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 Ali Khademhosseini is an Iranian-Canadian scientist who 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.
Born 1975 in Tehran, Khademhosseini received his PhD in Bioengineering at MIT and his undergraduate and Masters Degrees, both in chemical engineering at University of Toronto.
His research is based on developing micro- and nanoscale technologies to control cellular behavior with particular emphasis in developing microscale biomaterials and engineering systems for tissue engineering. Currently, his laboratory is developing technologies to control the formation of vascularized tissues with appropriate microarchitectures as well as regulating stem cell differentiation within microengineered systems.
Khademhosseini has edited 3 books and 4 journal special issues and is an author on over 180 peer reviewed journal papers, 35 book chapters, 160 abstracts, and 16 patent/disclosure applications.
His work has been published in journals such as PNAS, JACS, Advanced Materials, Biomaterials and Lab on a chip and highlighted in numerous public news media, Nature, Scientific American and Technology Review Magazine. Also, he has been invited to give over 150 seminars at various academic and industrial institutions.
Dr. Khademhosseini’s interdisciplinary research has been recognized by over 25 major national and international awards. He has received the early career awards from three major engineering discipline societies: electrical (IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology award / IEEE Nanotechnology award), chemical (AIChE Colburn award) and mechanical engineering (ASME YC Fung award).
He is also the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor given by the U.S. government for early career investigators. In 2011, he received the Pioneers of Miniaturization Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry for his contribution to microscale tissue engineering and microfluidics. 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.
Khademhosseini has published extensively in the area of biomedicine and stem cell bioengineering; more than 100 invited presentations and 14 issued or pending patents.
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