Erik M. Erbe

Erik M.
Erbe, Ph.D.
Chief Science Officer Dr. Erbe was promoted to Chief Science Officer in April of 2002 after serving as Vice President, Research and Development of the Company since May 1995.
Prior thereto, Dr. Erbe was the Senior Product Development Engineer of 3M's Dental Products Division and Ceramic Technology Center from 1991 to 1995, where he developed expertise in chemical ceramic synthesis and fabrication technologies.
His focus was on customer-defined product development, applied research and scale-up in polymer composites, and glass and glass-ceramics technologies related to the dental and orthopaedic fields.
Dr. Erbe has authored 15 articles, holds four U.S.
patents and had 12 records of invention while at 3M.
Dr. Erbe received his doctorate from the University of Missouri at Rolla in Ceramic Engineering and Glass Science, during which 6 years of research was conducted in the fields of glasses for radiopharmaceutical applications, bioabsorbable composites for bone fixation, and sol-gel derived glasses for drug delivery.
Dr. Erbe is a member of several professional engineering and scientific societies, Society for Biomaterials, Orthopaedic Research Society, The American Ceramic Society, National Institute for Ceramic Engineers, an honorary research society (Sigma Xi), the ISO general assembly group and ASTM F04 Committee on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices.