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Speaker Bios
Kristi Anseth
Tisone Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado; Associate Professor of Surgery at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Assistant Investigator.
Academic Background
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Colorado
B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University
Research Interests
Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Photopolymerizations, and Degradable Polymer Networks
Complete research profile
Of Note
http://www.colorado.edu/che/faculty/anseth.html
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Anseth the Alan T. Waterman Award, the foundation's highest honor for a young researcher.
Mark Brandt
Managing Partner of the Maple Fund
Academic Background
Cornell University
Complete research profile
http://www.maplefund.com/team.html
Of Note
Mark Brandt currently serves as a board observer and advisor to Nanofluidics and Preemptive Solutions. He also serves on several university boards including Purdue's Discovery Park and Cornell's University Council, Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise Program, Tech Transfer Steering committee and Alumni Ambassador Network. He founded the Nano-Network and helped launch the $75k International Nanotechnology Business Idea Competition. Prior to The Maple Fund, Brandt held various senior sales, marketing, and product development positions at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting and Cargill Incorporated. He also co-founded Notiva Corporation based in San Mateo, CA.
Robert Langer
Kenneth J. Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, MIT
Academic Background
Sc.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A.B. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University
Research Interests
Drug Delivery, Biotechnology, Immobilized Enzymes, Biomedical Engineering
Complete research profile
http://web.mit.edu/langerlab/langer.html
Of Note
Langer has written over 800 articles and has over 500 issued or pending patents worldwide. His patents have been licensed or sublicensed to over 100 pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology and medical device companies.
G. Tayhas R. Palmore
Associate Professor of Materials Science, Brown University
Academic Background
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests
Biomaterials, bioelectronics, and biocatalysis.
Complete research profile
Of Note
http://www.engin.brown.edu/Faculty/Palmore/
Palmore is currently a Topic Editor for Crystal Growth and Design, a new journal of the American Chemical Society.
Chinh H. Pham
Chair, Nanotechnology Practice of the Intellectual Property Department
Technology, Media and Telecommunications Life Sciences, Greenberg Traurig,
LLP
Academic Background
J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law
B.A. in Genetics from the University of California at Berkeley
Research Interests
Patent Prosecution and Opinions, IP Due Diligence, Technology Transfer,
Strategic Business Alliances and Collaborations, and Trademark Prosecution.
Complete research profile
http://www.gtlaw.com/biographies/biography.asp?id=3181
Of Note
Pham advises clients, ranging from start-ups to established companies, on
the creation and development of patent portfolios through the preparation
and filing of patent applications, the acquisition and exploitation of
intellectual property rights through licensing and strategic collaboration
agreements, and the preparation of invalidity, non-infringement, and
freedom-to-operate opinions. Chinh also counsels clients on IP due diligence
through the evaluation of client and competitor portfolios.
Matt Tirrell
Richard A. Auhll Professor and Dean of Engineering, UCSB
Academic Background
Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering from University of Massachusetts
B.S. Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University
Research Interests
The manipulation and measurement of interfacial properties of materials used in applications from coatings and adhesion to lubrication and bioengineering.
Complete research profile
http://www.chemengr.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/tirrell.html
Harvard University Speakers/Organizers
David Edwards
Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering
Academic Background
Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology
B.S. in Chemical Engineering Michigan Technological University
Research Interests
Medical aerosols, drug delivery, and the translation of basic biomedical science to biotechnology.
Complete research profile
http://people.deas.harvard.edu/~dedwards
Of Note
Edwards is the co-founder of Advanced Inhalation Research (AIR), now part of the publicly-traded Alkermes, Pulmatrix, AND MEND. He is also the co-founder of The Cloud Foundation (Boston) and L'Association Nuage (Paris), two philanthropic organizations dedicated to the support of art-based programs for at-risk youth in Boston and Paris.
Robert Graham
Director of the Gordon McKay Laboratory of Applied Sciences and Assistant Director of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC).
Academic Background
Graham's background is in mathematics, physics and chemistry and he has received the Bok award for undergraduate teaching from Harvard College.
Of Note
He works closely with the Center Directors, faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate and undergraduate students pursuing interdisciplinary research, and he facilitates educational programs and links to industry
Associate Dean for Research and Planning
Academic Background
Ph.D. in Experimental Physics
Of Note
Before joining Harvard in 2001, he was Vice President, Senior Research and Engineering Fellow at Polaroid Corporation. At Polaroid Dr. Habbal was responsible for product delivery of many advanced products including magnetic storage, medical imaging, graphic arts, digital imaging, and consumer film and hardware. He also served as the General Manager for global alliances.
Dale Larson
Director, Technology & Engineering Center at Harvard Medical School and Lecturer on Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology.
Academic Background
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia
Research Interests
Developing tools and equipment to support basic life science and clinical research in the areas of liquids handling, laboratory automation, measurement systems, and process development in the areas of proteomics, genomics, cell biology, pathology, microbiology, high throughput screening and, medical and diagnostic devices.
Complete research profile
http://tec.med.harvard.edu/index.html
Gordon McKay Professor of Bioengineering
Academic Background
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison
Research Interests
The basic question that drives Mooney's research is: how do mammalian cells receive information from the materials in their environment.By utilizing the tools of cell and molecular biology, he studies the mechanisms by which chemical (for example, specific cell adhesion molecules) or mechanical signals (for example, cyclic strain) are sensed by cells and alter their proliferation and specialization to either promote tissue growth or destruction. Mooney uses the results from these studies to design and synthesize new biomaterials that regulate the gene expression of interacting cells for a variety of tissue engineering and drug delivery projects. Current projects focus on therapeutic angiogenesis, regeneration of musculoskeletal tissues, and cancer therapies.
Complete research profile
http://deas.harvard.edu/faculty/profile/David_Mooney
Venkatesh ("Venky") Narayanamurti
Dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Dean of the Physical Sciences; and John A. and Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor and Professor of Physics
Academic Background
Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell University
B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics from University of Delhi
Research Interests
Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Complete research profile
http://www.deas.harvard.edu/faculty/profile/Venkatesh_Narayanamurti
Of Note
Dean Venky serves as head of research, laboratory in nanoscience andtechnology with 10 researchers, students, and postdoctoral fellows. His past positions include: 6 ½ years as Dean, College of Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara; 4 ½ years as Vice President of Research and Exploratory Technology, Sandia National Laboratories; and 19 years at Bell Laboratories (last post as Director of Solid State Electronics Research Laboratory). He has published widely in the areas of low temperature physics, superconductivity, semiconductor electronics and photonics. He is credited with developing the field of phonon optics -- the manipulation of monoenergetic acoustic beams at terahertz frequencies.
Rick Rogers
Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Bioimaging Laboratory, Harvard School of Public Health
Academic Background
Ph.D. in Cellular Anatomy, Kansas State University
B.S. in Wildlife Biology, Kansas State University
Research Interests
Absorptive pathways of exogenous proteins and peptides on pulmonary epithelial surfaces; pulmonary fate and clearance of environmental particulates; microvessel growth and regulation in normal and tumor tissues; biopolymers, drug delivery systems; and angiogenic regulation of microvessel architecture.
Michael Stopa
Senior Computational Scientist, Harvard University; Director of National Nanotechnology Network (NNIN) Computation Project; Member of the Harvard Center for Mesocale and Imaging Structures.
Academic Background
Ph.D. in Physics from University of Maryland
B.A. from Wesleyan University
Research Interests
Single charge and spin phenomena in nanoscale structures, such as quantum dots and wires; single molecule transistors and biological ion channels.
Of Note
Stopa is coordinating the computational initiative of the universities that comprise NNIN. The aim is to establish a computational resource incorporating hardware, state-of-the-art simulation software and instructional support accessible to all research in the nanoscale sciences.
David A. Weitz
Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Physics
Academic Background
Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University
A.M. in Physics from Harvard University
B.Sc. in Honors Physics from the University of Waterloo
Research Interests
Experimental Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Complete research profile
http://www.deas.harvard.edu/faculty/profile/David_Weitz
Of Note
Head of the Experimental Soft Condensed Matter Group at Harvard.
Mallinckrodt Professor of Applied Physics and of Physics and Director of the NSF-funded Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center
Academic Background
Ph.D. in Physics from University of California at Berkeley
B.S. in Physics from California Institute of Technology
Research Interests
Experimental Condensed Matter and Semiconductor Physics
Complete research profile
http://www.deas.harvard.edu/faculty/profile/Robert_Westervelt
George M. Whitesides
Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor
Academic Background
Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology
A.B. from Harvard University
Research Interests
Materials science, biophysics, complexity, surface science, microfluidics, self-assembly, micro- and nanotechnology, and cell-surface biochemistry.
Complete research profile
http://gmwgroup.harvard.edu/domino/html/webpage/homepage2.nsf/
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