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Professor Buddy Ratner University of Washington Department of Bioengineering Box 355061 Seattle, WA USA 98195 Email: ratner@uweb.engr.washington.edu Biographical Sketch: Dr. Buddy D. Ratner is the Director of University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB21) Engineering Research Center and the Darland Endowed Chair in Technology Commercialization. He is Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Washington. Ratner received his Ph.D. (1972) in polymer chemistry from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. Ratner is a fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), the AVS, the AAAS and the International College of Fellows Biomaterials Science and Engineering. In 2002 Ratner was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA. He has launched four companies and won numerous awards including the Welch Award of the AVS (2002), Founders Award of the Society for Biomaterials (2004), the BMES Pritzker Distinguished Lecturer Award (2008) and the Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal (2009). His research interests include biomaterials, tissue engineering, polymers, biocompatibility, surface analysis and plasma thin film deposition. |