Jonathan Kulwatno
, Ph.D.
Program Director
Program Area: Manufacturing and Biomanufacturing Tools
This program supports the development and demonstration of broadly applicable physiomimetic materials to enable new paradigms of human health.
Emphasis:
The emphasis is on the development of physiomimetic materials and associated computational models for biomedical intervention.
Projects might focus on:
- elucidating important engineering design rules or key foundational principles underlying future engineering, including the use of computational methods
- prototyping or redesigning platform technologies
- characterizing (in vitro, ex vivo, or in vivo) broadly applicable technologies and prototypes
NIBIB interests include but are not limited to:
- electrically conductive and mechano-sensitive scaffolds for repairing tissue
- photoactive adhesives for surgical sealants
- biomimetic matrices for T cell activation
- artificial cells for therapeutic agent delivery
