Adam Feinberg
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Courtesy Appointment, Mechanical Engineering
Adam Feinberg is a professor in the departments of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, and is the principal investigator of the Regenerative Biomaterials & Therapeutics Group. He has been in a faculty position since 2010 and has been fortunate to receive funding from notable sources including the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, the NSF CAREER Award, and the Human Frontiers Science Program. This has allowed him to rapidly build a group that has trained over 11 Ph.D. students, 11 M.S. students, and five postdoctoral fellows. He has published more than 40 peer-reviewed research articles and filed over 15 patent applications.
Feinberg’s scientific interests are focused on cell-material interactions and understanding how guidance cues can be encoded in the extracellular space to organize multicellular assembly. His background is in materials science and tissue engineering, providing him with a unique skill set to complete this work. His laboratory is investigating protein-based materials composed of nanostructured extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins for application in a range of applications including muscle tissue engineering, corneal repair, and cancer. To tackle these problems they are using tools of nano- and micro-fabrication in concert with molecular biology and 3-D, live-cell imaging of engineered constructs. His lab has recently developed two novel techniques: (i) an ECM shrink-wrapping technique to build a basement membrane around groups of cells and (ii) a 3-D bioprinting approach that dramatically improves the structures that can be biofabricated using soft ECM gels such as collagen and fibrin.
Breakthrough: 3D printing the human heart
Tissue Engineering: 3-D Printing of the Heart and Arteries
Tissue Engineering: 3-D Printing of the Heart and Arteries
Adam Feinberg Demonstrates 3-D Bioprinting Process
Leveraging 3-D Printing to Repair Damaged Hearts
Patterning on Topography
Education
2004 Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida
2002 MS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida
1999 BS, Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University
Media mentions
CMU Engineering
CMU-led project to fight obesity, Type 2 diabetes receives ARPA-H backing
A CMU-led team of researchers has secured an award of up to $34.9 million from ARPA-H to develop a new bioelectric medicine-based treatment for obesity and Type 2 diabetes patients.
CMU Engineering
Dowd Fellowship encourages ambitious student research
Four Ph.D. students in the College of Engineering have received funding to pursue research on valuable, relatively unexplored topics.
CMU Engineering
Boosting oxygenation for transplanted cell-based therapies
To advance cell-based therapies, researchers have identified a novel device that makes on-site oxygen for biological cells transplanted inside the body.
CMU Engineering
Now printing: seaweed-based, biodegradable actuators
We are one step closer to naturally compostable robots now that researchers at Carnegie Mellon can print actuators using a bio-ink made from seaweed.