Professor Dr. Esther Middelkoop studied chemistry at the University of Utrecht,
and obtained a PhD in biochemistry.
She supervises the skin tissue engineering projects of the Alliance of Dutch Burn Centres, and holds a chair in Skin Regeneration and Wound Healing at the Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery in Amsterdam.

Her special research focus is on Tissue Engineered Skin and Skin Replacement Materials, both in basic and in clinical research. Esther Middelkoop published > 200 scientific papers and is co-editor of the Open Access book: Textbook on Scar management. She is active in several scientific societies, past Board Member and past president of European Tissue Repair Society, editorial board member of Wound Repair and Regeneration and board member of the Global Scar Society.