• Arbeitsgruppenleiter:in: 
  
  PD Dr. med. Tobias Nowak
  Dipl.-Ing. Dorothea Mehler

• Forschungsschwerpunkte:
  
  Materialprüfung
  Implantate-Entwicklung

• Fünf wichtigste Publikationen: 
  
  Hopf JC, Mehler D, Nowak TE, Gruszka D, Wagner D, Rommens PM. Nailing of diaphyseal ulna fractures in adults-biomechanical evaluation of a novel implant in comparison with locked plating. J Orthop Surg Res. 2020 Apr 20;15(1):158. doi: 10.1186/s13018-020-01656-z.
  
  Lauer A, Wolf P, Mehler D, Götz H, Rüzgar M, Baranowski A, Henrich D, Rommens PM, Ritz U. Biofabrication of SDF-1 Functionalized 3D-Printed Cell-Free Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Regeneration. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Mar 21;21(6). pii: E2175. doi: 10.3390/ijms21062175.
  
  Hopf JC, Nowak TE, Mehler D, Arand C, Gruszka D, Rommens PM. Nailing of proximal ulna fractures: biomechanical comparison of a new locked nail with angular stable plating. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2019 Nov 1. doi: 10.1007/s00068-019-01254-7. 
  
  Kuhn S, Greenfield J, Arand C, Jarmolaew A, Appelmann P, Mehler D, Rommens PM. Treatment of distal intraarticular tibial fractures: A biomechanical evaluation of intramedullary nailing vs. angle-stable plate osteosynthesis.Injury. 2015 Oct;46 Suppl 4:S99-S103. doi: 10.1016/S0020-1383(15)30026-7.
  
  Greenfield JR, Kuhn S, Mehler D, Puel F, Rommens PM. Biomechanical evaluation of a new treatment method for distal tibia fractures. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin. 2015;18 Suppl 1:1952-3. doi: 10.1080/10255842.2015.1069582. Epub 2015 Aug 10.

• Ansprechpartner:in:
  
  PD Dr. med. Tobias Nowak
  E-Mail: tobias.nowak@unimedizin-mainz.de
  
  Dipl.-Ing. Dorothea Mehler
  E-Mail: dorothea.mehler@unimedizin-mainz.de