John Frampton PhD

John P. Frampton is a tissue engineer and Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Cell, Biomaterial and Matrix Interaction. He is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of biomaterials in the field of neural tissue engineering, for purposes not only of developing experimental models but also for developing revolutionary new materials for clinical use in neural repair and regeneration. Dr. Frampton is working with colleagues, Drs. Jeremy Brown, Rob Adamson, James Fawcett, and Adrienne Weeks, on a $2.68 million Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF) project to develop a miniature ablation endoscope for guided neurosurgery.

John Frampton received a BSc in biology from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, New York, in 2004. He stayed on at SUNY to further his studies in neurobiology, neural engineering, and cell-to-cell interactions, receiving a PhD in 2009. Dr. Frampton then moved on to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he spent five years doing post-doc training in tissue engineering, microfluidics, and disease models. Upon completion of this training in 2014, he moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to take up the position of assistant professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering at Dalhousie University. He has received numerous awards for outstanding scholarship, from organizations including the National Institutes of Health and the Institute of Physics.