Scott Wood

Education

  • Ph.D. in Bioengineering, Clemson University, 2011
  • M.S. in Bioengineering, Clemson University, 2010
  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2005
  • Certificate in Technology Entrepreneurship, Clemson University, 2011

Post-Doctoral Training

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Richard Loeser, M.D. Lab, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC) & Department of Internal Medicine-Section on Molecular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine (Winston-Salem, NC), 2012-2016

Brief Biography

The Wood lab focuses on using tissue engineering strategies to better understand, quantify, and predict the behavior of cells in response to physical stimuli. They focus on investigating the homeostatic role of the chondrocyte cytoskeleton and its intersection with integrin signaling pathways and on the development of a Microphysiological Articular Joint In a Chip (MAJIC) to model the multi-tissue nature of human articular joints in a microfluidic system that can be used as a drug screening tool.

Research Areas

  • 3D printing
  • Applied mathematical analysis
  • Atomic force microscopy
  • Biomaterials
  • Biomechanics
  • Biomedical research
  • Cell culture
  • Data analysis
  • Fluorescence microscopy
  • Image analysis
  • Immunocytochemistry
  • Knee osteoarthritis