Wendelin J. Stark

Prof. Dr. Wendelin J. Stark serves as Professor at ETH Zurich, leading the Functional Materials Laboratory within the Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering. His research focuses on flame-spray synthesis of functional nanoparticles for industrial-scale applications in antimicrobial materials, bone/dental biomaterials, and magnetic diagnostics.

His expertise spans Materials Science, Nanotechnology, and Biomedical Engineering, with the lab maintaining advanced capabilities in nanoparticle characterization (XRD, electron microscopy, spectroscopy) and electrospinning. Collaborations with University Hospital Zurich and Fortune-100 industrial partners have yielded three commercialized products.

• Co-founded ETH spin-offs: Turbobeads, Nanograde, smartodont, novamem
• Architect of Switzerland's industrial nanoparticle evaluation framework
• Daily hospital collaborations enabling end-user-driven medical solutions