This researcher is a professor and director specializing in biomedical engineering, with a focus on injectable biomaterials, drug delivery systems, and interventional biomaterials for applications such as aneurysm embolization, orthopedic infection treatment, and tissue engineering. They have extensive publication records in journals like Biomaterials and Acta Biomaterialia, hold multiple patents, and have secured significant NIH and industry funding. Their work emphasizes temperature-responsive hydrogels, biodegradable polymers, and translational medical device development.