Prof. Matthew J. Webber 

VITAE:

Matthew J. Webber is the Keating-Crawford Collegiate Professor of Engineering and an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, with a concurrent appointment in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. His research group is interested in applying supramolecular principles, leveraging defined and rationally designed non-covalent interactions, to prepare biomaterials and drug delivery technologies. Prof. Webber received a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University under the direction of Prof. Samuel Stupp. Subsequently, he was an NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellow at MIT in the labs of Profs. Robert Langer and Daniel Anderson.

EDUCATION:

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (2011)

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Masters of Science in Biomedical Engineering (2009)

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (2006)

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

 

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

University of Notre Dame

Keating-Crawford Collegiate Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (2022-Present)

Associate Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (2021-Present)

Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (2016-2021)

Concurrent Faculty, Chemistry & Biochemistry (2017-Present)

Theme Leader and Steering Committee, Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health (2021-Present)

Faculty Member, Harper Cancer Research Institute (2016-Present)

Faculty Member, Bioengineering Graduate Program (2016-Present)

Faculty Member, Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics (2016-2021)

Faculty Member, Integrated Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (2017-Present)

Faculty Member, Warren Center for Drug Discovery (2016-Present)

Faculty Member, NDnano (2016-Present)

 

TRAINING:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Lab of Profs. Robert Langer and Daniel G. Anderson, Koch Institute (2012-2016)

Northwestern University

Graduate Research Assistant, NIH Regenerative Medicine Training Program

Lab of Prof. Samuel I. Stupp, Materials Science, Chemistry, and Medicine (2006-2012)

 

AWARDS & HONORS:

AIChE MESD Owens Corning Early Career Award, 2023

American Institute of Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Elected Fellow, 2023

ACS-PMSE Executive Committee, Elected Member-at-Large, 2022

NIH-NIGMS MIRA Young Investigator Award, 2020

NSF CAREER Award (DMR-BMAT), 2020

ACS-PMSE Young Investigator, 2020

Molecular Systems Design & Engineering (RSC Publishing) “2020 Emerging Investigator”, 2020

Selected as one of 11 “People to Know” by Diabetes Forecast Magazine, 2019

3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 2019

American Diabetes Association Accelerator Award, 2019

American Institute of Chemical Engineering, “35 under 35”, 2017

Biomaterials Science (RSC Publishing) “2017 Emerging Investigator”, 2017

National Institute of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, 2013

Dudley Childress Award, 2012 (best first authored paper by Northwestern BME graduate student)

American Heart Association, Featured Chicago Researcher, 2011

Acta Biomaterialia Student Award, 2011

First Prize American Heart Association Chicago Evening of Discovery and Innovation, 2010

Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award, Notre Dame Department of Chemical Engineering, 2006