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Rosalyn Abbott is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University with a courtesy appointment in Materials Science Engineering. She obtained her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Vermont. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Tufts University under the supervision of Professor David Kaplan, where she developed adipose tissue engineered models. Professor Abbott's research focuses on tissue engineering, particularly examining the role of lipid accumulation in various diseases and their applications. Her general approach is to apply engineering techniques to adipose tissue grafts to enhance retention and functionality in reconstructive surgery, develop disease models, increase the availability of donor livers for transplantation through defatting, and cultivate high-lipid content meat products to reduce the environmental impact of traditional agricultural methods. Her research is guided by clinical and environmental needs and utilizes cellular biomaterial approaches to address these challenges.
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