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Prof. dr hab. Hermann Ehrlich

Laboratory of Biomaterials and Biomimetics

Research Interests

> bioinspired materials science
> extreme biomimetics
> marine biomaterials
> biopolymers

Assistant Professors and Postdoctoral Fellows

dr inż. Anna Szczurek

annszc23@amu.edu.pl
Room: B226

PhD Students

Ehrlich (3 of 5)
mgr Izabela Dziedzic

izadzi@amu.edu.pl
Room: B224

Ehrlich (1 of 5)
mgr Anita Kubiak

anikub@amu.edu.pl
Room: B224

Ehrlich (4 of 5)
mgr Martyna Kotula

markot6@amu.edu.pl
Room: B224

Ehrlich (2 of 5)
mgr Bartosz Leśniewski

barles5@amu.edu.pl
Room: B224

Grants

MAESTRO: 2020/38/A/ST5/00151

„Enigmatic Biomaterial Spongin and Creating a New Generation of 3D Composite Materials”

Selected publications

  1. Architectured Biosilica in Sponges a Unique Source for Bioinspired Design Ehrlich, H. In: Bels, V., Gorb, S.N., Gurka, R. (eds) Biomimicry ─ A Functional Approach. Biologically-Inspired Systems, vol 20. Springer, Cham 2026 [LINK⇒]
  2. 3D Skeletal Scaffolds of Marine Keratosan Demosponges Origin as Renewable Sources for Bioinspiration in Modern Structural Biomimetics and Tissue Engineering, Ehrlich H, Litowczenko J, Szczurek A, Voronkina A, Pakuła D, Frydrych M, Przekop RE, Smirnov I, Petrov S, Sieliverstov I, et al.. Biomimetics. 2026; 11(2):124.[LINK⇒]
  3. Discovery of mammalian collagens I and III within ancient poriferan biopolymer spongin, Ehrlich, H.; Miksik, I.; Tsurkan, M.; Simon, P.; Porzucek, F.; Rybka, J.D.; Mankowska, M., Galli, R.; Viehweger, C.; Brendler, E.; Voronkina, A.; Pajewska-Szmyt, M.; Tabachnik, A.; Tabachnick, K.R.; Vogt, C.; Wysokowski, M.; Jesionowski, T.; Buchwald, T.; Szybowicz, M.; Skieresz-Szewczyk, K.; Jackowiak, H.; Ereskovsky, A.; de Alcântara, A.C.S.; dos Santos, A.M.; da Costa, C. H. S.; Arevalo, S.E.; Skaf, M.S.; Buehler, M.J., Nat. Commun., 2025, 16, 2515. [LINK⇒]
  4. Evidence for surviving chitin in cambrian trilobites from the carrara formation, Western North America. Bailey, E.; Tsurkan M.; Nowacki, K.; Jesionowski, T.; Ehrlich, H. PALAIOS 2025 40(12): 379–387.[LINK⇒]
  5. Creation of 3D chitin/chitosan composite scaffold from naturally pre-structured verongiid sponge skeleton, Dziedzic, I., Dydek, K., Trzciński, J., Boczkowska, A., Voronkina, A., Jesionowski, T., Ehrlich, H., Carbohydr. Polym. Technol. Appl.20248, 100587. [LINK⇒]
  6. Silactins and Structural Diversity of Biosilica in Sponges, Ehrlich, H.; Voronkina, A.; Tabachniсk, K.; Kubiak, A.; Ereskovsky, A.; Jesionowski, T., Biomimetics20249, 393. [LINK⇒]
  7. Creation of a 3D Goethite–Spongin Composite Using an Extreme Biomimetics Approach, Kubiak, A.; Voronkina, A.; Pajewska-Szmyt, M.; Kotula, M.; Leśniewski, B.; Ereskovsky, A.; Heimler, K.; Rogoll, A.; Vogt, C.; Rahimi, P.; Falahi, S.; Galli, R.; Langer, E.; Foerste, M.; Charitos, A.; Joseph, Y.; Ehrlich, H.; Jesionowski, T., Biomimetics 20238, 533. [LINK⇒]
  8. Spongin as a Unique 3D Template for the Development of Functional Iron-Based Composites Using Biomimetic Approach in Vitro, Kubiak, A.; Pajewska-Szmyt, M.; Kotula, M.; Leśniewski, B.; Voronkina, A.; Rahimi, P.; Falahi, S.; Heimler, K.; Rogoll, A.; Vogt, C.; Ereskovsky A.; Simon, P.; Langer, E.; Springer, A.; Foerste, M.; Charitos, A.; Joseph, Y.; Jesionowski, T.; Ehrlich, H., Mar. Drugs.202321, 460. [LINK⇒]
  9. The Philosophy of Extreme Biomimetics, Ehrlich H., Wysokowski M., Jesionowski T. Sustain. Mater. Technol.202232, e00447. [LINK⇒] 
  10. Arrested in glass: actin within sophisticated architectures of biosilica in sponges. Ehrlich H., Luczak M., Ziganshin R., Miksik I , Wysokowski M., Simon P., Baranowska-Bosiacka I., Kupnicka P., Ereskovsky A., Galli R., Dyshlovoy S., Fischer J., Tabachnick K.R., Petrenko I., Jesionowski T., Lubkowska A., Figlerowicz M., Ivanenko V.N., Summers A.P., Adv. Sci.20229, 2105059. [LINK⇒]