Omar Z. Fisher

Omar Z. Fisher, Ph.D.

  • Position:
    Post Doctoral Fellow

    David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT

    Chemical Engineering

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)

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  • Advisors:

    Robert S Langer, Daniel G Anderson

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  • Degrees:
     
    Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
     
    B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
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  • Past Advisors:
     
    Nicholas A Peppas (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)
     
    Y. Joseph Woo (as Technician)
     
    Anthony M. Lowman (as Undergraduate Student)
     
    Itzhak Fischer (as Undergraduate Student)
     
    Cato T Laurencin (as Undergraduate Student)
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  • Research:
    My primary research interest is in the use of polymeric biomaterials to understand, mimic, and influence biological systems.
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  • Other Experience:

    2006 Summer Intern, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

    2006 Summer Intern, Centre for Drug Delivery Research, University of London

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  • Honors:

    2009-present UNCF-Merck Postdoctoral Fellowship

    2009-2010 Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

    2007-2008 Cockrell School of Engineering Graduate Fellowship

    2006-2007 George J. Heuer, Jr. Ph.D. Endowed Graduate Fellowship

    2006-2008 NIH Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research

    2004-2006 National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship

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Omar Fisher's Publications (11)



Omar Fisher's Posters and Presentations (5)

  • Polycomplexation Between Poly(ethylene glycol) and Synthetic Tannins (poster)

    Omar Z. Fisher, Robert Langer, Daniel G. Anderson

    Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA; 12/2010
  • PEG/Polyphenol Polycomplexes for Drug Delivery (poster)

    Omar Z. Fisher, Robert Langer, Daniel G. Anderson

    FIP Pharmaceutical Sciences 2010 World Congress, New Orleans, LA; 11/2010
  • Synthetic Polyphenols for Drug Delivery (presentation)

    Omar Z. Fisher

    American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT; 11/2010
  • Self-Assembled Nanotherapeutics Based on Novel Tannin-like Polymers (presentation)

    Omar Z. Fisher, Robert Langer, Daniel G. Anderson

    Conference of Ford Fellows, Anaheim, CA; 10/2010
  • Synthetic Polyphenols for Drug Delivery and Polymer Therapeutics (presentation)

    Omar Z. Fisher, Robert Langer, Daniel G. Anderson

    Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Austin, TX; 10/2010

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