Biographies of Authors and Editors
Lausmaa, Jukka Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Head of Research
SP Swedish National Testing and Research Institute
Department of Chemistry and Materials Technology
Box 857, SE-501 15 Bor‘s, Sweden
E-mail: Jukka.Lausmaa@sp.se
Web-site: www.sp.se
Jukka Lausmaa is the Head of Research at the Department of Chemistry and Materials Technology, SP (Swedish National Testing and Research Institute) in Bor‘s. He joined SP in 1996 to build up an activity around research and testing of medical devices and biocompatible materials. Before this he spent 12 years at the Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, where he obtained his Ph.D. in Physics and pursued research on properties and processes of biomaterial surfaces, especially titanium and titanium oxides. His current interests are surface preparation, modification and characterization of materials in general, with special emphasis on biomedical applications. Specific research projects deal with surface modification of polymers, tribology of artificial joints, and new materials and surfaces for pacemaker and dental implant applications.
