Eben Alsberg

Email Address: ealsberg@uic.edu
College: Engineering Department: Bioengineering
Title: Richard and Loan Hill Professor
Office: COMRB 7005
Webpage: https://bioe.uic.edu/profiles/alsberg-eben/
Participating in the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Awards program: Yes

Research Interest:
-- Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

-- Innovative biomaterials and bioactive factor delivery vehicles

-- Control of stem cell fate decision

-- Mechanotransduction and the influence of mechanics on cell behavior and tissue formation

-- Therapeutic angiogenesis

Minimum time commitment in hours per week: 15

Qualifications of a Student:
Minimum GPA: 3.6


Preferred major: Any engineering or basic science major


Year in college: 2 years remaining in undergrad preferred

Brief Summary of what is expected from the student:
My lab is looking for talented undergraduates with previous laboratory research experience to work on projects with a graduate student, postdoctoral fellow or research professor. The research will require a commitment of 2 years in the lab (including at least 1 summer) and 15 hours/per week during the school year. If you wish to attend graduate school in biomaterials or tissue engineering research after graduation, this will certainly be a good experience for you and could result in authorship on conference abstract(s) and/or manuscript(s). The position will require careful time management between course work and lab work, but if you are passionate about research this will be a rewarding experience. If this research position sounds interesting to you AND you already have some prior laboratory research experience, please contact me with a copy of your resume (with GPA). I look forward to hearing from you.

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