Haiquan Mao

Dr. Hai-Quan Mao received his Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry from Wuhan University in China and completed his postdoctoral training with Prof. Kam Leong in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He was a co-principal investigator at Johns Hopkins in Singapore from 1999 to 2003 before joining the faculty of the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Currently, he is the Director of the Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT) and Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Mao’s research integrates materials science, immuno-engineering, and nanotechnology to design nanofiber-hydrogel composites for soft-tissue repair and stem cell delivery; develop machine-learning-guided, cell-specific lipid nanoparticle design and scalable manufacturing platforms for nucleic-acid and protein nanotherapeutics; and engineer biomimetic matrices that program immune responses. Dr. Mao is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Faculty CAREER Award and a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.