Dr. Marian Hettiaratchi
Dr. Marian Hettiaratchi’s laboratory develops biomaterials for sustained protein delivery using an interdisciplinary approach that combines expertise in chemical engineering, polymer chemistry, and molecular biology. Dr. Hettiaratchi is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact at the University of Oregon. She received her B.Sc. in chemical engineering from the University of Calgary and completed her Ph.D. at the joint biomedical engineering department of the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. There she developed biomaterials to enhance bone regeneration. She then conducted post-doctoral research on engineering affinity-based biomaterials for neural regeneration at the University of Toronto. Dr. Hettiaratchi has received doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Her lab’s work is funded by the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Medical Research Foundation New Investigator Grant, and NIH R21 Trailblazer Award.