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Dr Matthew German

Senior Lecturer, Director of Research

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3928
  • Address: School of Dental Sciences
    Translational and Clinical Research Institute
    Faculty of Medical Sciences
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    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne NE2 4HH

Background

Qualifications

B.Eng (Hons) Liverpool
MSc (London)
PhD (London)

Previous Positions

Research Assistant - IRC in Biomedical Materials, Queen Mary, University of London (1999)
Research Associate - Depts of Physics and Biological Science, Lancaster University (2000 - 2006)

Memberships

Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
International Association for Dental Research



Research

Research Interests

Biomaterials
Scanned Probe Microscopy
IR Spectroscopy

Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

Dental Materials to dental undergraduates through lecture programme and practical course

Postgraduate Teaching

Dental Materials to MClinDent in Restorative Dentistry students.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Murchie BD, German MJ, Waterhouse PJ, Mullan F. . Archives of Oral Biology 2025, 178, 106363.
    • Ibrahim MSY, Al-Hazmi FE, Peeters M, German MJ, Crapnell RD, Davey T, Sheriff J, Sharpe MK, McAleese CD, Couture P, Geoghegan M. . Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 2025, 226(17), e00126.
    • Farcasanu MV, de Las Heras Ruiz T, Johnson de Sousa Brito FM, Soul J, Coxhead J, German MJ, Young DA, Ferreira-Duarte AM, Piróg KA. . Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2025, 122(9), 2574-2591.
    • Upson SJ, Benning MJ, Fulton DA, Corbett IP, Dalgarno KW, German MJ. . Bioengineering 2023, 10(1), 78.
    • Allison JR, Chary K, Ottley C, Vuong QC, German MJ, Durham J, Thelwall P. . Journal of Dentistry 2022, 127, 104322.
    • Pattem J, Field J, Waterhouse PJ, German MJ. . Frontiers in Dental Medicine 2022, 3, 1040565.
    • Naseem R, Montalbano G, German MJ, Ferreira AM, Gentile P, Dalgarno K. . Molecules 2022, 27(21), 7633.
    • Naseem R, Tzivelekis C, German MJ, Gentile P, Ferreira-Duarte A, Dalgarno K. . Molecules 2021, 26(4), 992.
    • Altaie A, Bubb N, Franklin P, German MJ, Marie A, Wood DJ. . Dental Materials 2020, 36(8), 1071-1085.
    • Liddle A, Webb M, Clement N, Green S, Liddle J, German M, Holland J. . Bone & Joint Research 2019, 8(6), 246-252.
    • Melo P, Tarrant E, Swift T, Townshend A, German M, Ferreira AM, Gentile P, Dalgarno K. . Materials Science and Engineering C 2019, 104, 109929.
    • Coulter J, Jakubovics NS, Preshaw PM, German MJ. . Acta Biomaterialia Odontologica Scandinavica 2019, 5(1), 1-8.
    • Mutahar M, Carpenter G, Bartlett D, German M, Moazzez R. . Scientific Reports 2017, 7(1), 10920.
    • Field JC, Waterhouse PJ, German MJ. . European Journal of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry 2017, 25(2), 93-100.
    • Partridge SW, Benning MJ, German MJ, Dalgarno KW. . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 2017, 231(6), 586-594.
    • Yassin SA, German MJ, Rolland SL, Rickard AH, Jakubovics NS. . Journal of Dentistry 2016, 48, 62-70.
    • Upson SJ, Partridge SW, Tcacencu I, Fulton DA, Corbett I, German MJ, Dalgarno KW. . Materials Science and Engineering C 2016, 69, 470-477.
    • Field J, German M, Waterhouse P. . Archives of Oral Biology 2014, 59(5), 455-460.
    • German MJ, Osei-Bempong C, Knuth CA, Deehan DJ, Oldershaw RA. . Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2014, 9, 135.
    • Field J, German M, Waterhouse P. . Journal of Dentistry 2013, 41(11), 1060-1067.
    • Wren AW, Coughlan A, Hall MM, German MJ, Towler MR. . Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 2013, 24(9), 2255-2264.
    • Steele AC, German MJ, Haas J, Lambert G, Meechan JG. . Journal of Dentistry 2013, 41(2), 164-169.
    • Rolland SL, Walls AWG, McCabe JF, German MJ. . Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part B: Applied Biomaterials 2010, 95B(1), 62-68.
    • Lewis G, Towler M, Madigan S, German M. . International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials 2010, 3(1), 78-93.
    • Lewis G, Towler MR, Boyd D, German MJ, Wren AW, Clarkin OM, Yates A. . Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 2010, 21(1), 59-66.
    • Field J, Waterhouse P, German M. . Journal of Applied Oral Science 2010, 18(5), 7.
    • German MJ, Carrick TE, McCabe JF. . Dental Materials 2008, 24(7), 951-956.
    • Walsh MJ, German MJ, Singh M, Pollock HM, Hammiche A, Kyrgiou M, Stringfellow HF, Paraskevaidis E, Martin-Hirsch PL, Martin FL. . Cancer Letters 2007, 246(1-2), 1-11.
    • Martin FL, German MJ, Wit E, Fearn T, Ragavan N, Pollock HM. . Journal of Computational Biology 2007, 14(9), 1176-1184.
    • Masad A, Hayes L, Tabner BJ, Turnbull S, Cooper LJ, Fullwood NJ, German MJ, Kametani F, El-Agnaf OMA, Allsop D. . FEBS Letters 2007, 581(18), 3489-3493.
    • Walsh MJ, Singh MN, Pollock HM, Cooper LJ, German MJ, Stringfellow HF, Fullwood NJ, Paraskevaidis E, Martin-Hirsch PL, Martin FL. . Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2007, 352(1), 213-219.
    • Dewar RJ, Ash DC, German MJ, Joyce MJ. . Journal of Food Engineering 2006, 75(4), 461-468.
    • German MJ, Hammiche A, Ragavan N, Tobin M, Cooper L, Matanhelia S, Hindley A, Nicholson C, Fullwood N, Pollock H, Martin F. . Biophysical Journal 2006, 90(10), 3783-3795.
    • German M, Pollock H, Zhao B, Tobin M, Hammiche A, Bentley A, Cooper L, Martin F, Fullwood N. . Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2006, 47(6), 2417-2421.
    • Shelton R, Liu Y, Cooper P, Gbureck U, German MJ, Barralet J. . Biomaterials 2006, 27(14), 2874-2881.
    • Pillay I, Lyons D, German MJ, Lawson NS, Pollock HM, Saunders J, Chowdhury S, Moran P, Towler MR. . Journal of Women's Health 2005, 14(4), 339-344.
    • Tabner BJ, Turnbull S, Fullwood N, German MJ, Allsop D. . Biochemical Society Transactions 2005, 33(4), 548-550.
    • Rimmer S, German MJ, Maughan J, Sun Y, Fullwood N, Ebdon J, MacNeil S. . Biomaterials 2005, 26(15), 2219-2230.
    • Tabner BJ, El-Agnaf OMA, German MJ, Fullwood NJ, Allsop D. . Biochemical Society Transactions 2005, 33(5), 1082-1086.
    • Hammiche A, German MJ, Hewitt R, Pollock HM, Martin FL. . Biophysical Journal 2005, 88(5), 3699-3706.
    • Tabner BJ, El-Agnaf OM, Turnbull S, German MJ, Paleologou KE, Hayashi Y, Cooper LJ, Fullwood NJ, Allsop D. . Journal of Biological Chemistry 2005, 280(43), 35789-35792.
    • Cooper LJ, Kinoshita S, German MJ, Koizumi N, Nakamura T, Fullwood NJ. . Cornea 2005, 24(6), 722-729.
    • Pillay I, Lyons D, German MJ, Lawson NS, Pollock HM, Saunders J, Chowdhury S, Moran P, Towler MR. . Osteoporosis International 2004, 15(Supplement 2), S23.
    • Hammiche A, Bozec L, Pollock HM, German MJ, Reading M. . Journal of Microscopy 2004, 213(2), 129-134.
    • Hammiche A, Bozec L, German MJ, Chalmers JM, Everall NJ, Poulter G, Reading M, Grandy DB, Martin FL, Pollock HM. . Spectroscopy 2004, 19(2), 20-42.
    • D. Wong,R. L. Williams,M. J. German. Exchange of perfluorodecalin for gas or oil: a model for avoiding slippage. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 1998, 236(3), 234-7.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Murchie B, Mullan F, Waterhouse P, German M. . In: British Society for Oral and Dental Research (BSODR) Annual Scientific Meeting 2023. 2023, London: British Society for Oral and Dental Research.
    • Alkahtani R, Waterhouse P, German M, Stone S. . In: 2019 IADR/AADR/CADR General Session. 2019, Vacouver BC Canada: Sage Publications.
    • O'Connor C, German M, Gharib I, Waterhouse P. . In: 96th General Session & Exhibition of the IADR IADR Pan European Regional Congress. 2018, London: Sage Publications.
    • Nair R, Field JC, Waterhouse PJ, German M. . In: 2018 IADR/AADR/CADR General Session. 2018, London UK: Sage Publications.
    • German M, Al-Bazaranchi T, Field J, McCracken G. . In: IADR/AADR/CADR General Session 2017. 2017, San Francisco, CA, USA.
    • O'Connor CJ, German M, Waterhouse PJ, Coulter J, Gharib I. . In: IADR General Session San Francisco California USA. 2017.
    • O'Connor C, German M, Waterhouse P, Coulter J, Gharib I. . In: 2017 IADR/AADR/CADR General Session. 2017, San Francisco USA: Sage Publications.
    • Field J, Al-Bazaranchi T, German M, McCracken G. . In: IADR/AADR/CADR General Session 2017. 2016, San Francisco, California: IADR.
    • Field JC, German MJ, Waterhouse PJ. . In: 93rd General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research. 2015, Boston, MA: The International Association for Dental Research (IADR).
    • Field J, German M, Waterhouse P. . In: 2015 IADR/AADR/CADR General Session. 2015, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Sage Publications.
    • Pattem J, Waterhouse P, German M. . In: 25th Congress of the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry (IAPD 2015). 2015, Glasgow, Scotland, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
    • Khan SF, Dalgarno KW, German MJ. . In: 5th International Conference on Advanced Research and Rapid Prototyping. 2012, Leiria, Portugal: CRC Press.
    • Walsh MJ, German MJ, Pollock HM, Hammiche A, Singh M, Kyrgiou M, Stringfellow H, Paraskevaidis E, Martin-Hirsch PL, Martin FL. . In: Mutagenesis: 29th Annual Meeting of the United Kingdom Environmental Mutagen Society. 2006, Warwick, UK: Oxford University Press.
    • Towler MR, Moran P, Chowdhury S, German MJ, Lawson NS, Pollock HM, Saunders J, Pillay I, Lyons D. . In: Transactions: 7th World Biomaterials Congress. 2004, Sydney, Australia: Australian Society for Biomaterials.
    • Rimmer S, Maughan J, MacNeil S, German M, Yun S, Fullwood N. . In: Transactions: 7th World Biomaterials Congress. 2004, Sydney, Australia: Australian Society for Biomaterials.

  • Reviews

    • German MJ. . British Dental Journal 2022, 232, 638-643.
    • Alkahtani R, Stone S, German M, Waterhouse P. . Journal of Dentistry 2020, 100, 103423.
    • Field J, Waterhouse P, German M. . Journal of Dentistry 2010, 38(3), 182-190.