Umut Gürkan, Ph.D.
Scientific Advisor
Case Biomanufacturing and Microfabrication Laboratory, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Department of Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve University
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Umut A. Gurkan is leading the CASE Biomanufacturing and Microfabrication Laboratory (CASE-BML) at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). Inspired by modern advanced manufacturing methods, the primary focus of CASE-BML is developing micro/nano-scale technologies and biomanufacturing complex multiscale biological systems for blood cell research, cardiovascular medicine, orthopaedics, musculoskeletal research, regenerative medicine, and advanced cell therapies.
Awards
- Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative Annual Pilot Award (2014)
- Case School of Engineering Research Award (2014)
- Doris Duke Innovations in Clinical Research Award (2013)
- Steve Garverick Memorial Innovation Incentive Award (2013)
- Belcher-Weir Family Pediatric Innovation Award (2013)
- Wyss Award for Translational Research, IEEE-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2011)
- Partners in Excellence Award for Outstanding Community Contributions (2011)
- Geddes-Laufman-Greatbatch Outstanding Graduate Student Award (2009)
- Top Dissertation Proposal Award, Purdue University (2009)
- PostDoc, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard-MIT HST
- Ph.D., Purdue University, Biomedical Engineering
- B.S., Middle East Technical University, Mechanical Engineering
- B.S., Middle East Technical University, Chemical Engineering