Treena Livingston Arinzeh, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Dr. Arinzeh focuses her research on biomaterials and tissue engineering, specializing in cell-biomaterial interaction, materials processing, surface characterization and modification of biomaterials, materials testing, and in vivo models. This nationally recognized scientist's innovative research in tissue generation is raising hopes that doctors may soon be able to regenerate damaged or diseased limbs by using adult stem cells and biomaterials to induce bone, cartilage, and tendon repair. She is also investigating optimum biomaterial surfaces to direct adult stem differentiation into neural cells for treating spinal cord injuries.

Dr. Arinzeh was recently honored at the White House when John H. Marburger III, Science Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, presented her with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. She holds a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania, serves as an Associate Faculty Member of the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials and, in an effort to increase the number of minorities and women in the field of engineering, is actively involved in community outreach to high schools in New Jersey and New York.