Newell R. Washburn, Assistant Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering

Group Members

Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering

Assistant Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

year	position
1993 – 1998	University of California (Berkeley) Ph.D., Chemistry Dissertation title: “Properties of Na-doped Lanthanum Manganite Grown in Hydroxide Flux”
1988 – 1993	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.S., Chemistry, with Distinction Dissertation title: “Investigation of the Electrodeposition of Pb onto Au(111) Surfaces using Atomic Force Microscopy ”

year

position

1993 – 1998

University of California (Berkeley)

Ph.D., Chemistry

Dissertation title: “Properties of Na-doped Lanthanum Manganite Grown in Hydroxide Flux”

1988 – 1993

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

B.S., Chemistry, with Distinction

Dissertation title: “Investigation of the Electrodeposition of Pb onto Au(111) Surfaces using Atomic Force Microscopy ”

year	position
November 2004 – Present	Member Faculty McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
September 2004 – Present	Assistant Professor Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
August 2002 – August 2004	Leader, Biomaterials Group, Polymers Division National Institute of Standards and Technology
August 2002 – August 2004	Adjunct Professor Graduate Program in Biotechnology, Johns Hopkins University
February 2000 – August 2002	Research Chemist Polymers Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology
July 1998 – January 2000	Post-doctoral Associate Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Advisor: Prof. Frank S. Bates
September 1993 – June 1998	Research Associate Department of Chemistry, University of California (Berkeley) Advisor: Prof. Angelica M. Stacy
Summer 1993	Research Associate Department of Chemistry, University of California (Berkeley) Advisor: Prof. David Chandler

year	award
June 2002	Outstanding Poster Presentation, Signal Transduction by Artificial Extracellular Matrices Gordon Research Conference
July 2000	National Research Council Post-doctoral Fellow
Fall 1995	Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor

year	position
Fall 2002, Spring 2004	Adjunct Professor Johns Hopkins University (Tissue Engineering)
Fall 1995	Teaching Assistant UC Berkeley (Honors General Chemistry)
Fall 1994	Senior Teaching Assistant UC Berkeley (General Chemistry)
Fall 1993	Teaching Assistant UC Berkeley (General Chemistry)
Spring 1994 – Spring 1998	Tutor El Cerrito High School, El Cerrito, CA (Chemistry and Physics)