Dr. Lee is promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure.

Dr. Lee traveled to the 9th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies in Singapore from June 18-23 to give an invited talk entitled “Stimuli Responsive Biomaterials Utilizing Mussel Adhesive Chemistry”. Additionally, Dr. Lee also chaired one session in the “Stimuli Sensitive and Responsive Polymer Biomaterials” symposium in the conference.

Ameya and Rattapol each presented a poster at the 2017 Upper Peninsula American Chemical Society Student Research Symposium. Ameya received First Place for his poster entitled “Effect of addition of acrylic acid (AAc) on the wet adhesion properties of mussel-inspired hydrogels at multiple pH values”. Rattapol received Second Place for his poster entitled “Effect of […]

Yuan’s paper entitled “A Moldable Nanocomposite Hydrogel Composed of a Mussel-Inspired Polymer and a Nanosilicate as a Fit-to-Shape Tissue Sealant” was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Our lab’s research on underwater smart adhesive received media coverage in CHIPS, NavalToday.com, Maritime Executive, Ocean News and Technology, phys.org, Seapower Magazine, defense-aerospace.com, Deccan Chronicle, World of Chemicals, ScienMag and Business Standard.

Congratulations to Yuan, who was nominated as the recipient of the Outstanding Scholarship Award in the Department of Biomedical Engineering for the Fall semester of 2016.

Our research on biomimetic smart adhesive is highlight by NAVY. Dr. Lee was named a 2016 winner within the Office of Naval Researchs Young Investigator Program.

Our book chapter entitled “Biomimetic adhesives and coatings based on mussel adhesive proteins” was published in the second edition of Biological Adhesive. This book chapter was published in collaboration with Prof. Phillip B. Messersmith of University of California, Berkeley.

Book chapter entitled “Mussel adhesive-inspired polymers” authored by Dr. Lee was published in a book titled “Bio-inspired Polymers”.

Hao’s paper entitled “Model polymer system for investigating the generation of hydrogen peroxide and its biological responses during the crosslinking of mussel adhesive moiety” was accepted for publication in Acta Biomaterialia.