Shangping Wang, Ph.D.

Tissue Banking and Preservation

Musculoskeletal Tissue Preservation
Improvement of long-term storage technologies for viable articular cartilage and meniscus tissues
Investigation of effect of port-mortem conditions on human tendon tissue properties

Mass and Heat Transport in Ice-free Cryopreservation
Investigation of penetration of protective molecules in avascular tissues
Enhancement of thermal transport by nanowarming

Tissue Engineering
Development of non-toxic protectants for cryopreservation of cell-seeded cancellous scaffolds