Steven R. Caliari
About
Steven joined the faculty of the University of Virginia in August 2016 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering with a secondary appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2022 and named a SEAS Copenhaver Fellow in 2023. Prior to joining UVA he was an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Steven completed his B.S. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida and received both his M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
His lab designs, synthesizes, and characterizes new biomaterials to explore the dynamic interplay between cells and their microenvironment, applying these platforms to address fundamental human health challenges in understanding disease and engineering tissues. Steven has received the NIH (NIGMS) Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA), NSF CAREER Award, and was named a Young Innovator in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. His lab is grateful for generous support over the years from the NIH, DoD, NSF, V Foundation, UVA-Coulter Translational Research Partnership, and Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation.
Education
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, 2007
M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013
Post-Doc Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2013-2016
"We design biomaterials to better understand the dynamic reciprocity between cells and their environment during disease progression and tissue regeneration."