Paulette Spencer DDS, PhD
Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor,
Director, IBER
Director, IBER
![Paulette Spencer](/sites/berc/files/styles/5_7_placeholder_/public/images/person_profiles/pauletteSpencer.jpg?h=d7c09893&itok=mRS7Ccab)
- Clemson Award, Society for Biomaterials
- Higuchi Research Achievement Award
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Fellow, American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
- Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering
- Fellow, American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD)
- Fulbright Scholar, Visiting Professor-University of Sao Paolo, Brazil, 2015
- Leading Light Award, University of Kansas
- > 300 papers in journals, edited books and conference proceedings with > 11000 citations and H-Index: 60
Dr. Spencer is a pioneer in molecular-level investigations of material/tissue interfaces. Reactions at the atomic, molecular and nano-scales initiate failure of biomaterials used to repair and restore tissues in the body.
Associated images
![Magnification of peri implants](/sites/berc/files/images/2021/closeup.jpg)
![Closeup of tissue](/sites/berc/files/images/2021/nerves.jpg)
![A three dimensional graph](/sites/berc/files/images/2021/graphLarge.png)
![Cover of Material-Tissue Interfacial Phenomena edited by Paulette Spencer](/sites/berc/files/images/2021/matTissue.jpg)
![Cover of Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics](/sites/berc/files/images/2021/JournalCover1.png)
![Cover of Applied Polymer Materials](/sites/berc/files/images/2021/JournalCover3.png)
![Cover of Macromolecular Materials and Engineering](/sites/berc/files/images/2021/JournalCover2.png)