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Background
Dr. Laurencin earned his B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University, his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was a Hugh Hampton Young Scholar, and his M.D. from the Harvard Medical School where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.
Dr. Laurencin is board certified in orthopaedic surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Fellow of the American Surgical Association, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Dr. Laurencin serves on the editorial board of 14 Journals including The Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Biomaterials, Applied Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, and the Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology.
Dr. Laurencin is a member of the National Science Foundation’s Directorate of Engineering Advisory Committee (ADCOM). He recently served as a member of the N.I.H. National Advisory Council for Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and the National Science Advisory Board of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Research
Interests
Dr. Laurencin's
research interests are in the areas of biomaterials,
tissue engineering, drug delivery and nanotechnology.
Selected
Publications
Bhattacharyya, S., and Laurencin, C.T.: Electrospinning of Biodegradable Polyphosphazenes for Biomedical Applications: Fabrication of Poly[bis(ethyl alanato) phosphazene] Nanofibers", Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 2, 1-10 (2006).
Shen, F.H., Zeng, Q., Lv, Q., Choi, L., Balian, G., Li, X., Laurencin, C.T.: "Osteogenic differentiation of adipose-derived stromal cells treated with GDF-5 cultured on a novel three-dimensional sintered microsphere matrix", Spine 6, 615-23 (2006).
Christenson, E.M., Anseth, K.S., van de Beucken, J.J.J.P., Chan, C.K., Ercan, B., Jansen, J.A., Laurencin, C.T., Li, W.J., Murugan, R., Nair, L.S., Ramakrshna, S., Tuan, R.S., Webster, T.J., and Mikos, A.G.: "Nanobiomaterial applications in orthopaedics", Journal of Orthopaedic
Research, 25, 11-22 (2007).
Cooper, J.A., Sahota, J., Gorum, J., Carter, J., Doty, S., and Laurencin, C.T. "Biomimetic Tissue Engineered Anterior Cruciate Ligament Replacement", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104, 3059-3054 (2007).
Freeman, J.,, Woods, M., and Laurencin.C.T.: "Tissue Engineering of the
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Using a Braid-Twist Scaffold Design", J. of
Biomechanics, 40, 2026-2029 (2007).
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