Joost De Bruijn

Biography

 Joost de Bruijn founded Xpand Biotechnology BV in 2005 and was Chief Executive Officer of Xpand ever since. He continues in this role after the acquisition by Kuros in early 2017. Dr. de Bruijn also holds the positions of Professor of Biomaterials at Queen Mary University of London, UK (since 2004) and Professor of Regenerative Medicine and Entrepreneurship at Twente University, the Netherlands (since 2011). In 2007, he founded Progentix Orthobiology that signed an exclusive development agreement with NuVasive in 2009 for a novel family of calcium phosphate synthetic bone substitutes. Prior to founding Xpand he was Research Director Bone at IsoTis for seven years, during which he specialized in bone tissue engineering technologies that were brought to clinical application. Dr. de Bruijn has more than 20 years experience in academia and the life science industry. He has published 165 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and is the inventor of 24 patent families. Dr. de Bruijn is scientific editor and reviewer for numerous international biomaterials, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine journals. He received his PhD from Leiden University in 1993.

Research Interest

Bone tissue engineering technologies