Research Area: Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine

Brian L. Hoh, MD, MBA

Brian Hoh, MD, MBA, FACS, FAHA, FAANS, is an internationally known expert in the treatment of brain aneurysms, brain arteriovenous malformations, and ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. He is chair of the Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery at the University… Read More

Mei He, Ph.D.

Dr. He has strong research expertise in extracellular vesicles and exosomes -mediated therapeutic delivery and biomarker discovery. She is named as the National Academy of Inventors Senior Member, the Board advisor of Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and The Moore… Read More

Jamal Lewis, Ph.D.

Research Summary: Dr. Lewis’ Immuno-modulatory Biomaterials Laboratory focuses on the development of biomaterial systems that can manipulate the immune system. The group plans to design the next generation of immunotherapeutics for applications in immune-related diseases. This multidisciplinary work incorporates aspects of biomaterials engineering, drug delivery and immunology. Honors and Awards: University of… Read More

Yong Zeng, Ph.D.

Precision Medicine represents a new era of medicine to revolutionize disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Central to this national mission is the development of enabling technologies and novel biomarkers that substantially improve early cancer diagnosis and personalized treatment. Our group… Read More

Ana Maria Porras, Ph.D.

Research Summary: Dr. Porras leads the Tissue-Microbe Interactions lab, specialized in engineering in vitro models of disease to study human-microbe interactions. She is particularly interested in understanding how microbes interact with human extracellular matrix to drive disease in the contexts… Read More

Brittany Taylor, Ph.D.

Research Summary: Dr. Taylor’s research group investigates the regenerative and reparative processes of musculoskeletal tissues to inform the development of tailored acellular regenerative engineering approaches. Her group is particularly interested in identifying the biological and structural mechanisms that contribute to… Read More

Vinata Vedam-Mai, Ph.D.

Vinata Vedam-Mai, M.Sc, Ph.D is a Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Neurology. She received her doctorate degree from the University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Dr. Vedam-Mai’s research focuses on the study of the effect of electrical stimulation (such… Read More

Kyle D. Allen, Ph.D.

Kyle Allen, PhD

Research Summary: Dr. Allen’s research seeks to improve the evaluation of preclinical osteoarthritis models and improve the preclinical-to-clinical translation of emerging diagnostics and therapeutics for joint diseases.  Within this goal, Dr. Allen’s lab is currently developing new behavioral assays that… Read More

Walter Lee Murfee, Ph.D.

Walter Lee Murfee, Ph.D.

Research Summary Dr. Murfee’s research is focused on making scientific discoveries and developing new bioengineering approaches for connecting tissue level function to integrated cellular dynamics. Specifically, his laboratory applies in vivo, in vitro, and computational approaches to investigate the vascular… Read More

Benjamin G. Keselowsky, Ph.D.

Research Summary: Dr. Keselowsky’s research focuses on engineering biomaterial cell interactions, and targeted controlled release of immune modulating factors to direct immune cell function. Biomaterials undergo complex interactions with cells of the immune system upon implantation. These interactions are incompletely… Read More