Bio

My current and future research in tissue engineering will focus on the following topics: – Automated cell culture systems (for applying controlled interventions and monitoring the resulting function) – Control of expression of adult muscle phenotype (adult myosin isoforms: fast twitch & slow twitch) – Compliant tendons (for mechanical impedance matching and the reduction of stress concentrations) – Motor unit level control of engineered skeletal muscle constructs (a collaboration with CNCT in EECS) – Nerve-muscle interface (to provide nerve-derived trophic factors and to aid in the expression of adult phenotype) – Angiogenesis and perfusion (to allow large tissue cross sections).

Research Interests

Biomedical Instrumentation
Tissue Engineering

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Awards

Award for First Place, Basic Research, American Society for Plastic Surgery, 73rd annual mtg. 2004
Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Teaching Award, U-Michigan College of Engineering 2003

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