Prof. Dr. Mainjot Amélie
Qualifications DDS, MS, PhD. Specification Dental biomaterials, esthetic and minimally invasive dentistry. Current position: Co-director of the Dental Biomaterials Research Unit (d-BRU), University of Liège, Belgium. Head of Clinic, Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, University Hospital Center (CHU) of Liège. Associate researcher, Research Unit in Innovative Biomaterials and Interfaces (URB2I), Paris Descartes University, France.
Amélie Mainjot received her DDS degree from the University of Liège (Belgium) in 1997. From 1997 to 2000 she completed a post-graduate program in Oral Rehabilitation in the same university. In 2007 she got a Masters of Science in Dental Materials Technology from Paris Descartes University (France). In 2008 she started to research in the Innovative Biomaterials and Interfaces Research Unit (URB2I) at the Paris Descartes University Dental School. In 2011 she got her PhD degree from the University of Paris 13 and from the University of Liège. From 2011 to 2014, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor in Dental Biomaterials at the Paris Descartes University Dental School, with which she still collaborates as an Associate researcher in the Research Unit in Innovative Biomaterials and Interfaces (URB2I). In 2014, she became a Reader in Dental Biomaterials at the University of Liège. She is involved in pre-doctorate and post-doctorate education, teaching dental materials. She is the co-director of the Dental Biomaterials Research Unit (d-BRU) of the University of Liege. Her scientific interest is dental ceramics, particularly zirconia, innovative CAD-CAM composites and minimally invasive treatment strategies development, particularly using digital workflow. She has a clinical practice in esthetics and restorative dentistry as Head of Clinic in the department of Fixed Prosthodontics at the University Hospital of Liège. She lectures internationally, is an active member of the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry and of various scientific organizations. She is the author of several international publications about dental materials and esthetic dentistry, and acts as a reviewer for international journals in the same field.