Background
Yarmush, Martin Leon was born on October 8, 1952 in Brooklyn. Son of Rubin Wolf and Rosalyn Yarmush.
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Martin Leon Yarmush
Edit ProfileBiochemical and biomedical engineering educator
Martin Leon Yarmush, American Biochemical and biomedical engineering educator. Achievements include research in targeted theories (antibody targetedphotolysis, gene therapy), tissue engineering (liver, pancreas, skin). Member American Medical Association, American Chemical Society, American Institute Chemical Engineers, American Association Immunologists, American Society Cell Biology, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs.
Education
Bachelor, Yeshiva U., 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, Rockefeller U., 1979; Doctor of Medicine, Yale University, 1984.
Career
Associate research professor chemical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1984-1988; professor biochemistry engineering, deputy department chairman chemical engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, 1988-1995; Helen Andrus Benedict professor surgery and bioengineering, Harvard Medical School, Boston, since 1995; director center engineering medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, since 1995; director research, Boston Shriners Burns Hospital, since 1995. Consultant Ortho Diagnostic, Union Carbide, Pharmacia.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Medical Association, American Chemical Society, American Institute Chemical Engineers, American Association Immunologists, American Society Cell Biology, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs.
Connections
Children: Rubin, Gabriel, Joshua.
Awards
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Recipient national rch. service award National Institutes of Health, 1984, research career development award, 1989, Presidential Young Investigator award National Science Foundation, 1988, Trustees award for excellence in research Rutgers University, 1992, Hoechst Celanese Innovative Research award, 1993. Lucille P. Markey scholar, 1985, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering fellow, 1992.Recipient national rch. service award National Institutes of Health, 1984, research career development award, 1989, Presidential Young Investigator award National Science Foundation, 1988, Trustees award for excellence in research Rutgers University, 1992, Hoechst Celanese Innovative Research award, 1993. Lucille P. Markey scholar, 1985, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering fellow, 1992.