PI: Ashley Carson Brown, PhD
Associate Professor and University Faculty Scholar
Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
NCSU and UNC-Chapel Hill
Biomedical Partnership Center / Floor 2
1001 William Moore Dr, Raleigh, NC 27606
Contact: 919-513-8231 / aecarso2@ncsu.edu
Education:
Georgia Institute of Technology
PhD, Bioengineering
2006-2011
Clemson University
BS, Biosystems Engineering
2002-2006
Dr. Brown is an Associate Professor and University Faculty Scholar in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. She received a B.S. from Clemson University in Biosystems Engineering in 2006 and a Ph.D. from Georgia Tech in Bioengineering in 2011. Dr. Brown performed postdoctoral studies in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and she was an American Heart Association (AHA) Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Brown joined the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at NC State and the UNC Chapel Hill in 2015. Her research focuses on developing novel soft materials for a variety of biomedical applications including augmentation of hemostasis, enhanced wound healing, drug delivery for thrombosis, evaluation and modulation of cellular mechanotransduction and development of biosynthetic constructs for regenerative medicine.
Dr. Brown’s research has been supported by a variety of sources including NIH, NSF, AHA, and DOD. Dr. Brown has been actively involved in leadership positions in several national societies including the American Society for Matrix Biology (ASMB), Society for Biomaterials (SFB), and Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). She currently serves as the Secretary/Treasurer Elect for the SFB and previously served as as a Council Member for ASMB and Student Affairs Sub-Committee Chair for BMES. Dr. Brown’s research has been recognized by numerous awards. She is an NSF CAREER Award recipient, a 2019 Biomaterials Science Emerging Investigator, and Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Young Innovator. She received the Young Investigator Award from both the American Society for Matrix Biology and the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine-AM Societies in 2020, and the Mid-Career Award from the Society for Biomaterials in 2022. In 2023 she was named an AIMBE Fellow, and AHA Fellow, and was recognized as one of Georgia Tech’s 40 under 40 alumni. Due to Dr. Brown’s interest in translating microgel-based materials into clinical use, she co-founded Selsym Biotech, Inc. in 2019, which is a start-up company focused on development of hemostatic and pro-healing therapeutics.