Maria Morawietz

Areas of research

 

• Expertise in microstructure and surface analysis
• Development of experimental models for claim support of dental and personal care products and new active ingredients
• Elucidation, quantification and visualization of interactions between care products and biological surfaces as well as dental materials
• Project partner for research & development in the dental care and personal care industry

 

Academic/professional resume

 

Since 2018

Deputy Group Manager »Characterization of medical and cosmetic care products«, Fraunhofer IMWS

2006 - 2018

Scientific associate, Fraunhofer IMWS

2005

Graduate engineer (biomedical engineering), Anhalt Köthen University of Applied Sciences

 

Awards

 

2020

Oral-B blend-a-med Prophylaxis Award under the patronage of the German Society of Pediatric Dentistry (DGKiZ) for »Impact of self-assembling peptides in remineralisation of artificial early enamel lesions adjacent to orthodontic brackets«, jointly with Andreas Kiesow and Marburg University

 

Publications

 

High-Resolution Characterization of Enamel Remineralization Using Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry and Electron Microscopy

Kiesow, A., Morawietz, M., Gruner, J., Gierth, S., Berthold, L., Schneiderman, E., St. John, S. 

Caries Res 1–14 (2024). doi.org/10.1159/000535979

 

Enamel Fluoride Uptake Determined Using the Microbiopsy Technique and Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry: A Pilot Study

Michler N., Morawietz, M., Gierth, S., Lippert, F., Kiesow, A.

Caries Res (2023) 57 (4): 546–552. doi.org/10.1159/000530709

 

In vitro surface analysis of the brushing resistance of orthodontic sealants using two different profilometric evaluation methods

Lorenz, J., Schidtmann, I., Morawietz, M., Kiesow, A., Wehrbein, H., Sarembe S., Erbe, C.

methods. Sci Rep 12. 16133 (2022). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19702-7

 

Claudin-16 Deficiency Impairs Tight Junction Function in Ameloblasts, Leading to Abnormal Enamel Formation

Bardet, C., Courson, F., Wu, Y., Khaddam, M., Salmon, B., Ribes, S., Thumfart, J., Yamaguti, P. M., Rochefort, G. Y., Figueres, M., Breiderhoff, T., Garcia-Castaño, A., Vallée, B., Le Denmat, D., Baroukh, B., Guilbert, T., Schmitt, A., Massé, J., Bazin, G., Lorenz, G., Morawietz, M., Hou, J., Carvalho-Lobato, P., Manzanares, M., Fricain, J., Talmud, D., Demontis, R., Neves, F., Zenaty, D., Berdal, A., Kiesow, A., Petzold, M., Menashi, S., Linglart, A., Acevedo, A. C.,  Vargas-Poussou, R., Müller, D., Houillier, P., Chaussain C. 

JBMR, Volume 31, p. 498-513 (2016). doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.2726

 

EMMPRIN/CD147 deficiency disturbs ameloblast–odontoblast cross-talk and delays enamel mineralization

Khaddam, M., Huet, Eric., Vallée B., Bensidhoum, M., Le Denmat, D., Filatova, A., Jimenez-Rojo. L., Ribes, S., Lorenz, G., Morawietz, M., Rochefort, G. Y., Kiesow, A., Mitsiadis, T. A., Poliard, A., Petzold, M., Gabison, E. E., Menashi, S., Chaussain, C.

Bone, Volume 66, p. 256-266 (2024). doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2014.06.019

 

Preparation and mechanical properties of layers made of recombinant spider silk proteins and silk from silk worm

Junghans, F., Moratietz, M., Conrad, U., Scheibel, T., Heilmann A., Spohn, U.

Appl. Phys. A 82, 253–260 (2006). doi.org/10.1007/s00339-005-3432-9

 

In vitro surface investigation of calcium fluoride-like precipitation on human enamel after topical treatment with the organic fluoride nicomethanol hydrofluoride

Kiesow A.; Teuscher, N.; Morawietz, M.; Eick, S.
Oral Health Prev Dent. 2021;19(1):59-65. doi: 10.3290/j.ohpd.b898957

 

In vitro whitening effect of a hydroxyapatite-based oral care gel

Sarembe, S., Enax, J., Morawietz, M., Kiesow, A.; Meyer, F.
European Journal of Dentistry (2020), doi:10.1055/s-0040-1714759

 

Impact of self-assembling peptides in remineralisation of artificial early enamel lesions adjacent to orthodontic brackets

Jablonski-Momeni, A., Nothelfer, R., Morawietz, M., Kiesow, A.; Korbmacher-Steiner, H.
Scientific Reports (2020), 10. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-72185-2