Bioengineering Seminar – Ali Khademhosseini, Ph.D.

Speaker: Ali Khademhosseini, Ph.D.
Affiliation: UCLA: Department of Bioengineering, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Radiology Department

Nano- and Microfabricated Hydrogels for Regenerative Engineering

Engineered materials that integrate advances in polymer chemistry, nanotechnology, and biological sciences have the potential to create powerful medical therapies. Our group aims to engineer tissue regenerative therapies using water-containing polymer networks, called hydrogels, that can regulate cell behavior. Specifically, we have developed photocrosslinkable hybrid hydrogels that combine natural biomolecules with nanoparticles to regulate the chemical, biological, mechanical and electrical properties of gels.

Biography

Ali Khademhosseini is the Professor of Bioengineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Radiology at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA). He is the Founding Director of the Center for Minimally Invasive Therapeutics at UCLA as well as an Associate Director of the California NanoSystems Institute. He joined UCLA in Nov. 2017 from Harvard University where he was Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS) where he directed the Biomaterials Innovation Research Center (BIRC), a leading initiative in making engineered biomedical materials. He is recognized as a leader in combining micro- and nano-engineering approaches with advanced biomaterials for regenerative medicine applications.