Congratulations Dr. Keate!

Dr. Rebecca Keate successfully defended her PhD thesis, titled “Designing conductive polymer biomaterials for regenerative engineering applications.”

In her work, Dr. Keate examines the mechanisms by which conductive polymers enhance or otherwise influence the repair of biological tissues, from the standpoint of properties such as mechanics, surface charge, conductivity and hydrophobicity, which all independently affect cellular phenomena. She demonstrates several conductive polymer systems that are suited for interrogation of the mechanisms that most significantly impact cell fate, and thus, overall tissue health.

Her work demonstrates, in-vitro and -vivo, how these conductive polymers may be applied to future tissue-regenerative applications.

Well done, Dr. Keate!