Principal Investigator
Houman Savoji, PhD
Dr. Houman Savoji is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Pharmacology and Physiology of the University of Montreal and a Principal Investigator at the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre. He is also a Montreal TransMedTech Institute Research Chair in regenerative medicine, organs-on-chips and 3D bioprinting.
He was a CIHR and FRQNT Postdoctoral Fellow in the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Polytechnique Montreal at the University of Montreal, Canada.
His primary research interest lies in the general area of Advanced BioManufacturing with particular emphasize on Micro- and Nano-fabrication of Functional Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Applications. His research focus is to design, develop, optimize, implement and characterize novel functional biomaterials and devices/platforms by utilizing emerging engineering technologies including 3D Bioprinting, Microfluidics and Electrospinning for one of the most highly demanding markets in the engineering and medical disciplines.
Awards and Distinctions
He was a CIHR and FRQNT Postdoctoral Fellow in the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Polytechnique Montreal at the University of Montreal, Canada.
His primary research interest lies in the general area of Advanced BioManufacturing with particular emphasize on Micro- and Nano-fabrication of Functional Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Applications. His research focus is to design, develop, optimize, implement and characterize novel functional biomaterials and devices/platforms by utilizing emerging engineering technologies including 3D Bioprinting, Microfluidics and Electrospinning for one of the most highly demanding markets in the engineering and medical disciplines.
Awards and Distinctions
- 2017-2020, Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2017-2019, FRQNT Postdoctoral Fellowship (1st Rank)
- 2017-2018, Human Society of International Grant, Human Toxicity Assessment Project
- 2016, University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM) Award
- 2015, FRQNT Star Researcher Award, Quebec Research Fund
- 2014-2015, Jane and Frank Warchol Fellowship, Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation
- 2013, Institute of Textile Science Award
- 2012-2015, FRQNT Merit Doctoral Scholarship for Foreign Students