Abstract
Biomaterials play a pivotal role in field of tissue engineering and drug delivery system. Biomimetic scaffolds have been created to elicit specific cellular functions and to direct cell-cell interactions. Biomaterials can also serve as viable complex systems that interact with living organisms and encourage their proper biological functions. The current development of functionalized smart biomaterials and potential applications in tissue engineering and drug delivery will be widely discussed and covered in this talk.
Tzu-Wei Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Department of Materials science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
Tzu-Wei Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
Email: twwang@mx.nthu.edu.tw
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Tzu-Wei Wang is currently an Associate Professor of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. He received his Ph.D. degree from Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University in 2006. His postdoc training was conducted at Harvard University during 2007-2009. He joined National Tsing Hua University as an Assistant Professor from 2009-2013. His research interests are: 1) Development of functionalized smart biomaterials for the applications in tissue engineering and drug delivery, 2) Control of extracellular microenvironment using physical, chemical, and biological approaches for the manipulation of stem cell fate. He has published over 50 scientific peer-reviewed SCI papers and received several international patents in the past few years. He has been awarded with Young Plenary Award in 2013 and Young Investigator Award in 2014 and 2016.