Dr. Julia E. Babensee
Associate Professor
Director of Georgia Tech’s NIH T32 Research Training Program
Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
Office: 1315, Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (IBB)
Georgia Institute of Technology
315 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0363
Phone: 404.385.0130
Email: julia.babensee@gatech.edu
Biography
Dr. Babensee is an Associate Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Tech and Emory University. Her research program is in immunoengineering using biomaterials. She is a fellow of the 2008 College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and of the Fellow Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE), International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE). She directs the Georgia Tech NIH T32 training program “Research Training Program in ImmunoEngineering”. Her awards include Society for Biomaterials’ 2005 Young Investigator Award and the 2022 Clemson Award for Basic Research.
Research Interests:
- Host responses to combination products
- Biomaterial interactions with dendritic cells
- Tissue engineering for rheumatoid arthritis
- Biomaterial-applied immunology
Education:
- 1996 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto
- 1990 B.A.Sc. Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto
Awards:
2022 Clemson Award for Basic Research, Society for Biomaterials
2020 Fellow Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE), International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE)
2018 BME Mission Award
2013 Petit Institute Interdisciplinary Research & Educational “Above & Beyond” Award, Senior Faculty Awardee
2008 College of Fellows, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
2005 Young Investigator Award, Society for Biomaterials
2002 Hulda Irene Duggan Arthritis Investigators Award, The Arthritis Foundation for top four review scores
1996-1998 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
1995 Poster Award, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto.
1993-1995 Canadian Liver Foundation Graduate Studentship Award, Canadian Liver Foundation
1992 Student Award for Outstanding Research-Undergraduate, Masters or Health Science, Society for Biomaterials, USA
1991-1992 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Government of Ontario
1992-1993 University of Toronto Open Fellowship, University of Toronto.
1990-1991 University of Toronto Open Fellowship, University of Toronto.
1986-1987 J.P.Bickell Scholarship, University of Toronto.