Synthetic bone, a spray that kills resistant bacteria and a smart plaster for dogs and cats. Martin Andersson is a professor of materials chemistry who works with surfaces in the borderland between the artificial and the living.
In Verapodden, he talks about materials that mimic the body's own materials, the road to the first invention and what you can learn from a cartoon professor in a classic children's programme.
In the podcast, Martin Andersson also highlights the conference Materials for Tomorrow: Surface of Things, 8-10 November, which Chalmers is hosting this year with the Swedish Chemical Society. The conference is about materials for healthcare, energy - such as new batteries - and other sustainable opportunities.
This episode is broadcast in Swedish. Follow us and listen on PodBean
About Verapodden
In Chalmers Verapodd you will hear personal conversations with researchers, students, teachers and alumni. What are their experiences, driving forces and visions? What becomes of the knowledge from Chalmers?
Project manager: Cecilia Hillman & Maria Saline, Genie
Original music by Stefan Karlsson
Programme manager, technology & editing: Malin Avenius
Producer: Anne-Christine Nordin.
Vera Sandberg became Sweden's first female engineer in 1917. She studied as the only woman among 500 men. Today, Chalmers University of Technology is home to 10 500 students and a third of them are women.
- Head of Unit, Applied Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Head of Unit, Communications division, Chalmers Operations Support
- Project Leader, Management and General University Support, Chalmers Operations Support