Robert Liska

Robert Liska was born in 1969 in Vienna, Austria. He received his M.Sc. degree in 1995 and Ph.D. degree in 1998 from the Vienna University of Technology. In 2006, he got his habilitation in the field of macromolecular chemistry at the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry. He is the leader of the research group ''Polymer Chemistry and Technology'' and his current research interests are in the field of photoinitiation, photopolymerization, 3D-printing, and biomedical polymers. He has co-authored 10 book chapters and published more than 200 papers in peer reviewed journals. Up to now more than 30 patent families have been filed. Since 2012 he is also the head of the Christian Doppler laboratory for digital and restorative dentistry and member of the Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration. Since 2016 he is full professor for “Organic Technology” at the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry of the TU Wien. Currently, the group consists of 3 post-docs and 23 PhD students.

• Photopolymers (Photoinitiators, Monomers, Applications)
• Additive Manufacturing Technology (3D Printing)
• Biocompatible Polymers
• Hydrogels