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4 Colby Street, Rm. 251
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
Tel: 617-627-3251
Fax: 617-627-3231
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David L. Kaplan
Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Chair and Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Bioengineering and Biotechnology Center
Education:
1975 B.S. Biology, State University of New York at Albany
1978 Doctor of Philosophy, Biology/Biochemistry, State
University of New York at Syracuse and Syracuse University
Honors:
- New York State Regents Scholarship (1971-1975)
- Decoration for Meritorious Civilian Service (1990)
- Senior Research Scientist (ST Position) (1995)
- Elected President - Bioenvironmentally Degradable
Polymer Society (1996)
- Invited Panel Chair - USDA Grant Review Program,
- Invited Book Series Editor, NIH - Bioengineering
Materials, Birkhauser (1996 - Present)
- Outstanding Faculty Award, Tufts University (1998)
- Appointed Associate Editor, Biomacromolecules (1999)
- Editorial Boards - Applied Environmental
Microbiology, Bimolecular Materials, Advanced Materials,
e-Biomed, Soft Materials (1999)
- Elected Fellow, American Institute of Medical and
Biological Engineering
- Director, NIH Resource Center, Tissue Engineering
Research Interests, Areas, or
Ongoing Projects:
Research is focused at the interface between biology and
materials science and engineering. Our research is aimed at
understanding biological synthesis and processing of
polymers and polymer interfaces. Issues of
structure-function related to self-assembly and
macromolecular assembly are key to this understudy.
Activities are focused on biomaterials and functional tissue
engineering. We approach this problem from three levels:
- Genetic Approach: Exploration of the molecular
genetics of biosynthesis pathway for biopolymers.
- Whole Cell Approach: Manipulation of the Cell
Environment to regulate the nature of the biopolymer
synthesized.
- Enzymatic Approach: Polymer synthesis using enzymes
in vitro in novel environments.
Examples of Topics:
- Fibrous Proteins - New Paradigms for Materials and Science
- Biosynthesis of Emulsan Bioemulsifiers for
Structure/Function and Biological Activation
- Functional Tissue Engineering
- Bioengineered Biomaterials
Courses Taught:
- ChBE 164 Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
- ChBE 62/162 Molecular Biotechnology
- En 64 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
- EN 3 Introduction to Biotechnology
- ChBE 163 Recombinant DNA Technologies
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