Partner organizations
All 14 collaboration partners are presented here in alphabetical order.
14 Associated Partners
Associated Partners support the implementation of SHIELD’s objectives and play a vital role in enriching SHIELD’s research training programme. While they do not recruit or employ Doctoral Candidates, they contribute significantly by offering specialised training through secondments, hosting research visits, and actively participating in network-wide events.
These organisations provide expertise in areas such as industry innovation, clinical practice, regulatory science, and career development, delivering targeted courses and hands-on experiences that give SHIELD researchers a competitive edge.
AMICOAT AS, Norway - Research & Technology Department
Contact: John Sigurd Svendsen, John-Sigurd.Svendsen@amicoat.com
Secondments: Doctoral Candidate: 5 and Doctoral Candidate: 10; Industrial training on AMPs
AO-FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT DAVOS, Switzerland - Infection Biology
Contact: Fintan Moriarty, fintan.moriarty@aofoundation.org
Hosting: DC16
Secondments: Doctoral Candidate: 2, Doctoral Candidate: 3 and Doctoral Candidate: 4 supervision.
CORTICALIS AS, Norway - Research & Technology Department
Contact: Ståle Petter Lyngstadaas, lyngstadaas@corticalis.com
Secondment: Doctoral Candidate: 15
Industrial training, odontological debridement.
HERAEUS MEDICAL GMBH, Germany - Research & Technology Department
Contact: Sebastian Vogt, sebastian.vogt@heraeus.com
Secondment: Doctoral Candidate: 1 and Doctoral Candidate: 2
Industrial training orthopaedic biomaterials.
HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON, France - Service de soins dentaires et d’odontologie hospitalière
Contact: Brigitte Grosgogeat, brigitte.grosgogeat@univ-lyon1.fr
Supervision: Doctoral Candidate: 11
Training clinical aspects
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY BOZEMAN, United States - Center for BiofilmEngineering
Contact:
Darla Goeres, Research Professor,darla_g@montana.edu
Garth James, Associate Research Professor, GJames@montana.edu
Secondment: Doctoral Candidate: 3
Training standard test methods and regulatory science. filmen
OTICON MEDICAL AB, Sweden - Research & Technology Department
Contact: Martin Johansson, marj@oticonmedical.com
Secondments: Doctoral Candidate: 6, Doctoral Candidate: 7 and Doctoral Candidate: 9
Industrial training on BCHI, translational & clinical research; supervision.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND, Ireland - Department of Anatomy
Contact: Oran Kennedy, orankennedy@rcsi.ie
Awarding PhD for Doctoral Candidate: 12 hosted by B12; supervision.
UNIVERSIDAD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA, Spain - Health Sciences
Contact:
Iñigo Lasa, FMS Principal Investigator,ilasa@unavarra.es
Mikel Rubio Gañan ,Project manager, mrubigan@navarra.es
Awarding PhD forDoctoral Candidate: 4 hosted by B7; supervision.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, Ireland - School of Microbiology
Contact: F. Jerry Reen, J.Reen@ucc.ie
Awarding PhD for Doctoral Candidate 16 hosted by Swiss AP Partner organisation 4; supervision.
UNIVERSITY OF LYON 1 CLAUDE BERNARD, France - Service de soins dentaires et d’odontologie hospitalière
Contact: Brigitte Grosgogeat, brigitte.grosgogeat@univ-lyon1.fr
Training clinical aspects: Supervision of Doctoral Candidate: 11
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom - National Biofilms Innovation Centre
Contact: Paulina Rakowska, paulinar@biofilms.ac.uk
Training: standard test methods and regulatory science.
UNIVERSITÄT REGENSBURG, Germany - Teaching Affairs – Studies and Examinations, Faculty of Medicine
Contact: Christian Schwarz, christian.schwarz@ur.de
Awarding PhD for Doctoral Candidate: 3 and Doctoral Candidate: 9 hosted by B2.
YELLOW RESEARCH, Netherlands - BV
Contact: Lotte Jaspers, jaspers@yellowresearch.nl
Specialized career development and managing training.
