Biographies of Authors and Editors
Textor, Marcus Ph.D.
Lecturer and Senior Scientist
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Department of Materials
Oberflächentechnik (Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology)
Wagistrasse 2, CH-8952 Schlieren, Switzerland
E-mail: textor@surface.mat.ethz.ch
Web-site: www.surface.mat.ethz.ch
Marcus Textor is a Lecturer and Head of the "Biomaterial and Biosensor Surface Group" at the Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland. He joined the ETH Department of Materials in 1993 to build up a research team in the area of biomaterial surface modifications and characterization and to teach and train material science students in surface technology. Before this, he spent 16 years in the central R&D department of the international company Alusuisse, at the end as the Head of the Materials Development Department. His current interests are surface modifications of biosensors, biomaterials and implants, with an emphasis on titanium surface technology. Techniques used in his groups are chemical, biochemical and electrochemical surface modification techniques to study and improve the behavior of surfaces in terms of biocompatibility, chemical and wear resistance. Of particular interest to his team are self-assembly techniques for the modification of metal-oxide surfaces.
