Scientific Advisory Board

Michael L. Shuler, Ph.D.

Professor Michael L. Shuler was the first scientist to envision the possibility, and pioneer the practice, of quantitatively simulating molecular and cellular biological systems with in vitro devices such as bioreactors and dynamic cell culture analog systems. The patented HµREL® technology, co-invented by Dr. Shuler and HµREL CSO Dr. Gregory Baxter in Dr. Shuler’s lab at Cornell, embodies Dr. Shuler’s research at the micro-device scale. Dr. Shuler is the Samuel B. Eckert Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the Director of the Biomedical Engineering Program at Cornell University. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Dr. Shuler is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Marvin J. Johnson Award of the Microbial and Biochemical Technology Division of the ACS, the AIChE Professional Progress and Warren K. Leavis Awards, and the Amgen Award in Biochemical Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.