Three BU faculty members were recently appointed as William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professors, one of them being CAS and ENG professor Mark W. Grinstaff. He is a Professor of Translational Research, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, and Medicine, as well as the Director of the NIH T32 Program in Biomaterials and the Director of the Nanotechnology Innovation Center at Boston University. His research activities encompass the synthesis of new macromolecules and biomaterials, self-assembly chemistry, imaging contrast agents, drug delivery, and wound repair. His eponymous research group conducts interdisciplinary research in the areas of biological and macromolecular chemistry. He earned his BA at Occidental College and his PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Professor Grinstaff joins two other new appointees, Gary S. Lawson and Dana L. Robert, bringing the number of active Warren Professors to 14, with six in CAS.