Manon MINSART profile

dr. Manon Minsart obtained her Master of Chemistry from Ghent University in July 2018, specializing in Molecular and Macromolecular Design with a minor in Research and Development. During her master thesis at the Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials (PBM) research group, she investigated odor-sorbing wound dressings, sparking her lasting interest in polymers and their diverse biomedical applications. Following graduation, she embarked on a PhD within the PBM group and, in December 2018, obtained a competitive FWO-SB doctoral fellowship from Research Foundation Flanders. Her doctoral research centered on the development of a “smart” burn wound dressing using patented PEG-based acrylate-endcapped urethane-based hydrogel precursors (AUPs), primarily processed through (co-axial) electrospinning. Throughout her career so far, she has presented her work at numerous national and international conferences and was honored with the Julia Polak Award for her PhD. Since July 2023, dr. Minsart has served as a post-doctoral assistant in the Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry at Ghent University. She is deeply committed to student mentoring and inspiring enthusiasm for STEM education. Beyond her research and teaching, she contributes to the scientific community by reviewing for journals including 'Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine', 'Burns and Trauma', and 'RSC Advances'. She has also served as conference session co-chair for the World Biomaterials Congress (WBC2024) and the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB2025) and is part of the organizing committee of the MCSMCS2025 conference. As a committed early-career researcher, she strongly believes in the power of scientific collaboration, mentorship, and community-building.

Her expertise lies at the intersection of polymer science and chemistry, biomaterials engineering/processing, and biomedical applications, with an emphasis on wound healing. Her research mainly focuses on the development of hydrogel materials (both synthetic or biopolymer-based) for medical and non-medical (e.g. space) applications using electrospinning, film casting or DLP printing. In the more recent years, special attention is being given to the development of hydrogel materials from marine sidestreams/origin (i.e. waste (fish skin) or underexplored organisms such as jellyfish and invasive seaweed species).

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