Kristi S Anseth was born on 1969 and is the Tisone Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, an Associate Professor of Surgery, and a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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Kristi Anseth played on both the volleyball and basketball teams at the University of North Dakota-Williston, earning the honor of Academic All-American in her second year.
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Kristi Anseth transferred to Purdue University where she began her research career as an undergraduate student in the lab of Nicholas A Peppas, receiving her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1992.
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Kristi Anseth obtained her PhD in 1994, working under Christopher N Bowman, himself a former graduate student of Nicholas Peppas, at the University of Colorado.
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Kristi Anseth currently leads the Anseth Research Group as the Tisone Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering.
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Kristi Anseth serves on Purdue's College of Engineering Advisory Council.
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Kristi Anseth is working at the intersection of materials science, chemistry and biology, studying natural and synthetic hydrogels and using biomaterials to create an extracellular matrix to support three-dimensional cell enculturation.
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Kristi Anseth is developing photopolymers that will change from soft to hard in response to cues such as ultraviolet light, and then degrade predictably over time.
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Kristi Anseth's pioneering approach applies photopolymerization and photodegradation to enable precise control in space and time of hydrogels' structure and composition.
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Kristi Anseth is working on the tissue engineering of biomaterials for the replacement of cartilage and heart valves.
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Kristi Anseth has published more than 250 papers and filed for at least 18 patents.
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In 1999, Kristi Anseth was named to the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.
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Kristi Anseth was the first engineer, male or female, to be selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator.
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Kristi Anseth was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019.