Southwest Biomaterials Day at Arizona State University

Join us October 11, 2021 

NOW VIRTUAL! 

Lunch still included!   Lunch vouchers provided to first 75 registrants.

Meet the Keynote Speaker

Dr. Anseth is a Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Associate Faculty Director of the BioFrontiers Institute at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She currently holds the Tisone Professorship and is a Distinguished Professor. Dr. Anseth came to CU-Boulder after earning her B.S. degree from Purdue University, her Ph.D. degree from the University of Colorado, and completing post-doctoral research at MIT as an NIH fellow. Her research interests lie at the interface between biology and engineering where she designs new biomaterials for applications in drug delivery and regenerative medicine. Dr. Anseth’s research group has published over 350 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and she has trained more than 110 graduate students and postdoctoral associates. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (2009), the National Academy of Medicine (2009), the National Academy of Sciences (2013), the National Academy of Inventors (2016) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2019).  Most recently, she received the L’Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science Award in the Life Sciences (2020).  Dr. Anseth has served on the Board of Directors and as President of the Materials Research Society, the Board of Governors for Acta Materialia, Inc, the NIH Advisory Council for NIBIB, and as Chair of the NAE US Frontiers of Engineering meetings. Click on Kristi's image to check out her website.

Dr. Kristi Anseth
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Colorado 

Awards

  • Founders Award, Society for Biomaterials (2020)
  • L’Oreal UNESCO for Women in Science Laureate for North America (2020)
  • Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2019)
  • Elected to the National Academy of Inventors (2016)
  • American Chemical Society, Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (2015)
  • Bonfils Stanton Foundation Science and Medicine Prize (2015)
  • Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2014)
  • Elected to the National Academy of Sciences (2013)
  • Hazel Barnes Award, University of Colorado (2013)
  • Mid-Career Research Award, Materials Research Society (2012)
  • Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award, Purdue University (2012)
  • Distinguished Research Lecturer, University of Colorado (2011)
  • Elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (2009)
  • Professional Progress Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2009)
  • Elected to the National Academy of Engineering (2009)
  • Named as one of the ‘Brilliant 10’ Scientists,Popular Science (2008)
  • Named one of the “One Hundred Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era”, AIChE (2008)
  • Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award, Research and Teaching, University of Colorado (2008)
  • Clemson Award for Basic Research, Society for Biomaterials (2008)
  • Alan T. Waterman Award, National Science Foundation (2004)
  • Allan P. Colburn Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2003)
  • Curtis W. McGraw Award, American Society for Engineering Education (2003)
  • David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering (1997)