Dr. Jacek K. Wychowaniec is an Associate Professor in Medical Biotechnology and DIAS Senior Fellow at the Southern University of Denmark (SDU).
He obtained his PhD in Nanoscience from the University of Manchester in 2017, focusing on self-assembling peptides and 2D materials, followed by postdoctoral research at University College Dublin on printable and magnetically responsive bio-inks and organoid platforms.
In 2021 he joined AO Research Institute Davos (ARI), Switzerland as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow and stayed until 2026 as a Senior Research Scientist and Deputy Focus Area Leader in Biomedical Materials. His research has centred on chemically modified polymers and peptides for next-generation immunomodulatory biomaterials.
In 2025, he was awarded an ERC Starting Grant to launch the DeCodeGels project, developing injectable self-assembling peptide hydrogels for programmed tendon regeneration and inflammation control.
