Lakeshia J. Taite
About
Lakeshia Taite designs biomaterials to create cell-instructive microenvironments that encourage tissue growth or regeneration. By tuning the properties of synthetic polymers, naturally derived polymers and hybrid materials combining both, Professor Taite can engineer biofunctional materials capable of supporting cellular processes leading to novel tissue growth, tissue regeneration or the treatment of disease.
Professor Taite received her B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Alabama and completed her Ph.D. in bioengineering at Rice University. She then performed postdoctoral research in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington. She has previously held faculty and research positions in the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Grove School of Engineering at the City College of New York, and the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University.
Education
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Alabama, 2001
Ph.D. Bioengineering, Rice University, 2006
Post-Doc Bioengineering, University of Washington, 2006-2007