Research
- Development and testing of novel cardiovascular devices like polymeric heart valves, annuloplasty rings
- Microstructure characterisation using X-ray diffraction techniques
- Microstructured materials and structure-related properties
- Mechanical properties of materials
- Polymer processing, injection moulding, compression, extrusion
- Supercritical fluids processes (drying, extraction, oxidation, thermohydrolysis)
- Dispersion and diffusion in porous materials
Publications
J.R. Stasiak, M Serrani, E Biral, J.V. Taylor, AG. Zaman, S Jones, T. Ness, F. De Gaetano, M.L. Costantino, V.D. Bruno, S Suleiman, R. Ascione and G.D. Moggridge, Design, development, testing at ISO standards and in vivo feasibility study of a novel polymeric heart valve prosthesis, Biomater Sci, 2020, 8, 4467–4480
V. Castelletto, A. Kaur, I.W. Hamley, R. H. Barnes, K.-A. Karatzas, D. HermidaMerino, S. Swioklo, C. J. Connon, J. Stasiak, M. Rezae, J. Ruokolainene, Hybrid membrane biomaterials from self-assembly in polysaccharide and peptide amphiphile mixtures: controllable structural and mechanical properties and antimicrobial activity, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 8366;
G Luraghi , W Wu , F De Gaetano , JF Rodriguez Matas , GD. Moggridge, M Serrani, J Stasiak , Maria Laura Costantino , Francesco Migliavacca, Evaluation of an aortic valve prosthesis: Fluid-structure interaction or structural simulation?, J Biomech 2017; 58: 45-51
I.W. Hamley, S Burholt, J Hutchinson, V Castelletto, E. Rodrigo da Silva, W. Alves, P. Gutfreund, L. Porcar, R. Dattani, D. Hermida-Merino, G. Newby, M. Reza, J. Ruokolainen, J. Stasiak, Shear Alignment of Bola_Amphiphilic Arginine-Coated Peptide Nanotubes, Biomacromolecules, 2017, 18 (1), pp 141–149
P De Sciscio, J Brubert, M De Sciscio, M. Serrani, J. Stasiak, G Moggridge, Quantifying the shift towards transcatheter aortic valve replacement in low-risk patients, Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes, 2017,10(6),
Serrani M, Brubert J, Stasiak J , De Gaetano F , Zaffora A , Costantino ML , Moggridge GD, A computational tool for the microstructure optimization of a polymeric heart valve prosthesis, J Biomech Eng 2016, 138, 061001
J Brubert, S Krajewski, HP Wendel, S Nair, J Stasiak, GD. Moggridge, Hemocompatibility of styrenic block copolymers for use in prosthetic heart valves, J Mater Sci: Mater Med, 2016, 27:32
F De Gaetano, M Serrani, P Bagnoli, J Brubert, J Stasiak, GD. Moggridge, MLaura Costantino, Fluid Dynamic Performances of a New Polymeric Heart Valve Prototype (Poli-Valve) tested under Continuous and Pulsatile Flow Conditions, Int J Artif Organs 2015, 38(11), 600-606;
F De Gaetano, P Bagnoli, A Zaffora, A Pandolfi, M Serrani, J Brubert, J Stasiak, GD. Moggridge, M.L. Costantino ”A newly developed tri-leaflet polymeric heart valve prosthesis”, J Mech Med Biol 2015, vol. 15 (2) 1540009.
J. Stasiak, J. Brubert, M. Serrani, A. Talhat, F. De Gaetano, M. L. Costantino, G. D. Moggridge, „Structural changes of block copolymers with bi-modal orientation under fast cyclical stretching as observed by synchrotron SAXS”, Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 3271-3278
J. Stasiak, J. Brubert, M. Serrani, S. Nair, F. de Gaetano, M. L. Costantino, G. D. Moggridge, A bio-inspired microstructure induced by slow injection moulding of cylindrical block copolymers, Soft Matter 2014, 10, 6077-86
J. Stasiak, S. Nair, G. Moggridge, Mechanical strength of sutured block copolymers films for load bearing medical applications, Bio-Med. Mater. Eng. 2014, 24, 563–56
Teaching and Supervisions
IIB Research Projects supervision
Other Professional Activities
- Director of Teaching, CEB, University of Cambridge, since June 2024
- Director of Study and Fellow, Homerton College, University of Cambridge
- IIB Research Project Co-ordinator, CEB University of Cambridge, since 2019
- Co-founder of CamBris Cardiac Limited, April 2021