Martin L. Yarmush
Research
The research activities in Professor Yarmush’s laboratory broadly address scientific and engineering aspects of various challenging areas in biotechnology and bioengineering including tissue engineering and regenerative medicine; targeted drug delivery; metabolic engineering; BioMEMS and nanotechnology; and biomedical devices. His lab is currently developing: an automated robotic venipuncture devices with point-of-care capabilities (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpdTeGPruFA); new nanoparticle technology to enhance wound healing; microfabricated systems to enhance gene transfer with application to CAR T cells; pulsed electric field techniques to promote scarless wound healing, wound disinfection, skin rejeuvenation, and hair growth; and encapsulated mesenchymal stem cells for treatment of spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and osteoarthritis. Success in tackling these projects is enabled using a diverse set of state-of-the-art techniques that include microfabrication and nanotechnology; physical biochemistry; genomics, proteomics and genetic engineering; cell biology and tissue engineering; advanced microscopic imaging; physiologic instrumentation; animal studies; and numerical simulation. Students and postdocs are sought who can develop as independent investigators quickly.
Honors
• 2020: The Sackler Scholar, Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies, Tel Aviv U, Israel
• 2020: Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award, Rutgers U
• 2018: Lady Davis Visiting Faculty Fellow & Institute Lecturer, Hebrew U, Jerusalem Israel
• 2017: Fellow, US National Academy of Engineering
• 2015: Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award, BMES
• 2015: Fellow, US National Academy of Inventors
• 2013: Top 20 Translational Researchers, Nature Biotechnology
• 2011: Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division Award, AIChE
• 2009: Keynote Speaker, ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference
• 2006: Fellow, New Jersey High Tech Hall of Fame
• 2006: NIH Career Enhancement Award for Stem Cell Research
• 1993: Founding Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
• 1992: Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research, Rutgers U
• 1989: NIH Research Career Development Award
• 1988: NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award
• 1987: Lucille P. Markey Scholar Award in Biomedical Science
Education
• Postdoctoral, Immunology and Immunogenetics, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 1978-1979
• MD, Medicine, Yale University, 1983
• PhD, Biophysical Chemistry, The Rockefeller University, 1979
• PhD Studies, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1982- 1984
• BA, Biology/Chemistry, Yeshiva University, 1975