“How New Materials and Additive Manufacturing Are Changing Medicine”

题   目：“How New Materials and Additive Manufacturing Are Changing Medicine”
报告人：Dr. Matthew L. Becker Professor（Dept. of Polymer Science and Biomedical Engineering, University of Akron）
地   点：工程实验大楼244多媒体报告厅
时   间：2017年11月6日（周一）下午2:30-4:00
主持人：钟文斌 教授
邀请人：材料科学与工程学院
承办人：材料学院“天马材料研究论坛”日常工作小组

Matthew L. Becker：

Bio: Dr. Matthew L. Becker is the W. Gerald Austen Endowed Chair of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering and The Associate Dean for Research in the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at The University of Akron. He holds appointments in the Departments of Polymer Science, Integrated Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering. His multidisciplinary research team is focused on developing bioactive polymers for regenerative medicine and addressing unmet medical needs at the interface of chemistry, materials and medicine. To date, his group has published more than 130 papers and has 30 patents issued or pending. He is the founder of three start-up companies, 3D BioResins, 3D BioActives and Fortem Polymers. In 2015, Professor Becker was awarded the ACS Publications Macromolecules-Biomacromolecules Young Investigator Award.  He is a Kavli Fellow and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the PMSE Division of the American Chemical Society.