Earl E. & Myrtle E. Walker Professor of Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Diabetes Research Center, Musculoskeletal Research Center, Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences
Professor Guan joined Washington University in St. Louis in August 2018. He was a professor, associate professor and assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the Ohio State University since 2007. He joined Ohio State after serving as a research assistant professor at the Department of Surgery and McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine in the University of Pittsburgh.
Professor Guan’s research interests are in functional biomaterials and microenvironments for cell and drug delivery; oxygen sensitive biomaterials for non-invasively and real time imaging and detecting tissue oxygen during vascularization therapy; and cardiovascular, skin, and musculoskeletal tissue regeneration. His research covers regenerative medicine, polymer, drug delivery, nanomedicine, stem cell, biomechanics, surgery, and biomedical imaging fields.
Lab: Department of Biomedical Engineering, 340 Whitaker Hall
Office: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, 303F Jubel Hall
Email: jguan22@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-3537