Core Faculty Profile

Phillip B. Messersmith

Phillip B. Messersmith

Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) Chemical and Biological Engineering

2170 Campus Drive
Silverman Hall 4627
Evanston, IL 60208-2850

Email: philm( at )northwestern.edu

Websites:
Research Group
BME Departmental Bio
ChemE Departmental Bio
MSE Departmental Bio

Post-doc Materials Science and Engineering
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign, IL

M.S. Bioengineering
Clemson University, Clemson, SC

B.S. Life Science
University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign, IL

Research Interest:

Biomimetic/bioinspired materials; bio-interfaces and antifouling polymers; nanoscience/nanotechnology

Significant Recognition:

  • Editorial boards: Nanomedicine, Soft Matter, Biointerphases, Biomedical Materials
  • MERIT Award, NIH
  • Langmuir Lecture Award Recipient, American Chemical Society
  • Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering; Royal Society of Chemistry; Biomaterials Science and Engineering

Significant Professional Service:

  • Program Chair, 2010 Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials
  • Chair of the 2010 Gordon Research Conference on Biointerface Science

Selected Publications:

    1. H. Lee, N. Scherer, P.B. Messersmith, Single Molecule Mechanics of Mussel Adhesion, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 103, 12999-13003(2006).
    2. H. Lee, B.P. Lee, P.B. Messersmith, A reversible wet/dry nanoadhesive inspired by mussel and gecko adhesion, Nature, 448, 338-341(2007).
    3. H. Lee, S. Dellatore, W.M. Miller, and P.B. Messersmith, Mussel-inspired surface chemistry for multifunctional coatings, Science 318, 426-30(2007).
    4. B.-H. Hu, J. Su and P.B. Messersmith, Polymer Hydrogels Cross-Linked by Native Chemical Ligation, Biomacromolecules, 10, 2194-2200(2009).
    5. G. Bilic, C. Brubaker, P.B. Messersmith, A. S. Mallik, T. Quinn, E. Done, L. Gucciardo, S. M. Zeisberger, R. Zimmermann, J. Deprest, and A. H. Zisch, Injectible candidate sealants for fetal membrane repair: Bonding and toxicity in vitro, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 202, 85.e1-9(2010).
    6. J. Su, B.-H. Hu, W.R. Sands, W. L. Lowe, Jr., D.B. Kaufman, and P.B. Messersmith, Anti-Inflammatory Peptide-Functionalized Hydrogels for Pancreatic Islet Encapsulation, Biomaterials, 31, 308-314(2010).
    7. C.E. Brubaker, H. Kissler, L. Wang, D.B. Kaufman, and P.B. Messersmith, In-vivo performance of a mussel-inspired adhesive polymer in extrahepatic islet transplantation, Biomaterials, 31, 420-427(2010).
    8. K. Chawla, H. Ham, T Nguyen, P.B. Messersmith, Molecular Resurfacing of Cartilage with Proteoglycan 4 (PRG4), Acta Biomaterialia 6, 33883394(2010).
    9. H.O. Ham, Z. Liu, K. H. A. Lau, H. Lee, P.B. Messersmith, Facile DNA Immobilization on Surfaces via Catecholamine Polymer, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2011, 50, 732 735.
    10. N. Holten-Andersen, M. J. Harrington, H. Birkedal, B. P. Lee, P.B. Messersmith, K. Y. C. Lee, and J. H. Waite, pH-induced metal-ligand crosslinks yield self-healing polymer networks with near-covalent elastic moduli, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2011, 108 (7) 2651-2655.
    11. J. Su, F. Chen, V. Cryns and P.B. Messersmith, Catechol Polymers for pH-Responsive, Targeted Drug Delivery to Cancer Cells, Journal of the American Chemical Society 133, 1185011853 (2011).