Alan Grodzinsky
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Alan J. Grodzinsky is an American
scientist
and Professor of Electrical, Mechanical and Biological Engineering and Director of the Center for Biomedical Engineering at MIT.
Grodzinsky graduated in Electrical Engineering from MIT in 1971, obtaining a doctorate
three years later under the supervision of James Melcher, with a thesis on membrane electromechanics.
Grodzinsky was a founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering in 1993. He received a NIH
Merit Award in 1994.
Grodzinsky is the leader of a research group investigating the mechanical, chemical and electrical properties of connective tissue, including studies on cartilage
tissue engineering
, with implications for understanding and curing diseases such as osteoarthritis
.
Grodzinsky is married with and has a son Michael Grodzinsky and lives in Massachusetts.
United States
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scientist
Scientist
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and Professor of Electrical, Mechanical and Biological Engineering and Director of the Center for Biomedical Engineering at MIT.
Grodzinsky graduated in Electrical Engineering from MIT in 1971, obtaining a doctorate
Doctorate
A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...
three years later under the supervision of James Melcher, with a thesis on membrane electromechanics.
Grodzinsky was a founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering in 1993. He received a NIH
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...
Merit Award in 1994.
Grodzinsky is the leader of a research group investigating the mechanical, chemical and electrical properties of connective tissue, including studies on cartilage
Cartilage
Cartilage is a flexible connective tissue found in many areas in the bodies of humans and other animals, including the joints between bones, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, the elbow, the knee, the ankle, the bronchial tubes and the intervertebral discs...
tissue engineering
Tissue engineering
Tissue engineering is the use of a combination of cells, engineering and materials methods, and suitable biochemical and physio-chemical factors to improve or replace biological functions...
, with implications for understanding and curing diseases such as osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis also known as degenerative arthritis or degenerative joint disease, is a group of mechanical abnormalities involving degradation of joints, including articular cartilage and subchondral bone. Symptoms may include joint pain, tenderness, stiffness, locking, and sometimes an effusion...
.
Grodzinsky is married with and has a son Michael Grodzinsky and lives in Massachusetts.
External links
- MIT press release, NIH merit award 1994
- MIT probes cartilage on nanoscale
- http://meche.mit.edu/people/index.html?id=34