报告题目：New Biodegradable Amino Acid-based Pseudo-Protein Biomaterials for 3D Printing of Tissues and Nanoparticles as Drug Carriers for Cancer Therapy

开始时间：2016-11-04（周五）上午10:00

报告地点：徐汇校区实验一楼第一会议室

报告人：Chih-Chang Chu, Rebecca Q. Morgan ’60 Professor（Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University）

联系人：张琰

主办单位：材料科学与工程学院

Biography

       Prof. Chu is a full professor at Cornell University, and also he is the first recipient of the Rebecca Q. Morgan endowed chair professor at Cornell. In March 2014, he was inducted into the College of Fellow status of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering in the US National Academy of Science, a prestigious organization that less than 2% bioengineers have been inducted.

Prof. Chu's research interests are two folds: Applied research in the field of biomedical polymers/fibers used for human body repair and Basic research in polymer/fiber morphology and degradation.

In the applied research, Chu focuses on the study of novel biodegradable polymers/fibers for tissue regeneration like vascular grafts, wound closure and drug control/release purposes, the design, synthesis and evaluation of novel biologic active biodegradable polymers for surgical repair of injured or diseased tissues, wound closure biomaterials, wound infection and healing, and biodegradation mechanism.His research activities in the applied research include the synthesis of new biodegradable polymers having biologic functions for wound closure and drug control/release use; formulation of newly developed polymers into different physical forms (e.g, fibers, fabrics, hydrogels, micro/nanospheres and film) for biomedical applications, development of new sterilization techniques for those γ-irradiation sensitive biomedical polymers; design of biodegradable composite orthopaedic devices and biodegradable vascular grafts.

In the basic research, Chu focuses on the effect of morphology of polymers and fibers on degradation and the use degradation to reveal polymer/fiber morphology.His research activities in the basic research include: theoretical understanding of the effects of chemical structure on degradation through supercomputer molecular modeling, exploring both intrinsic and extrinsic factors that could affect the degradation properties and the role of free radicals in degradation.

Highlights of Chu’s past research publications since year of 2010 include 50 research papers, 2 books and 29 US patents, and 49 international patents with many pending. His publications have been cited over 6200 times with current H-index of 45.