Treena Arinzeh
Treena Livingston Arinzeh | |
|---|---|
| Born | Treena Livingston 1970 (age 53–54) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Biomedical Engineer |
| Employer | New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Stem cell therapy research |
Treena Livingston Arinzeh is an American biomedical engineer and professor known for her work researching adult stem-cell therapy.[1]
Biography
She was born in 1970[2] and raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.[3] Arinzeh began her path in science by creating imaginary experiments with her mother in the kitchen. Arinzeh's mother was a home economics teacher.[4] As a girl she had never met an African-American engineer, but a high school physics teacher encouraged her to pursue a STEM career.[5]
She received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University in 1992.[3] She earned a M.S.E. in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1994[3] and received her doctorate degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1999.[4] Upon receiving her Ph.D., Arinzeh went to work for Baltimore-based Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. as a product development engineer.[5]
Dr. Treena Livingston Arinzeh currently works as an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey.[3]
She contributes to increasing the numbers of minority students in biomedical engineering by inviting 40 to 50 teens from under-represented groups to her lab each summer, as part of the Project Seeds program supported by the American Chemical Society.[6]
Scientific work
Dr. Arinzeh developed[clarification needed] the first Tissue Engineering and Applied Biomaterials Laboratory at NJIT in the fall of 2001. She has published over 60 journal articles,[7] conference proceedings, and book chapters. Her current research focuses on systematic studies of the effect of biomaterial properties on stem cell differentiation.[3] She is known for discovering that mixing stem cells with scaffolding[clarification needed] allows regeneration of bone growth and the repair of tissue damage.[8] She also discovered that one person's stem cells could be implanted in another person.[8]
Awards
- 2010: Grio Awards recipient
- 2004: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers [4]
- 2003: Faculty Early Career Development Award.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Treena Arinzeh | Biomedical Engineering". biomedical.njit.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ^ Hatch, Sybil (2006). Changing our world: true stories of women engineers. Reston: ASCE Press. p. 15. ISBN 0784408416.
- ^ a b c d e "Rutgers African-American Alumni Alliance: HOF Profile". www.rutgersblackalumni.org. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ^ a b c Eboma, Tatsha (May 2006). "The Healer". Crisis.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b "BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING: Treena Livingston Arinzeh". Diverse Issues in Higher Education. Diverse Issues in Higher Education. January 13, 2005. Retrieved January 13, 2005.
- ^ "Treena Livingston Arinzeh, PhD". blacksciencenetwork.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
- ^ "Treena Livingston Arinzeh - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ^ a b Lum, Lydia (2005). "Engineering a Cure". Black Issues in Higher Education. 21 (24): 23.