Paul D. Dalton

Bavarian Polymer Institute, University of Oregon

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Total Citations

323

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About

Paul D. Dalton is a pioneer in the field of biofabrication, whose work has fundamentally reshaped how we think about 3D printing with polymer melts. His core research centers on **melt electrowriting (MEW)** and **electrohydrodynamic jetting**, technologies he has advanced from niche laboratory curiosities toward industry-ready manufacturing platforms. Dalton’s major contribution is taming the notoriously unstable jet in melt electrospinning, enabling the precise, high-resolution deposition of microfibers for applications in **regenerative medicine**, **soft robotics**, and **flexible electronics**. His landmark 2019 paper, "The Next Frontier in Melt Electrospinning: Taming the Jet" (266 citations), is a seminal roadmap for the field. More recently, he has tackled the critical transition of MEW from academia to industry, as seen in his 2024 work on AI-enabled closed-loop control (30 citations), addressing challenges like reproducibility and throughput. By also demonstrating MEW with biodegradable poly(dioxanone) using multi-axis robotics (27 citations), Dalton has opened new avenues for creating complex, patient-specific tissue engineering scaffolds. His work is not just about printing; it is about building the intelligent, automated future of additive manufacturing for soft matter.