Tissue Engineering Resource Center
 

About TERC: TERC Personnel

Director
David Kaplan, Tufts University

Associate Director
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Columbia University

Associated Faculty

Tufts University
Chris Cannizzaro – Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering – expertise in robotics, bioreactor designs and equipment design.
Sergio Fantini – Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering – expertise in optical imaging
Jonathan Garlick– Professor, School of Medicine and Dental Medicine – epithelial tissue engineering
Irene Georgakoudi– Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering – expertise in imaging of cells, tissues and biomaterials
Carl Kirker-Head – Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine – expertise in animal surgeries and animal models of skeletal tissues
Catherine Kuo – Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering – tissue engineering and developmental biology 
Kyongbum Lee – Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering – expertise in systems modeling
Gary Leisk – Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering – expertise in mechanics of biomaterials and tissues
Chris Rogers Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Director, Center for Engineering Education Outreach
Pam Yelick – Professor, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine – tissue engineering, developmental biology

Columbia University
Edward Guo – Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering – expertise in bone biology, biomechanics and CT imaging
Clark Hung – Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering – expertise in cartilage tissue engineering (growth factors, mechanical loading, bioreactors)
Elisa Konofagou – Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering – expertise in functional imaging of cartilage and heart tissues
Helen Lu – Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering – expertise in engineering of tissue interfaces
Jeremy Mao – Associate Professor, College of Dental Medicine – expertise in osteochondral composite grafts and cell tracking
Van C Mow – Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering – expertise in biomechanical studies of engineered tissues (experimental methods, theory)
Ann Marie Schmidt – Professor of Surgical Sciences, Department of Surgery – expertise in vascular biology and vascular disease
Warren Sherman – Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine – expertise in animal models for cell based heart repair
 
 

 
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