Ke Cheng Elected to BMES Fellows

Ke Cheng, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of Cheng Lab: Cardiac and pulmonary regeneration, has been elected to the 2023 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Class of Fellows. Professor Cheng was selected for his leadership, impactful achievments and significant contributions to the biomedical engineering community.

"I am extremely grateful to my group members and supporters (many in this wonderful department here at Columbia University), who made this recognition possible. I look forward to working with this world-class group of fellows to build a great society via innovative/inclusive research and service"

Research from Dr. Cheng’s lab has been summarized in publications in Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Science Translational Medicine, Circulation Research, European Heart Journal, and more. Dr. Cheng is a fellow of the International Association of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE), the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), and the American Heart Association (AHA). Additionally, he currently serves as the Chair of the NIH Biomaterials and Biointerfaces (BMBI) Study Section and as the Editor-in-Chief for Extracellular Vesicle (Elsevier) and Associate Editor for Bioactive Materials. 

Dr. Cheng's lab translates rsearch on exosomes, stem cells and biomaterials for pulmonary and cardiac repair.