Matt Brown

Dr. Brown has extensive biomaterials experience from his graduate work developing a bioactive agent releasing artificial bone grafting material. Dr. Brown is involved in both product fabrication for animal and clinical studies as well as new research and development at Intralink Spine. In a recent large animal in vivo biocompatibility study, he performed the mechanical testing of the sheep intervertebral discs as well as other data analysis.

His research in the lab is currently focused on the development of a biodegradable suture coating for local delivery of a crosslinking agent to target tissues. The use of different biocompatible polymers allows us to tune the release rate of the crosslinker for our desired application.

Dr. Brown has two first-author peer-reviewed publications, eight conference presentations, and was a recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) during his graduate work where he also earned a graduate certificate in Bioactive Interfaces and Devices. He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and a B.S. degree in Biology from Western Kentucky University.