SANTIAGO CORREA

SANTI JOINS THE FACULTY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

April 20, 2022

I am thrilled to join the vibrant research community in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, a community that has long trailblazed a path at the intersection of technology and medicine. My laboratory will focus on developing nanostructured biomaterials for immuno-engineering applications, where we seek to control the precise timing and location of biological signaling to reprogram the immune system to overcome diverse diseases.

SANTIAGO CORREA

I am an incoming Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, where I will open my lab on January 1st, 2023. My research group will develop biomaterials composed of nano-scale building blocks, which are used to reprogram the body’s immune system to fight cancer, autoimmune disease, and infection.

Currently, I am wrapping up my postdoctoral work as a Ruth L. Kirschstein NCI F32 Postdoctoral Fellow in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Stanford University, where I work on immunomodulatory biomaterials in Professor Eric Appel's research group. I am primarily interested in developing nanotechnology for both macro- and nanoscale drug delivery vehicles. Prior to my postdoctoral work, I received my PhD in Biological Engineering from MIT, where I developed self-assembled multi-functional nanoparticles for cancer therapy in Professor Paula Hammond's research group. My doctoral work centered on advancing the sub-cellular targeting, gene therapy, and diagnostic capabilities of nanomedicines. Before grad school, I received my BS in Biomedical Engineering from Yale University, where I conducted research on the foreign body response to brain implants in the Kyriakides Lab.