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.
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.
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.