March 17, 2021 | Corinna Kitcharoen
Guillermo Ameer recognized for his contributions to science and technology
CBC awardee, Guillermo Ameer, NU, receives Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature and named to the Academy of Distinguished Chemical Engineers by the University of Texas at Austin
Guillermo Ameer, NU
A heartfelt congratulations to Guillermo Ameer, NU, who was recently named to the Academy of Distinguished Chemical Engineers by the University of Texas at Austin, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering for his leadership and technical contributions that have helped transform economies, improved quality of life and benefited society. He also won the 2021 Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature from the Society for Biomaterial for his contributions to the literature on the science and technology of biomaterials. Ameer holds several CBC awards: in 2009, his company, VesselTek Biomedical, was the winner of the CBC Business Plan Competition; in 2013, he received a CBC Catalyst Award; and between 2014 and 2015, together with postdocs in his lab, he received three CBC Postdoctoral Research Awards. CBC is proud to have supported Ameer in the past with his research.
Enjoy two complete articles written by Brian Sandalow for the NU McCormick School of Engineering – Engineering News (reposted below).
NU McCormick School of Engineering – Engineering News | by Brian Sandalow | March 15, 2021
Ameer Named to University of Texas Academy of Distinguished Chemical Engineers
Honorees have provided leadership and technical contributions that benefit society
Northwestern Engineering’s Guillermo Ameer has been named to the Academy of Distinguished Chemical Engineers by the University of Texas at Austin’s McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering.
Ameer is the Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering and a professor of surgery in Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine. He also is founding director of Northwestern’s Center for Advanced Regenerative Engineering.
The honor is the latest for Ameer, who was a recipient of the 2021 Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature from the Society for Biomaterials. He was also named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (class of 2020) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (class of 2019). A prolific author of academic papers, Ameer holds numerous patents. Since October 2020, several innovative orthopedic medical devices fabricated from a novel biomaterial pioneered in Ameer’s lab have received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for use in surgeries to attach soft tissue grafts to bone.
The Academy of Distinguished Chemical Engineers, established in 2017, recognizes alumni, faculty, and friends of the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering who have provided leadership and technical contributions that have helped transform economies, improved quality of life, and benefited society. Ameer received his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Texas in 1993.
NU McCormick School of Engineering – Engineering News | by Brian Sandalow | December 23, 2020
Ameer Receives Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature
The honor is given to someone who has produced important work in a variety of technical media
Northwestern Engineering’s Guillermo Ameer has been named the recipient of the 2021 Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature from the Society for Biomaterials.
The Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature is given to someone who has made significant contributions to the literature on the science or technology of biomaterials. The importance of the contributions is evidenced by systematic publications in technical journals, significant critical analyses and/or reviews, frequent citations and referencing of the contributions by independent writers, and/or the publication of major works.
Ameer is the Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering and a professor of surgery in Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine. He also is founding director of Northwestern’s Center for Advanced Regenerative Engineering.
The honor is the latest for Ameer, who was named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (class of 2020) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (class of 2019). A prolific author of academic papers, Ameer holds numerous patents. In 2020, an innovative orthopedic medical device fabricated from a novel biomaterial pioneered in Ameer’s lab received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in surgeries to attach soft tissue grafts to bone.
Ameer was nominated for the award by Robert Langer, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
“Guillermo earned his PhD with me at MIT, and he was a very impressive student,” Langer said. “I’ve been amazed at, and very proud of, all the terrific accomplishments he has made in biomaterials throughout his remarkable career at Northwestern.”
Source:
Adapted (with modifications) from the NU McCormick School of Engineering – Engineering News, written by Brian Sandalow on March 15, 2021, “Ameer Named to University of Texas Academy of Distinguished Chemical Engineers” and on December 23, 2020, “Ameer Receives Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature”
Featured CBC Community member:
Guillermo Ameer, NU
- ▸ Inaugural CBCAN meeting (March 30, 2017):
Guillermo Ameer – Invited speaker - CBC Postdoctoral Research Award (2015):
▸ Synergistic Copper Metal-Organic Framework-Hydrogel Composite Improves Wound Healing
PIs: Josheng Xiaoand (postdoc) and Guillermo Ameer (NU) - CBC Postdoctoral Research Award (2014):
▸ Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Derived Endothelial Cells in Vascular Tissue Engineering
PIs: Bin Jiang (postdoc), Guillermo Ameer and Jason Wertheim (NU) - CBC Postdoctoral Research Award (2014):
▸ Periadventitial delivery of retinoic acid via thermoresponsive hydrogel
PIs: Jian Yang (postdoc) and Guillermo Ameer (NU) - *CBC Catalyst Award (2013):
▸ Craniofacial Tissue Engineering with Citric-Acid Based Nanocomposite Scaffolds
PIs: Russell Reid and Tong-Chuan He (UChicago), and Guillermo Ameer (NU) - CBC Business Plan Competition (2009):
Winner: VesselTek Biomedical, an innovative vascular products company started by Guillermo Ameer
▸ An NU Start-Up Wins 2009 CBC Business Plan Competition
ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE PAST ABOUT THE FEATURED CBC COMMUNITY MEMBER:
August 29, 2019
▸ Supplementing autologous bone grafts
A CBC Catalyst Team of Guillermo Ameer, NU, Tong-Chuan He and Russell Reid, UChicago, tests Imiquimod’s potential to induce differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells toward an osteogenic phenotype, with implications for bone reconstruction.
April 14, 2019
▸ If you ‘jerk,’ you’ll die…
Four past CBC Awardees from Northwestern contribute to this fascinating Nature Communications publication: Andrew Stephens, John Marko, Guillermo Ameer and Vadim Backman
September 17, 2018
▸ A liquid bandage?
Developing new bandage with healing properties — Fox 32 Chicago News interview with CBC awardee, Guillermo Ameer, NU
June 18, 2018
▸ A wound-healing bandage
December 1, 2017
▸ Guillermo Ameer, NU bioengineer and CBC awardee, discusses the future of regenerative engineering
November 6, 2017
▸ Guillermo Ameer, NU bioengineer and CBC awardee, elected fellow of AIChE
April 7, 2017
▸ The CBC Accelerator Network (CBCAN) off to a great start!