Dave Bassett

Dave Bassett is a Lecturer in Healthcare Technologies within the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Birmingham's College of Engineering and Physical Sciences. He is affiliated with the Healthcare Technologies Institute and actively accepts PhD students. His research spans biomedical engineering, biomaterials science, and tissue engineering with a focus on healthcare applications.

Dr. Bassett's research primarily focuses on biomineralization processes, calcium phosphate chemistry, and the development of biomaterials for bone regeneration and drug delivery. His work encompasses tissue engineering of bone and central nervous system models, with specific expertise in brushite, monetite, alginate hydrogels, and calcium pyrophosphate nanostructures. His research contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health and wellbeing.

His publication record shows consistent research output since 2004, with 35 research outputs including journal articles and conference contributions. His most recent work (2023) involves human bone marrow organoids for disease modeling in hematologic malignancies, demonstrating his continued active research in translational biomedical engineering.

Dr. Bassett has served as Co-Investigator on the EPSRC Capital Award for Core Equipment project (2019-2021) and is scheduled to participate as a speaker at the Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School visit in October 2024, indicating ongoing international collaborations.

His research demonstrates strong interdisciplinary connections between chemical engineering, materials science, and healthcare technologies, with applications in bone regeneration, drug delivery systems, and disease modeling.