Dr. Robert Mauck

Biography

Robert L. Mauck, PhD, is the Mary Black Ralston Professor at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. He serves as a Senior Research Career Scientist and Co-Director of the Translational Musculoskeletal Research Center at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia. Dr. Mauck's research focuses on engineering mechanobiology of musculoskeletal tissues with a particular interest in restoring articular cartilage, knee meniscus, and intervertebral discs. His team employs mechanical and molecular analyses to explore native tissue structure-function-phenotype relationships in health and disease, using this information to enhance regeneration through focused technology development. His work investigates progenitor cell function and efficacy across a variety of biomaterial contexts, multiple length scales, and subcellular biophysical properties, translating engineered systems into large animal models. He has published over 310 manuscripts, which have been cited more than 20,000 times, and has mentored over 40 PhD, MD-PhD, and VMD-PhD students and postdoctoral fellows in his laboratory.

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