Eben Alsberg

by | Oct 17, 2024

Eben Alsberg
University of Illinois Chicago, USA
2024

Eben Alsberg holds the Richard and Loan Hill Chair Professorship and is a UIC Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine, and Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago. His laboratory focuses on engineering functional biologic replacements to repair damaged or diseased tissues in the body. He has co-authored >155 peer reviewed papers and book chapters, and his work has been recognized with the TERMIS Senior Scientist Award, the Biovalley Young Investigator Award from the TESI, the Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging Award, the Crain’s Cleveland Business Forty Under 40 Award, the Technion Lady Davis Fellowship, a Visiting Professorship at Kyung Hee University, and election as fellow of NAI, TERM, AIMBE, BMES and IAMBE. His research has been funded by the NIH, DOD, NSF, the Ellison Medical Foundation, the Coulter Foundation, the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, and the AO Foundation. Alsberg has ~35 patents issued or pending in the field of tissue engineering. He has given >160 invited lectures around the world and is active in many professional societies.