Tony Weiss

Biography

Professor Tony Weiss is the world leader in human tropoelastin and elastin research and its applications. A multiple University prize winner, Fulbright Scholar and learned society medalist, he is the main inventor and scientific expert behind the Intellectual Property licensed by Elastagen from the University of Sydney. He is the Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biotechnology at the University of Sydney and holds multiple visiting and honorary appointments nationally and internationally. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is on the Editorial Boards of ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, Biomacromolecules, Biomaterials, Biomedical Materials, BioNanoScience and Tissue Engineering. He established the leading international human tropoelastin research laboratory and for over the past two decades has significantly increased our understanding of the expression, handling and applications of human tropoelastin.

Research Interest

Pharmaceutical sciences