Ben Harrison, PhD

HarrisonAssistant Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine

 BENJAMIN S. HARRISION received his B.S. degree in chemistry from the University of West Florida in 1998. Following that, he attended graduate school at the University of Florida and obtained a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry in 2003. His interests include small molecules, polymeric, and nanomaterials that can provide enchanced functionality to biomaterials including mass transport and oxygen delivery and image contrast. He believes that significant advances in tissue engineering will be made using ideas rooted and developed over many years in other scientific disciplines, such as aerospace and environmental engineering, and rapidly developing areas such as nanotechnology.