News

January 2021: “Graduate Cell and Gene Therapy Course Attracts Professionals from Pharmaceutical Industry”

January 2021: “Advances in Earthworm Hemoglobin Blood Substitute Research”

12/18/19: “This Villanova Researcher Is Using Earthworms to Create a Human Blood Substitute” in Philadelphia Magazine

August 2019: Dr. Jacob Elmer named Dicciani Endowed Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Summer 2019: Dr. Jacob Elmer granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor

1/3/19: “Cellular Engineering Course Introduced in Response to Industry Demand”

5/17/18: Devon Zimmerman—Dr. Elmer’s first PhD student—graduates.

2018: “Villanova Engineering Team Led by Dr. Jacob Elmer Solves InnoCentive Challenge”

6/1/17: Assistant Professor Jacob Elmer earns NSF CAREER Grant for Gene Therapy Research

2/14/17: Christine showed that earthworm hemoglobin can be stored at 37^oC without oxidizing…check out the paper here.

2/7/17: Our earthworm hemoglobin research was mentioned in Philly Voice

2/1/17: NIH Award to support Earthworm Hemoglobin Research

7/1/16: NSF Grant supports Villanova Chemical Engineering Faculty T Cell Research

5/17/16: Congrats to our senior researcher Brandon Wesley for being selected as a Gates Cambridge Scholar!

5/2/16: Chemical Engineering Faculty Recognized for Outstanding Paper with ASEE CHED Martin Award

4/20/16: Congrats to Devon for winning 1^st place in the 2016 Sigma Xi Poster Competition at Villanova University!

9/1/15: Devon showed that earthworm hemoglobin binds a variety of metals and can be effectively purified via zinc precipitation….check out the paper here.

8/1/14: Chemical Engineering Professor Awarded Grant to Improve Gene Therapy Treatments