David J. Mooney

David J. Mooney completed his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992. He also served as a Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School from 1992-1994. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1987.

Before coming to Harvard University as Gordon McKay Professor of Bioengineering, he spent ten years conducting research and teaching at the University of Michigan; his last appointment at Michigan in 2001 spanned two schools -- Professor in the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, and Professor of Biologic & Materials Sciences in the School of Dentistry.

The basic question that drives Mooney�s research is: how do mammalian cells receive information from the materials in their environment.

Mooney plays an active role in the major biomedical/chemical engineering professional societies, serves as an editorial advisor to several journals and publishers, organizes and chairs leading conferences and symposia, and participates on several industry advisory boards.