We Are The
Center for Advanced
Biomanufacturing
STEERING COMMITTEE
George Christ, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery
Mary Muilenburg Stamp Professor of Orthopaedic Research
Director of Basic and Translational Research in Orthopaedic Surgery
Head, Laboratory of Regenerative Therapeutics
Director, Center for Advanced Biomanufacturing
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Ph.D., Wake Forest University, 1987
Shayn Peirce-Cottler, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Plastic Surgery
Professor of Ophthalmology
UVA School of Medicine Pinn Scholar
Co-Director, Center for Advanced Biomanufacturing
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Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2002
Steven Caliari, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013
Chris Highley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
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Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2012
highley@virginia.edu
Kyle Lampe, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
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Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder, 2009
Nathan Swami
Professor of Electrical Engineering
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Ph.D., University of Southern California in Los Angeles, 1998
AFFILIATED FACULTY
Tom Barker, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2003
thomas.barker@virginia.edu
Bryan Berger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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Ph.D., University of Delaware, 2006
bwb2k@virginia.edu
Ken Brayman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering
Chief, Transplant Division, Department of Surgery
NABI Biopharmaceuticals Professor of Transplantation
Director, Center for Cellular Transplantation and Therapeutics
Director, Pancreas and Islet Transplant Programs
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M.D. and Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Liheng Cai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
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Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2012
Website: http://softbiomatter.org
liheng.cai@virginia.edu
Bobby Chhabra, M.D.
Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Lillian T. Pratt Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
David A. Harrison Distinguished Educator
Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
President, University Physicians Group​
ac2h@virginia.edu
Patrick Cottler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
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Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2000
Don Griffin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering
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Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering from UCLA, 2011
dg2gf@virginia.edu
Mark Kester, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
Director, UVA nanoStar Institute
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Ph.D., University of New York at Buffalo
Matt Lazzara, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
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Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003
Rachel Letteri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering
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Ph.D., Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2016
Post-Doc, Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 2016-2018
rl2qm@virginia.edu
Additional Members
Poonam R. Sharma, Ph.D.
Director, 3D Bioprinting Lab
Ph.D., Biochemistry, NDRI, India
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Consultation and training for 3D Bioprinting in the Center for Advanced Biomanufacturing.
prs6c@virginia.edu
Dwight Dart M.S.
Design Lab Engineer
Director, Advanced Manufacturing and Rapid Prototyping Lab
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M.S., Integrated Science and Technology, James Madison University
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Mr. Dart provides computer-aided design, material and machine consulting, and prototyping for colleagues in the Center for Advanced Biomanufacturing. Our team researches the use of machines, materials, and techniques to create structures with living cells and vascularization, which may make possible 3D bio-printed skin and organs which could then be used for wound treatment and transplantation, respectively.
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dd5yj@virginia.edu
Mohammad Sadegh Azimi, Ph.D.
Research Associate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
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Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, 2017
msa2f@virginia.edu
