Nanobio : Projet Nano Biotechnologie Grenoble Isère
Speakers
Robert A. Latour, Ph.D.
Prof. Latour holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering (University of Virginia, ’79) and MS and PhD degrees in Bioengineering (University of Pennsylvania, ’86, ’89). He joined the faculty in the Department of Bioengineering at Clemson University as an assistant professor in 1989, where he now serves as the McQueen-Quattlebaum Professor of Bioengineering. Prof. Latour’s initial research program focused on the thermodynamics of polymer-fiber interfacial bonding in fiber reinforced polymer composites and the development of these materials for orthopaedic implant applications. In the mid-1990s, he transitioned his research program to study the thermodynamics of protein-surface interactions, with a focus on the development of molecular simulation methods to accurately represent this type of molecular behavior. Prof. Latour supervises both experimental and molecular simulation laboratories at Clemson to investigate protein-surface and cell-surface interactions and how surfaces can be designed at the molecular level to control adsorbed protein bioactivity for a wide range of applications in nanobiotechnology. His research program has led to the authorship/co-authorship of over 70 book chapters and journal papers and over 120 conference and invited seminars in the field of biomaterials.