Laura Niklason

Laura Elizabeth Niklason is a physician, professor and internationally recognized researcher in vascular and lung tissue engineering. She is the Nicholas M. Greene Professor of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering at Yale University and co-founder, chief executive officer and president of [https://humacyte.com/ Humacyte], a regenerative medicine company developing bioengineered human tissues.

Her work on lab-grown lungs was recognized as one of the top 50 most important inventions of 2010 by ''Time'' magazine. Niklason was included on ''Fortune''’s “Digital Health Care Leaders” list in 2017 for her work in regenerative medicine.

Niklason was inducted into the National Academy of Inventors in 2014. In 2015, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine. In 2020, Niklason was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for cardiovascular tissue engineering, lung regeneration, and biomedical imaging. She holds more than 30 issued or pending patents in the United States. Provided by Wikipedia