Laura Hockaday Kang's Biography

Laura Hockaday Kang, Researcher, Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Münster

Laura Hockaday Kang is a postdoctoral researcher in the Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging at the University of Münster, Germany. She received her B.Sc.in Bioengineering at the University of California Riverside in 2008 in the United States. Before graduate school, Laura worked in a research and development company, Energy Related Devices Inc. in Los Alamos New Mexico, which uses nature-inspired engineering solutions to address technological problems. She received her PhD (2014) and M.Sc (2011) in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University, focusing on 3D printing technologies to develop native heterogeneity in tissue engineered heart valves. Her research interests are targeted at understanding what happens to cells in bio-fabricated hydrogel environments and how cells behave and function in engineered tissue. She is exploring microfluidic devices and live imaging tools to study the effects of oxidative stress on cells with the ultimate aim of developing better strategies to handle cells during 3D bioprinting and lithographic bio-fabrication.