Dr. Shaochen Chen

Biography

Shaochen Chen is a Professor in the Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering at the University of California San Diego and an Affiliated Professor in the Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering. He is the founding co-director of the Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Center at UC San Diego. Chen received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining UC San Diego, he was a Professor and Pearlie D. Henderson Centennial Endowed Faculty Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin. He has served as a Program Director for the Nanomanufacturing Program at the National Science Foundation. His research interests include biomaterials, tissue engineering, 3D printing, bioprinting, stem cell regenerative medicine, and organ/tissue-on-a-chip. He is a leading expert in micro- and nanoscale 3D printing and has pioneered the development of techniques for rapid printing of cell-laden tissue scaffolds. Chen has published over 150 papers in top journals and has received numerous awards for his contributions to the field, including the CAREER award from the NSF and the Young Investigator award from the Office of Naval Research. He is a Fellow of several major societies including the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

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