Clemens van Blitterswijk
Clemens van Blitterswijk | |
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Clemens van Blitterswijk | |
| Born | 1957 (age 67–68) The Hague, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | University of Leiden |
| Awards | Jean Leray Award;
The Marie Parijs Award; The Klein Award; George Winter Award; Huibregtsen Prize; Career Achievement Award; |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biomedical engineering, biomaterials, tissue engineering |
| Institutions | University of Maastricht |
Clemens A. van Blitterswijk (1957, The Hague) is a Dutch tissue engineer who contributed to the use of biomaterials to heal bone injuries, especially using osteoinductive ceramics. In collaboration with Jan de Boer and others, he has contributed to screening microtextures to study cell-biomaterial interactions, an approach termed materiomics.