Alan J. Grodzinsky is an American
scientist
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and Professor of Electrical, Mechanical and Biological Engineering and Director of the Center for Biomedical Engineering at
MIT.
He graduated in Electrical Engineering from MIT in 1971, obtaining a
doctorate
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three years later under the supervision of James Melcher, with a thesis on membrane electromechanics.
Grodzinsky is widely recognized for his research investigating the mechanical, chemical and electrical properties of connective tissue, including studies on
cartilage
Cartilage is a resilient and smooth type of connective tissue. In tetrapods, it covers and protects the ends of long bones at the joints as articular cartilage, and is a structural component of many body parts including the rib cage, the neck an ...
tissue engineering
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, with implications for understanding and curing diseases such as
osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a type of degenerative joint disease that results from breakdown of joint cartilage and underlying bone which affects 1 in 7 adults in the United States. It is believed to be the fourth leading cause of disability in the w ...
. He has published over 315 peer reviewed papers which have been cited almost 30,000 times in Google Scholar. He has supervised 25 post-doctoral candidates, 52 Ph.D./Sc.D. students, 2 M.D. students, 52 M.S. students and 63 B.S students. He has been honored with the 2018 Orthopaedic Research Society Outstanding Achievement in Mentoring Award for his lifelong commitment to excellence in mentoring trainees both in his lab and around the world.
Grodzinsky was a founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering in 1993. He has served as the President of the Bioelectrical Repair and Growth Society (1986–87), Chairman of the Gordon Research Conference on Musculoskeletal Biology & Bioengineering (1990), President of the International Cartilage Repair Society (1998-2000) and President of the Orthopaedic Research Society (2007–08). He received a
NIH Merit Award in 1994.
Grodzinsky is married to Gail Grodzinsky (née Meyer) and has a son Michael Grodzinsky and lives in Massachusetts.
References
External links
MIT press release, NIH merit award 1994
* http://meche.mit.edu/people/index.html?id=34
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Living people
MIT School of Engineering faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni