This year's workshop is sponsored by the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Pittsburgh.  

Conference Chairs

Robert M. Nerem, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech

Alan J. Russell, PhD
Distinguished University Professor;
Founding Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine,
University of Pittsburgh

Program Chairs 

Stephen F. Badylak, DVM, PhD, MD
Professor in the Department of Surgery;
Deputy Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine,
University of Pittsburgh

 Robert E. Guldberg, PhD
Director of the Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience;
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech

Scientific Committee

Ravi V. Bellamkonda, PhD
Associate Vice President for Research;
Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholoar;
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech 

Andres J. Garcia, PhD
Professor and Woodruff Faculty Fellow; 
Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering; 
Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience

Eric Lagasse, Pharm.D., PhD 
Director of the Cancer Stem Cell Center,  
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine; 
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh

 Kacey G. Marra, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Surgery & Bioengineering,
Co-Director, Adipose Stem Cell Center, 
University of Pittsburgh 

Todd C. McDevitt, PhD
Director for Stem Cell Engineering Center, 
Petit Faculty Fellow, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience
Associate Professor Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech

 
W. Robert Taylor, MD, PhD
Director for the Division of Cardiology,
Emory University 

William R. Wagner, PhD
Interim Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine;
Professor of Surgery, Bioengineering & Chemical Engineering,
University of Pittsburgh