Marcel F.Kunrath 

School of Life and Health Sciences
Pontifical Catholic University, Brazil 

Prof. Dr. Marcel F. Kunrath, DDS, MSc, PhD, is an oral surgeon specialized in clinical implant dentistry and an Associate Professor at the School of Life and Health Sciences, Dentistry Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil. He is also an Associate Researcher at the Department of Biomaterials, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He earned his dental degree from PUCRS in 2010, followed by a two-year clinical residency in implant dentistry. He obtained a Master’s degree in Materials Engineering and Technology in 2016 and completed his PhD in Dental Sciences in 2020, including a research internship at the Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Viseu, Portugal.

His PhD thesis, focused on implant surfaces and nanotechnology applied to dentistry and medicine, was awarded by CAPES as one of the best doctoral theses in Dentistry in Brazil (2021). In the same year, he received the Osteology Research Scholarship Grant (Switzerland) and was appointed researcher at the University of Gothenburg. He subsequently received two Brazilian postdoctoral grants as a junior researcher with exceptional international experience. In 2024, he was appointed Associate Professor at PUCRS and he was a visiting Professor at Queen Mary University of London. In 2025, he received the Early Career Investigator Award 2024 (JMS, Springer Nature). He serves as an active reviewer for more than 50 indexed scientific journals and as Associate Editor of three international journals. His research focuses on nanotechnology for biomedical implants, biomaterials for oral regeneration, and advanced clinical research in oral rehabilitation.