Melissa L. Knothe Tate's Biography

Melissa L. Knothe Tate, Paul Trainor Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Fellow of AIMBE, ASME, BMES, Professor, University of New South Wales

Melissa's expertise lies in the areas of multiscale, experimental and computational mechanobiology, regenerative medicine, as well as next generation implants and advanced materials.
Her research and development work has encompassed several thrust areas at interface of biology and mechanics, referred to as mechanobiology. Spanning from stem cell mechanobiology to technology development, her principal focus has been on multiscale computational and experimental approaches to uncover and harness biophysical signals that promote tissue generation and healing. Her MechBio team (mechbio.org) has used this knowledge to develop new treatment strategies as well as novel materials and implants.
As a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the American Society for Mechanical Engineers, and the Biomedical Engineering Society, she has received numerous international research and development (R&D) awards. Her R&D program has resulted in over 210 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and proceedings, 150 invited presentations and more than $14.9M in research, development, training, conference and infrastructure funding. She serves on several editorial boards of journals ranging from IEEE Transactions in Biomedical Engineering to Frontiers in Computational Physiology and Medicine to Technology and Health Care and has guest edited special volumes for the Annals of Biomedical Engineering and Tissue Engineering. Her trainees have gone on to leading posts in industry, academia, medicine and government.