Evelyn Yim

University Research Chair & Associate Professor

Degrees

BASc., University of Toronto

MASc., University of Toronto

PhD., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA

Research Interests

Modulation of cell behavior with nanotopography

  • Topography-regulation of stem cells lineage commitment and differentiation

  • Differentiation of adult and pluripotent stem cells with nanotopography

  • Fabrication and application of nano-structure for biomedical applications in neural, vascular, and cornea tissue engineering

  • Biomaterial approach to study ex-vivo pluripotent stem cell

    Research and Academic Awards

    Young Investigator Award Special Merit Award. 15th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering. (ICBME 2013)

    Young Investigator Award, 6th World Congress on Biomechanics

    The second annual Acta Biomaterialia Student Award

    Johns Hopkins Whitaker Foundation Scholarship

    National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Graduate Fellowship

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