John Fisher
http://www.bioe.umd.edu/
3238 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
jpfisher@umd.edu
301-405-7475
http://www.bioe.umd.edu/~jpfisher/index.htm
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Rice University, 2003
Biomedical engineering; synthesis of novel hydrolytically degradable, implantable polymers; study and use of biomaterials for the delivery of therapeutics, scaffolds for orthopaedic tissue engineering applications; interaction of biomaterials and tissues.
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