and permeability characterization of biosynthetic PVA hydrogels designed for cell-based therapy', Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition, 25, pp. 1771 - 1790, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09205063.2014.950033

Journal articles | 2013

Baek S; Green R; Granville A; Martens P; Poole-Warren L, 2013, 'Erratum: Thin film hydrophilic electroactive polymer coatings for bioelectrodes (Journal of Materials Chemistry B (2013) DOI:10.1039/C3TB20152J)', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 1, pp. 6670, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3tb90147e

Journal articles | 2013

Baek S; Green R; Granville A; Martens P; Poole-Warren L, 2013, 'Thin film hydrophilic electroactive polymer coatings for bioelectrodes (vol 1, pg 3803, 2013)', JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B, 1, pp. 6670 - 6670, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000327499100013&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Journal articles | 2013

Green RA; Lim KS; Henderson WC; Hassarati RT; Martens PJ; Lovell NH; Poole-Warren LA, 2013, 'Living electrodes: tissue engineering the neural interface', Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2013, pp. 6957 - 6960, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2013.6611158

Journal articles | 2013

Young C; Rozario K; Serra C; Poole-Warren L; Martens P, 2013, 'Poly(vinyl alcohol)-heparin biosynthetic microspheres produced by microfluidics and ultraviolet photopolymerisation', Biomicrofluidics, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4816714

Journal articles | 2013

2013, 'Covalent incorporation of non-chemically modified gelatin into degradable PVA-tyramine hydrogels', Biomaterials, 34, pp. 7097 - 7105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.06.005

Journal articles | 2013

2013, 'Mechanical characteristics of swollen gellan gum hydrogels', Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 130, pp. 3374 - 3383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.39583

Journal articles | 2013

2013, 'Thin film hydrophilic electroactive polymer coatings for bioelectrodes', Journal of materials chemistry. B, Materials for biology and medicine, 1, pp. 3803 - 3810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3tb20152j

Journal articles | 2012

Green RA; Hassarati R; Goding J; Baek S; Lovell NH; Martens P; Poole-Warren LA, 2012, 'Conductive Hydrogels: Mechanically Robust Hybrids for Use as Biomaterials', Macromolecular Bioscience, 12, pp. 494 - 501, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201100490

Journal articles | 2012

Green RA; Hassarati RT; Goding JA; Baek S; Lovell NH; Martens PJ; Poole-Warren LA, 2012, 'Macromol. Biosci. 4/2012', Macromolecular Bioscience, 12, pp. n/a - n/a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201290012

Journal articles | 2012

2012, 'Analysis of Drug Distribution from a Simulated Drug-Eluting Stent Strut using an In Vitro Framework and Erratum to: Analysis of Drug Distribution from a Simulated Drug-Eluting Stent Strut Using an In Vitro Framework.', Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 40, pp. 2687 - 2697, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10439-012-0604-6

Journal articles | 2012

2012, 'Challenges of therapeutic delivery using conducting polymers', Therapeutic Delivery, 3, pp. 421 - 427, http://dx.doi.org/10.4155/TDE.12.19

Journal articles | 2012

2012, 'Combining Submerged Electrospray and UV Photopolymerization for Production of Synthetic Hydrogel Microspheres for Cell Encapsulation', Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 109, pp. 1561 - 1570, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.24430

Journal articles | 2012

2012, 'Degradable, click poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels: Characterization of degradation and cellular compatibility', Biomedical Materials, 7, pp. Article number: 024106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-6041/7/2/024106

Journal articles | 2012

2012, 'Enzymatic degradation of heparin-modified hydrogels and its effect on bioactivity', Biomaterials, 33, pp. 5534 - 5540, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.04.022

Journal articles | 2012

2012, 'Erratum to: Analysis of Drug Distribution from a Simulated Drug-Eluting Stent Strut Using an In Vitro Framework', Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 40, pp. 2697 - 2697, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10439-012-0663-8

Journal articles | 2012

2012, 'Quantitative in vitro assessment of Mg65 Zn30 Ca5 degradation and its effect on cell viability', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B - Applied Biomaterials, 101B, pp. 43 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.32811

Journal articles | 2012

2012, 'Silk fibroin/poly (vinyl alcohol) photocrosslinked hydrogels for delivery of macromolecular drugs', ACTA Biomaterialia, 8, pp. 1720 - 1729, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2012.01.004

Journal articles | 2012

2012, 'The Influence of Silkworm Species on Cellular Interactions with Novel PVA/Silk Sericin Hydrogels', Macromolecular Bioscience, 12, pp. 322 - 332, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201100292

Journal articles | 2011

Ramaswamy Y; Poole-Warren LA; Martens P, 2011, 'Influencing stem cell differentiation through the tailoring of hydrogel properties', Newsletter for the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc, 42, pp. 11 - 14

Journal articles | 2011

2011, 'Immunoisolating semi-permeable membranes for cell encapsulation: Focus on hydrogels', Journal of Controlled Release, 3, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2011.04.022

Journal articles | 2010

2010, 'Conducting polymer-hydrogels for medical electrode applications', Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 11, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1468-6996/11/1/014107

Journal articles | 2010

2010, 'The effect of elastin on chondrocyte adhesion and proliferation on poly (e{open}-caprolactone)/elastin composites', Biomaterials, 32, pp. 1517 - 1525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.10.024

Journal articles | 2009

Ramshaw J; Martens P; Poole-Warren LA, 2009, 'Biomaterials and biomedical devices are a key research sector', A T S E Focus, 1, pp. 7 - 9

Journal articles | 2008

Poole-Warren LA; Martens P, 2008, 'Overview of recent advances in injectable materials for augmentation of bone and soft tissue.', Recent patents on biomedical engineering 2008, 1, pp. 116 - 126

Journal articles | 2008

2008, 'Characterisation of redox initiators for producing poly (vinyl alcohol)hydrogels', Macromolecular Symposia, 266, pp. 59 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/masy.200850611

Journal articles | 2008

2008, 'Structural and functional characterisation of poly (vinyl alcohol) and heparin hydrogels', Biomaterials, 29, pp. 4658 - 4664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2008.08.011

Journal articles | 2008

2008, 'Synthesis and characterization of radiopaque iodine-containing degradable PVA hydrogels', Biomacromolecules, 9, pp. 263 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bm700754m

Journal articles | 2007

2007, 'Effect of poly(vinyl alcohol) macromer chemistry and chain interactions on hydrogel mechanical properties', Chemistry of materials, 19, pp. 2641 - 2648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm0626381

Journal articles | 2007

2007, 'The effect of redox polymerisation on degradation and cell responses to poly (vinlyl alcohol) hydrogels', Biomaterials, 28, pp. 947 - 955, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2006.10.007

Journal articles | 2006

Regan DG; Momot K; Martens P; Kuchel PW; Poole-Warren LA, 2006, 'NMR measurement of small-molecule diffusion in PVA hydrogels: a comparison of CONVEX and standard PGSE methods', Diffusion Fundamentals, 4, pp. 1 - 18, http://www.uni-leipzig.de/diffusion/journal/pdf/volume4/diff_fund_4(2006)1.pdf

Journal articles | 2004

2004, 'Degradable Networks formed from Multifunctional Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) Macromers: Comparison of Results from a Generalized Bulk-Degradation Model for Polymer Networks and Experimental Data', Polymer, 45, pp. 3377 - 3387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2004.03.011

Journal articles | 2003

2003, 'Tailoring the Degradation of Hydrogels Formed from Multivinyl Poly(Ethylene Glycol) and Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Macromers for Cartilage Tissue Engineering', Biomacromolecules, 4, pp. 282 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bm025666v

Journal articles | 2002

Anseth KS; Metters AT; Bryant SJ; Martens PJ; Elisseeff JH; Bowman CN, 2002, 'In situ forming degradable networks and their application in tissue engineering and drug delivery', Journal of Controlled Release, 78, pp. 199 - 209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-3659(01)00500-4

Journal articles | 2002

Martens P; Holland T; Anseth KS, 2002, 'Synthesis and characterization of degradable hydrogels formed from acrylate modified poly(vinyl alcohol) macromers', Polymer, 43, pp. 6093 - 6100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0032-3861(02)00561-X

Journal articles | 2001

Martens P; Metters AT; Anseth KS; Bowman CN, 2001, 'A generalized bulk-degradation model for hydrogel networks formed from multivinyl cross-linking molecules', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 105, pp. 5131 - 5138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp004102n

Journal articles | 2000

Martens P; Anseth KS, 2000, 'Characterization of hydrogels formed from acrylate modified poly(vinyl alcohol) macromers', Polymer, 41, pp. 7715 - 7722, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0032-3861(00)00123-3

Journal articles | 1998

Guymon CA; Dougan LA; Martens PJ; Clark NA; Walba DM; Bowman CN, 1998, 'Polymerization Conditions and Electrooptic Properties of Polymer-Stabilized Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals', Chemistry of Materials, 10, pp. 2378 - 2388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm9708170
Conference Abstracts | 2017

Poole-Warren LA; Robles UA; Gilmour A; Goding J; Lovell NH; Martens PJ; Green RA, 2017, 'Tissue Engineered Bioelectronics for Brain-Machine Interfaces', in TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, NC, Charlotte, Vol. 23, pp. S4 - S4, presented at TERMIS - Americas Conference and Exhibition, NC, Charlotte, 03 December 2017 - 06 December 2017, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000416247300012&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Patents | 2016

Poole-Warren LA; Green R; Martens P; Baek S; Goding J; Lovell N, 2016, Polymeric Material, Patent No. 9299476

Conference Papers | 2016

2016, 'Tissue engineering cell-based bioelectronics', in Biomaterials in nerve regeneration, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Montréal, Canada, presented at 10th World Biomaterials Congress, Montréal, Canada, 17 May 2016 - 22 May 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/conf.FBIOE.2016.01.02811

Conference Papers | 2015

Amella AD; Patton AJ; Martens PJ; Lovell NH; Poole-Warren LA; Green RA, 2015, 'Freestanding, soft bioelectronics', in International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER, pp. 607 - 610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/NER.2015.7146696

Conference Papers | 2015

Aregueta-Robles UA; Lim KS; Martens PJ; Lovell NH; Poole-Warren LA; Green R, 2015, 'Producing 3D neuronal networks in hydrogels for living bionic device interfaces', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, pp. 2600 - 2603, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318924

Conference Abstracts | 2015

FAN KW; Roberts JJ; Martens PJ; Stenzel MH; Granville AM, 2015, 'Incorporation of an indazole ligand into the mussel-inspired self-polymerization system for enhanced drug loading', in Incorporation of an indazole ligand into the mussel-inspired self-polymerization system for enhanced drug loading, 35th Australasian Polymer Symposium, Gold Coast, presented at 35th Australasian Polymer Symposium, Gold Coast, 12 July 2015 - 15 July 2015

Conference Papers | 2015

Fan KW; Roberts JJ; Martens PJ; Stenzel MH; Granville AM, 2015, 'Functionalization of poly(dopamine) through incorporation of an indazole-based catecholic ligand into the structure as comonomer to enhance binding with metal ions', in Functionalization of poly(dopamine) through incorporation of an indazole-based catecholic ligand into the structure as comonomer to enhance binding with metal ions, Polymer Research in NSW Symposium, University of New South Wales, presented at Polymer Research in NSW Symposium, University of New South Wales, 20 November 2015 - 20 November 2015

Conference Papers | 2015

Lim KS; Ramaswamy Y; Alves MH; Green RA; Poole-Warren LA; Martens P, 2015, 'Optimization of crosslinking parameters for biosynthetic poly(Vinyl-alcohol)-tyramine hydrogels', in IFMBE Proceedings, pp. 284 - 287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19387-8_69

Conference Papers | 2013

Green RA; Lim KS; Henderson WC; Hassarati RT; Martens PJ; Lovell NH; Poole-Warren LA, 2013, 'Living electrodes: Tissue engineering the neural interface', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, pp. 6957 - 6960, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2013.6611158

Conference Papers | 2012

2012, 'Heparin improves viability and function of encapsulated MIN6 cells', in International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) Proceedings Vol. 39: World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Springer, Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London, pp. 2184 - 2187, presented at World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Beijing; China, 26 May 2012 - 31 May 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29305-4_573

Conference Papers | 2012

2012, 'Structural and functional characterization of biosynthetic PVA-gelatin hydrogels designed for cell based therapy', in International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) Proceedings Vol. 39: World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Springer, Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London, pp. 91 - 94, presented at World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Beijing; China, 26 May 2012 - 31 May 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29305-4_25

Conference Presentations | 2011

Young C; Cheng J; Whitelock J; Martens P; Poole-Warren L, 2011, 'Islet matrix identification for use in biosynthetic microencapsulation'

Conference Papers | 2011

2011, 'Development of an in vitro method for modeling drug release and subsequent tissue drug uptake and deposition in a pulsatile flow network', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, United States, pp. 3262 - 3265, presented at 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 2011, Boston, Massachusetts USA, 30 August 2011 - 03 September 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090886

Conference Presentations | 2010

Poole-Warren LA; Martens P; Ly M; Adams D; Riddle K; Strudwick X; Cowin AJ, 2010, 'RNA INTERFERENCE FOR MODULATION OF INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES TO IMPLANTABLE BIOMATERIALS', Vol. 18, pp. A73 - A73, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000279454700059&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Presentations | 2009

Martens P; Kundu ; Reeves A; Lim E; Kundu S; Poole-Warren LA, 2009, 'Biosynthetic Silk-Hydrogel Composites', presented at BITE&RM and Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 2009, Sydney, Australia

Conference Presentations | 2009

Martens P; Nilasaroya A; Reeves A; Kundu ; Kundu S; Whitelock J; Poole-Warren LA, 2009, 'Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) Hydrogels: Improving Biological Performance', presented at European Society for Biomaterials 2009, Lausanne, Switzerland

Conference Presentations | 2009

Martens P; Nilasaroya A; Whitelock J; Poole-Warren LA, 2009, 'Biosynthetic Hydrogel Composite Materials: Maintaining Network Structure and Improving Biological Performance', presented at Biomaterials Asia, Hong Kong, -

Conference Presentations | 2009

Martens P; Reeves A; Lim E; Kundu ; Kundu S; Poole-Warren LA, 2009, 'Cellular Interactions with Poly(Vinyl Alcohol)/Silk Sericin Hydrogels', presented at 11 Pacific Polymer Conference, Cairns, 06 December 2009 - 10 December 2009

Conference Presentations | 2009

Nilasaroya A; Poole-Warren LA; Whitelock J; Martens P, 2009, 'Poly(Vinyl Aochol)-Heparin Hydrogels: Growth Factor Activation and Degradation', presented at BITE&RM and Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 2009, Sydney, Australia

Conference Presentations | 2009

Young C; Poole-Warren LA; Martens P, 2009, 'UV photopolymerised Poly(vinyl alcohol) beads for cell encapsulation', presented at 11 Pacific Polymer Conference, Cairns, 06 December 2009 - 10 December 2009

Conference Presentations | 2008

Kundu ; Lim K; Poole-Warren LA; Kundu S; Martens P, 2008, 'Development of PVA-Sericin Biosynthetic Hydrogel for Cell Encapsulation', presented at International workshop on Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Biotechnological Applications, Kharagpur, India

Conference Posters | 2008

Nilasaroya A; Poole-Warren LA; Whitelock J; Martens P, 2008, 'Structural and Functional Characterisation of Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) and Heparin Copolymers', Canberra, Australia, presented at 18th Annual Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Conference, Canberra, Australia, 22 February 2008 - 22 February 2008

Conference Presentations | 2008

2008, 'Structural and Functional Characterization of Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) and Heparin Copolymers', Vol. 2, pp. 872, presented at World Biomaterials Congress, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Conference Presentations | 2007

Martens P; Whitelock J; Poole-Warren LA, 2007, 'Characterisation of Redox Polymerised Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) Hydrogels', presented at International Congress on Biohydrogels, Viareggio, Italy

Conference Presentations | 2007

Martens P; Whitelock J; Poole-Warren LA, 2007, 'Redox Initiated Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Applications', presented at Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 2007, Mt Eliza, Australia, -

Conference Presentations | 2007

Nilasaroya A; Poole-Warren LA; Whitelock J; Martens P, 2007, 'Characterisation of Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) and Heparin Hydrogels Formed from Methacrylated Macromers', presented at Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 2007, Mt Eliza, Australia, -

Conference Presentations | 2007

Nilasaroya A; Poole-Warren LA; Whitelock J; Martens P, 2007, 'Network Formation of Poly(Vinyl Alcohol)-Heparin Hydrogels', presented at International Congress on Biohydrogels, Viareggio, Italy

Conference Presentations | 2007

Poole-Warren LA; Nilasaroya A; Grant M; Whitelock J; Martens P, 2007, 'Biosynthetic Hydrogels as injectable soft-tissue engineering scaffolds', presented at TERMIS-AP, Tokyo, Japan

Conference Presentations | 2007

Whitelock J; Davies N; Jung M; Nilasaroya A; Chuang C; Neilsen N; Martens P, 2007, 'Heparan Sulfate as a Biosignalling Molecule for Tissue Engineering Applications', presented at TERMIS-AP, Tokyo, Japan

Conference Presentations | 2006

Green RA; Martens P; Middeldorp L; Poole-Warren LA; Lovell NH, 2006, 'Novel neural interface technique for use in vision prostheses: Neurite ingrowth to electrode stimulation sites', presented at Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 2006, Rotorua, New Zealand, 01 February 2006 - 03 February 2006

Conference Presentations | 2006

Martens P; Mawad D; Cooper-White J; Poole-Warren LA, 2006, 'Understanding Hydrogel Network Structure Through the Use of Mechanics', presented at Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 2006, Rotorua, New Zealand, -

Conference Presentations | 2006

Mawad D; Martens P; Ferris L; Odell RA; Poole-Warren LA, 2006, 'Injectable, Degradable Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering & Drug Delivery', presented at Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 2006, Rotorua, New Zealand, -

Conference Presentations | 2006

Williams CM; Stenzel M; Martens P; Mawad D; Poole-Warren LA, 2006, 'Fabrication of an Electrically Conductive Polyurethane for Biomedical Applications: Integration of Carbon Nanotubes into the Polymer Matrix', presented at Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 2006, Rotorua, New Zealand, -

Conference Presentations | 2005

Martens P; Blundo J; Fong N; Gabelish C; Huang H; Sims A; Poole-Warren LA, 2005, 'Mechanical Characterization of Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) / Collagen Composites', presented at European Society for Biomaterials 2005, Sorrento, Italy

Conference Presentations | 2005

Martens P; Fong N; Chiu H; Gabelish C; Huang H; Sims A; Poole-Warren LA, 2005, 'Mechanical Characterisation of Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) / Collagen composites designed for 3D cell constructs', presented at Australian Society for Biomaterials 15th Annual Conference, Victor Harbour, SA

Conference Presentations | 2005

Mawad D; van Hoy-Corstjens C; Martens P; Koole LH; Poole-Warren LA, 2005, 'Degradable Radio Opaque PVA Hydrogels for Embolotherapy of Hypervascular Tumors', presented at Australian Society for Biomaterials 15th Annual Conference, Victor Harbour, SA

Conference Presentations | 2005

Mawad D; van Hoy-Corstjens C; Martens P; Koole LH; Poole-Warren LA, 2005, 'Synthesis of Radiopaque Degradable Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Hydrogels', presented at European Society for Biomaterials 2005, Sorrento, Italy

Conference Presentations | 2005

Poole-Warren LA; Mawad D; van Hoy-Corstjens C; Martens P; Koole LH, 2005, 'Degradable Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Designed for Vascular Embolotherapy of Tumors', presented at BITE 2005 Indo-Australian Conference, Kerala, India, 19 January 2005 - 21 January 2005

Conference Presentations | 2005

Regan DG; Martens P; Gabelish C; Kuchel PW; Poole-Warren LA; Milthorpe BK, 2005, 'Magnetic Resonance Studies of High-Molecular-Weight Solute Diffusion in Hydrogels', presented at Australian Society for Biomaterials 15th Annual Conference, Victor Harbour, SA

Conference Presentations | 2005

Williams CM; Nash M; Martens P; Poole-Warren LA, (ed.), 2005, 'Fabrication and Characterization of Electrically Conductive Elastomers for Biomedical Applications', presented at Australian Society for Biomaterials 15th Annual Conference, Victor Harbour, SA, -

Conference Presentations | 2005

Williams CM; Nash M; Martens P; Poole-Warren LA, 2005, 'Fabrication and Characterisation of an Electrically Conductive Elastomer for Biomedical Applications', presented at European Society for Biomaterials 2005, Sorrento, Italy

Conference Presentations | 2004

Martens P; Mahoney M; Bryant SJ; Rice M; Anseth K, 2004, 'Synthetic Hydrogel Niches for 3D Cell Culture and Tissue Regeneration: The Role of Gel Architecture and Degradation', presented at MACRO 2004 – 40th IUPAC World Polymer Congress, Paris, France, 04 July 2004 - 09 July 2004

Conference Papers | 2004

Mawad D; Martens P; Odell R; Anseth KS; Poole-Warren LA, 2004, 'Solute diffusion from hydrogels formed from multi-functional poly(vinyl alcohol) macromers', in Transactions - 7th World Biomaterials Congress, pp. 831

Conference Proceedings (Editor of) | 2004

Mawad D; Martens P; Odell RA; Anseth K; Poole-Warren LA, (eds.), 2004, '7th World Biomaterials Congress', Sydney, presented at 7th World Biomaterials Congress, Sydney, 17 May 2004 - 21 May 2004

Conference Proceedings (Editor of) | 2004

Poole-Warren LA; Martens P; Staples R; Williams CM; Lovell NH, (eds.), 2004, 'SPIE 2004: Smart Materials, Nano-and Micro-Smart Systems', Sydney, presented at SPIE 2004: Smart Materials, Nano-and Micro-Smart Systems, Sydney, 13 December 2004 - 15 December 2004

Conference Presentations | 2003

Anseth K; Bryant SJ; Martens P, 2003, 'In Situ Forming Cell Gel Constructs: Monitoring Gel Degradation to Control Extracellular Matrix Evolution', presented at American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, 23 March 2003 - 27 March 2003

Conference Papers | 2003

Rice M; Martens P; Bryant SJ; Mahoney M; Bowman CN; Anseth K, 2003, 'Photopolymerization of synthetic hydrogel niches for 3D cell culture and tissue regeneration', in Photopolymerization of synthetic hydrogel niches for 3D cell culture and tissue regeneration, American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, presented at American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, 23 March 2003 - 27 March 2003

NSW Young Tall Poppy Science Award - October 2009

My Research Supervision

Primary Supervisor: Rebecca Sehnert, PhD Student - Chemically Modifying a Drug that Preserves Fertility in Cancer Patients

Secondary Supervisor: Mihee Shin, PhD Student - Fatigue Resistance of Bone

My Teaching

BIOM9410: Regulatory Requirements

Coordinator 2019 - current

GSOE9400: Engineering Postgraduate Research Essentials

Coordinator and Lecturer 2016 - 2019

BIOM 9332: Biocompatibility

Coordinator 2006 - 2015

Lecturer 2004 - 2016

BIOM 9432: Chem. & Physics of Synthetic & Biol. Polymers

Coordinator 2009 - 2015

Lecturer 2007 - 2016

BIOM 9561: Mechanical Properties of Biomaterials

Coordinator 2012 – 2014, 2018

Lecturer 2012 – 2015, 2018

BIOM 9334: Comprehensive Biomaterials Science

Coordinator 2012 – 2014 (summer course)

ENGG1000: Engineering Design

Lecturer 2010 - 2012

BIOM1010: Engineering in Medicine and Biology

Coordinator 2017

Lecturer 2010 – 2012, 2017

GSBmE Undergrad Thesis

Coordinator 2007-2013

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