Dr. Alan Russell (Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry, 1987, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London) is the Highmark Distinguished Career Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and Director of CMU’s Disruptive Health Technology Institute. Alan holds appointments in the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, and together with Professor Kris Matyjaszewski he directs the Center for Polymer Based Protein Engineering. He has founded five biotechnology companies and serves on the Board of three others.

Prior to joining CMU, Dr. Russell was the Founding Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, serving in that capacity from 2001-2011. He was also the Founding President of the now 5,000+ member Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS). Alan has also served as Chair of the College of Fellows for the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.