Mark Saltzman, Ph.D.

Mark Saltzman, Ph.D.
Goizueta Foundation Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Ph.D. 1987, MIT/Harvard

Research Interests

Our laboratory is creating new technology, based on the use of biocompatible polymeric materials, for the controlled delivery of drugs, proteins, and genes. We also develop and study new polymeric materials that influence the growth, function, and assembly of cells for use in tissue engineering.
Representative Publications

Stroh M, Williams R, Zipfel W, Ma S, Webb WW, and Saltzman WM. Multiphoton Microscopy Guides Neurotrophin Modification with Poly(ethylene glycol) to Enhance Interstitial Diffusion, Nature Materials 3: 489-494 (2004).

Shen H, Tan J, and Saltzman WM. Surface-mediated gene transfer from nanocomposites of controlled texture, Nature Materials, 3: 569-574 (2004).

Fahmy TM, Samstein RM, Harness C, and Saltzman WM. Sustained target presentation in biodegradable polymers by surface modification with fatty acid conjugates, Biomaterials26: 5727-36 (2005).