Bioengineering Seminar

Co-hosted by Georgia Tech's Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience and the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. 

Phillip Messersmith
Professor; Class of 1941 World War II Memorial Chair
Department of Bioengineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

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Phillip Messersmith is a materials scientist and bioengineer whose research focuses on bioinspired materials, tissue repair, and regenerative medicine. He develops synthetic and polymeric materials that mimic the chemistry of natural systems, such as mussel adhesion, for applications in surgery, wound healing, and drug delivery. Messersmith’s work integrates chemistry, biology, and materials science to design multifunctional biomaterials that interface seamlessly with tissues. His research advances the understanding of biological interfacial phenomena and informs the development of new approaches to tissue repair and regeneration.

He is Professor of Bioengineering and Materials Science at UC Berkeley and Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the Materials Research Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In addition to his research, he mentors and teaches students in the fields of biomaterials design, materials science, polymer science, and nanomedicine.

Faculty host: Felipe Quiroz