Who are we ?
Center Directory
Discover the people who form the core of the Center for Modular Manufacturing of Structural Tissues
Faculty at CWRU
Meet the faculty and staff who are passionate experts dedicated to instilling in students the knowledge and hands-on experience needed for their area of study.
- Center Director
- Research Associate Professor, Department of Biology College of Arts and Sciences
- Project Lead, TR&D-2
- Director Bioreactor Core Facility Skeletal Research Center
Email: jfw2@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1333
Interests: Tissue-engineering and cell-based therapies, bioreactor design, mechanobiology, bone transplantation, imaging, fluorescence spectroscopy, drug delivery.
- Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case School of Engineering
- Project Lead, TR&D-3
- Project Lead, Training & Dissemination
Email: hxb3@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1029
Interests: Biotransport applications to Cell and Tissue Engineering, Microvascular tissue engineering
Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Email: jmm12@case.edu
Interests: Mechanical behavior of cartilaginous tissues in normal, diseased & repaired states.
- Research Associate Professor, Skeletal Research Center
- Project Lead, TR&D-1
- Director Cell Culture Facility
Email: ras286@case.edu
Interests: Cartilage Tissue Engineering, Somatic Stem Cell Biology, Reprogramming Technology (IPS), Cell Therapy and Tissue Regeneration, Cancer Metastasis.
Faculty at ARMI | BioFabUSA
- Chief Technology Officer Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI)
- Associate Director, Translation and Manufacturing
- Project Lead, TR&D-4
- Email: tbollenbach@armiusa.org
- Chief Regulatory Officer, Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI)
- Co-Lead, Training and Dissemination
- Email: rmcfarland@armiusa.org
- Principal Scientist and Academic Research Collaboration Lead, Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI)
- Program Manager
- Email: mbehra@armiusa.org
Fellows & Students at CWRU
Senior Research Associate
Miguel Fuentes Chandia
Skeletal Research Center, Department of Biology
Email: maf209@case.edu
Thanusha A.V., PhD
Research Associate
Email: fxt121@case.edu
Jonathan Kenyon
Research Associate
Email: jdk39@case.edu
Graduate Students
Bo Zhang
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Email: bxz165@case.edu
Rebecca Ahn
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Email: Rebecca.Ahn@case.edu
Seyed Hassan Jaberi
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Email: sxj829@case.edu
Nima Firouzi
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Email: nxf149@case.edu
CM2OST Staff at CWRU
Research Assistant III, Molecular Biology, Cell Culture
Email: tammie.lee@case.edu
Research Assistant I, Department of Biology, Skeletal Research Center, College of Arts and Sciences
Email: mxh12@case.edu
Expertise: Mesenchymal Stem Cell isolation and culture
Department Assistant III, Department of Biology, Skeletal Research Center, College of Arts and Sciences
Email: tammie.lee@case.edu
