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Guillermo A. Ameer
Associate Professor Ameer, a native of Panama City, Panama, received his bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and his doctor of science degree in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined the faculty of the Biomedical Engineering Department at Northwestern University in 2001. Dr. Ameer’s research interests include biomaterials, vascular and orthopaedic tissue engineering, and bio/nanotechnology for improved therapeutics and diagnostics. He has co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed journal publications and conference abstracts, a book chapter, and several patents issued and pending. He has served on several scientific review committees for funding research at the state and federal levels and was one of 100 invitees by the National Academy of Engineering to attend the 10th annual Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (2004). Dr. Ameer is currently a permanent member of the Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering study section of the National Institutes of Health. To accomplish his research goals, Dr. Ameer has assembled a team of collaborators, which include: Dr. William Pearce, Chief of Vascular Surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Dr. Melina Kibbe, Assistant Professor and vascular surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Dr. Jason Koh, Assistant Professor and orthopaedic surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Dr. Stuart Sprague, Director of the Division of Nephrology, Evanston Hospital; Prof. Vadim Backman, Biomedical Engineering Department at Northwestern University; and Prof. Timothy Carroll, Biomedical Engineering Department at Northwestern University. Selected Awards/Honors:
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