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A native of South Florida, Dr. Elisseeff attended Carnegie Mellon University (BS Chemistry, 1994) and received her PhD in Medical Engineering from the Division of Health Sciences and Technology (1999). Her doctoral research at the MIT with Robert Langer investigated new technologies for biomaterial implantation and cell encapsulation for tissue engineering. Dr. Elisseeff was then a fellow in the Pharmacology Research Associate Program working in the developmental biology laboratory of Yoshi Yamada at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research at NIH. In 2001, Dr. Elisseeff went to the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University as Assistant Professor. Her laboratory studies new synthetic-biological biomaterials, adult and embryonic stem cells, and tissue engineering applications in the musculoskeletal system and ophthalmology. In 2004, Elisseeff cofounded Cartilix, Inc. a startup that is translating adhesive and biomaterial technologies for cartilage repair. Dr. Elisseeff is now an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopedic Surgery and directs the Cell and Tissue Engineering Program in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins. She serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of Bausch and Lomb and Cellular Bioengineering Inc. Dr. Elisseeff has received awards including the Carnegie Mellon Young Alumni Award, Arthritis Investigator Award from the Arthritis Foundation, Yasuda Award from the Society of Physical Regulation in Medicine and Biology, and was named by Technology Review magazine as a top innovator under 35 in 2002 and top 10 technologies to change the future. She has published over 70 articles, book chapters and patents and given over 100 national and international invited lectures. | 