Thomas Groth is Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Materials at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and former Director of the Department of Biomedical Materials. He was a board member of the Interdisciplinary Center of Materials Science and spokesperson for the International Graduate School AGRIPOLY at Martin Luther University. He also served for several years as an Adjunct Professor at the I.M. Sechenov Medical University in Moscow. From 2015 to 2017, he was President of the European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO), one of the world's largest societies in the field of artificial organs, and in 2023 received the Emil Bücherl Prize from the ESAO for his outstanding contributions to the field of artificial organs and regenerative medicine. During his scientific career, he made significant contributions to understanding the biocompatibility of biomaterials, was actively involved in the development of membranes for bioartificial organs and worked on material developments for tissue engineering of skin and bone. His scientific work is represented by more than 250 publications and 15 patents in the fields of biomaterials science, membrane technology and tissue engineering.