Kristi Anseth
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Kristi Anseth is a professor of chemical and biological engineering
and a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator at the University of Colorado
in Boulder. She has pioneered the use of photopolymerization and hydrogels for tissue engineering
of cartilage among other tissues.
Kristi Anseth grew up in northwestern North Dakota. At Williston State College, Kristi played on both the volleyball and basketball teams, earning the honor of Academic All-American in her second year. Kristi Anseth transferred to Purdue University where she began her research career as an undergraduate student in the lab of Dr Nicholas A. Peppas
. She obtained her PhD working under Dr Christopher Bowman, himself a former graduate student of Nicholas Peppas, at the University of Colorado. Aside from being the first engineer, male or female, to be selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator, Kristi Anseth is a member of both the Institutes of Medicine and the National Academies of Engineering (a distinction she shares with chemical engineers Robert Langer, Nicholas Peppas, Frances Arnold, and Rakesh Jain).
In 1999, she was named to the MIT
Technology Review
TR100
as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.
Biological engineering
Biological engineering, biotechnological engineering or bioengineering is the application of concepts and methods of biology to solve problems in life sciences, using engineering's own analytical and synthetic methodologies and also its traditional...
and a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator at the University of Colorado
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
in Boulder. She has pioneered the use of photopolymerization and hydrogels for tissue engineering
Tissue engineering
Tissue engineering is the use of a combination of cells, engineering and materials methods, and suitable biochemical and physio-chemical factors to improve or replace biological functions...
of cartilage among other tissues.
Kristi Anseth grew up in northwestern North Dakota. At Williston State College, Kristi played on both the volleyball and basketball teams, earning the honor of Academic All-American in her second year. Kristi Anseth transferred to Purdue University where she began her research career as an undergraduate student in the lab of Dr Nicholas A. Peppas
Nicholas A. Peppas
Nicholas A. Peppas is a chemical and biomedical engineer whose leadership in biomaterials science and engineering, drug delivery, bionanotechnology, pharmaceutical sciences, chemical and polymer engineering has led to numerous biomedical products or devices.-Education and work:He was educated in...
. She obtained her PhD working under Dr Christopher Bowman, himself a former graduate student of Nicholas Peppas, at the University of Colorado. Aside from being the first engineer, male or female, to be selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator, Kristi Anseth is a member of both the Institutes of Medicine and the National Academies of Engineering (a distinction she shares with chemical engineers Robert Langer, Nicholas Peppas, Frances Arnold, and Rakesh Jain).
In 1999, she was named to the MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
Technology Review
Technology Review
Technology Review is a magazine published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was founded in 1899 as "The Technology Review", and was re-launched without the "The" in its name on April 23, 1998 under then publisher R. Bruce Journey...
TR100
TR35
The TR35 is an annual list published by MIT Technology Review magazine, naming the world's top 35 innovators under the age of 35.Some of the most famous winners of the award include Larry Page and Sergey Brin , Linus Torvalds , Jerry Yang , Jonathan Ive , Mark Zuckerberg...
as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.
External links
- http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-10/body-builder Popular Science
- http://www.hhmi.org/research/investigators/anseth_bio.html HHMI bio
- http://www.colorado.edu/che/ansethgroup/ Research site