Jeff Karp
Dr. Jeffrey M. Karp is an Assistant Professor at the Brigham and Women's Hospital through Harvard Medical School and directs the Laboratory for Advanced Biomaterials and Stem Cell Based Therapeutics. He has an appointment at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and is a principal faculty member of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI). He has published over 35 peer-reviewed papers, 12 book chapters, 50 abstracts, and has 25 issued or pending patents, a number of which have been licensed by biotech companies.
Dr. Karp obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in Chemical Engineering where he received mentorship from Professor John Davies and Molly Shoichet. Upon graduation, he received the Paul B. Madsen Award for the most innovative graduate student. He joined MIT in 2004 as an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow working in the laboratory of Institute Professor Robert S. Langer. During his postdoctoral work, he received several awards including first prize at an MIT Chemical Engineering Research Competition for his work on enhancing the differentiation efficiency of human embryonic stem cells. Dr. Karp's work has been recognized by CNN, NPR Science Fridays, ABC News, MSNBC, CBC Quirks & Quarks, Canada AM, BBC, Forbes, CBS Brink, Popular Science, the Washington Post, the New York Post, and by Wired Magazine. His gecko inspired biomedical adhesive work was selected in 2008 as one of Popular Mechanics' "Top 20 New Biotech Breakthroughs that Will Change Medicine". Prof. Karp is the Section Editor for Biology and Medicine on the Editorial Board of the journal Nanotechnology and is on the Editorial Board of the journal Stem Cell Research & Therapy. Dr. Karp is an ad-hoc reviewer for 18 journals in areas covering biomaterials, stem cells, and nanotechnology. In 2007 he was invited as one of the top engineers in the country between the ages of 30-45 to attend the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium at Microsoft in Seattle.
In 2008 he was selected as the Outstanding Faculty Undergraduate Mentor among all Faculty at MIT. Technology Review Magazine (TR35) recently recognized Dr. Karp as one of the world’s top innovators under the age of 35.