Expertise
Hydrogels for local delivery of biologics and low-fouling polymers for in vitro and in vivo applications
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Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering
Overview
Our lab is investigating the use of polymer-protein conjugates in hydrogels or on surfaces for in vivo localized delivery of biologics (e.g. cancer immunotherapeutics), blood filtering bioreactors for sepsis, and bio-inks for 3D printing of tissue mimics.
Areas of Specializations: Biomedical, Biopolymers, Drug Delivery, Surface Modification
- Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2011
- BSc., Concordia University, 2005
University of Toronto Inventors of the Year (co-recipient), May 2013
Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2012-2014