Christopher Chen MS, MD, PhD

Christopher Chen, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science Engineering and the Primary Investigator of the Tissue Microfabrication Lab at Boston University. Chen is Associate Director of Research for the Center for Engineering MechanoBiology.
Prof. Chen’s research interests include the application of microfabrication and nanotechnology to cell and tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. His lab has developed approaches to control the nanoscale adhesive interactions between cells and their surrounding scaffolds and uses them to control cell function. Prof. Chen is particularly engaged in understanding how to engineer stem cell function and tissue vascularization, and the relationship between tissue architecture and tissue function.