Professor Dr. Ben Almquist

Biography

Ben Almquist is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London. His research focuses on the integration of materials science, nanotechnology, and biology to develop methods for dynamically manipulating the behavior of cells and tissues. A major emphasis of his work is to understand the direct processes involved in tissue repair by manipulating signaling networks. His insights are applied in developing methods for healing diabetic foot ulcers, preventing hypertrophic scarring, and modulating wound healing disorders. Prior to joining Imperial College, Almquist earned a Bachelor of Science in Materials Science from Michigan Technological University and both a Master of Science and a PhD in Materials Science from Stanford University. At Stanford, he held the position of Research Fellow at the Center for Probing the Nanoscale, a collaborative effort between Stanford, IBM, and the National Science Foundation, where he developed bioinspired approaches that integrate inorganic nanostructures with cellular membranes. Following his time at Stanford, he became a NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellow at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, focusing on designing self-assembled biomaterials for modulating the healing of chronic wounds.

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