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Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and, by courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering Biomaterials, Implant Devices, Drug Delivery, and Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
Consulting Professor, Bioengineering Group Leader, Multiplexed Biomolecular Science, Biosystems and Biomaterials Divisions, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)