Nenad Bursac PhD

Nenad Bursac is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, and Medicine, and director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology and Tissue Engineering Laboratory at Duke University. He is one of the pioneers and leaders of the cardiac and skeletal muscle tissue engineering fields. Currently, Dr. Bursac’s research efforts are focused on the engineering of stem cell-based striated muscle tissues, in vitro modeling of muscle physiology and disease, and cell- and gene-based therapies for heart and skeletal muscle disorders. Recently, Dr. Bursac’s group has been the first to develop functional models of human skeletal muscle from primary and induced pluripotent stem cells.