Biographies of Authors and Editors
Ratner, Buddy Ph.D.
Professor and UWEB Director
University of Washington, Department of Bioengineering
Box 351720, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
E-mail: ratner@uweb.engr.washington.edu
Web-site: www.uweb.engr.washington.edu
Buddy D. Ratner, Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington, received his Ph.D. (1972) in polymer chemistry from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. From 1985-1996 he directed the NIH-funded National ESCA and Surface Analysis Center for Biomedical Problems (NESAC/BIO). In 1996, he assumed the Directorship of University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB), an NSF Engineering Research Center aimed toward evolving a new generation of Òbiomaterials that healÓ. He is the Editor of the Journal of Undergraduate Research in BioEngineering, a member of the editorial boards of six journals, a past President of the Society For Biomaterials, President-elect of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, recipient of many awards for scholarship and research and author over 280 scholarly works. His research interests include biomaterials, polymers, biocompatibility, biomineralization, surface analysis of organic materials, self assembly and RF-plasma thin film deposition.
