Benjamin Streeter, Ph.D.

Benjamin Streeter, Ph.D. has a diverse work experience beginning in 2014. In that year, they were an Undergraduate Researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where they collaborated with a graduate and undergraduate student to conduct experiments to determine the roles of extracellular matrix proteins and tissue mechanics on liver development. Benjamin also worked as a SURF Intern at The Scripps Research Institute, applying an innovative standard of practice to human pluripotent stem cells to differentiate them to therapeutic neural progenitor cells capable of treating multiple sclerosis. In 2015, Streeter was an Intern at the National Institutes of Health, where they determined the effects of the cellular environment on tumor vascularization by tuning the degree of cell-to-cell contact in culture. In 2016, Streeter became a Graduate Research Assistant at Emory University, where they designed controlled experiments to test the efficacy of an engineered cardiac patch composed of a novel biomaterial/stem cell combination for the treatment of pediatric heart failure. Benjamin also determined the optimal formulation of the cardiac patch by testing 8 different biomaterial conditions using several laboratory techniques and analytical methods. In 2017, Streeter was a Teaching Assistant at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where they managed one section of BMED 3610 - Quantitative Engineering Physiology Laboratory II. Benjamin was responsible for grading all presentations, reports, and assignments of two separate classes of close to 20 students over the course of the year. In 2021, Streeter began working as an Applications Scientist II at Axion BioSystems.

Benjamin Streeter, Ph.D. began their education in 2012 when they obtained a Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Benjamin then went on to pursue a joint Doctor of Philosophy in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering from Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, which they completed in 2021.