WELCOME TO THE HISTORIC SITE OF THE KOHN LAB AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

    


After a 34 year successful career from Rutgers University as the Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and a Distinguished Professor, this website serves as a historic journal for the history and accomplishments of the Kohn lab and some of the more than 600 students, scientist and faculty who were associates in my laboratory. As biomaterials scientists, our goal has always been to improve health care and quality of life by developing advanced biomedical products for tissue repair, replacement, and the delivery of pharmaceutical agents. The Kohn Lab has furthered the field of tissue engineering by creating the first combinatorial library of polymers in which the chemical, mechanical and physical properties can be varied incrementally and predictably. In addition to basic studies, my lab has helped to translate our technologies into clinical or pre-clinical products, including surgical meshes, cardiovascular stents, bone regeneration scaffolds, and ocular drug delivery systems. The ultimate goal is to increase the number of viable biomaterials candidates and to accelerate their development into medical devices that alleviate the pain and suffering of patients throughout the world.



I invite you to navigate the site to find out more about the Kohn Lab history and its achievements.



Thank you for visiting!



Joachim Kohn, Ph.D. Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry; Distinguished Professor Emeritus Rutgers University