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Buddy D. Ratner, PhD
University of Washington |
Buddy D. Ratner, PhD, is one of the founding fathers of modern bioengineering and most recently was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dr. Ratner is the Michael L. and Myrna Darland Endowed Chair in Technology Commercialization, professor of Bioengineering and professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington.
He received his PhD (1972) in polymer chemistry from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. Dr. Ratner is a past president of the Society for Biomaterials, a fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), a fellow of AVS The Science and Technology Society and a fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE). He served as president of AIMBE, 2002–2003. He was vice president of the Tissue Engineering Society International (TESI) 2003–2005. In 2002 Dr. Ratner was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA. Dr. Ratner is the author of more than 400 scholarly works.