Education
He received his Doctor of Philosophy in Bioengineering (with Robert Langer) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his undergraduate and master"s degrees, both in chemical engineering at University of Toronto.
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Ali Khademhosseini
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He has carried out research in the area of biomedical microdevices and biomaterials. He has developed a number of methods for controlling the stem cell microenvironment using microscale devices and to engineer biomaterials for tissue engineering. He has published extensively in the area of biomedicine and stem cell bioengineering.
He has over 350 peer-reviewed publications, more than 250 invited presentations and 20 issued or pending patents.
As of October 2015, he has been cited more than 20000 times and has an h-index of 75. Khademhosseini’s interdisciplinary research has been recognized by over 30 major national and international awards.
He is one of the recipients of the 2011 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by President Barack Obama. In 2007, he was named a TR35 recipient by the Technology Review Magazine as one of the world’s top young innovators.
He received the TR35 based on his work on developing "living legos" that can be used to make artificial organs.
Achievements
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He has also received early career awards from three major engineering discipline societies: electrical (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Engineering in Medicine and Biology award / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Nanotechnology award), chemical (American Institute of Chemical Engineers Colburn award) and mechanical engineering (American Society of Mechanical Engineers YC Fung award). In addition, he has received the young investigator awards of the Society for Biomaterials and the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society-North America. He has also received the American Chemical Society’s Viktor K. Lamer award and the Unilever award and has been recognized by major governmental awards including the National Science Foundation Career award and the Office of Naval Research young investigator award. He has also received major recognitions from other organizations including the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening Innovation Award, a Sloan fellowship as well as the IAMBE and the Coulter foundation early career awards. Foreign his Doctor of Philosophy work he received the Bayerische Motoren Werke Scientific Award.
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Nationality
Canada
Awards
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Biology award; Lamer award; Colburn award; Screening Innovation Award; Scientific Award; Nanotechnology award; Career award; Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers; the Unilever award; Fung award
The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers.The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers.