Guy Genin
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Washington University
USA
Biography
Professor Genin joined Washington University in 1999. His training includes BSCE and MS degrees from Case Western Reserve University, SM and PhD degrees in applied mechanics and solid mechanics from Harvard, and post-doctoral training at Cambridge and Brown. Professor Genin is the recipient of numerous awards for engineering design, teaching, and research, including a Research Career Award from the National Institutes of Health, the Skalak Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Professor of the Year awards from the Washington University School of Engineering, from the Washington University Student Union, and from Philip V. Bayly.
Research Interest
Professor Genin studies interfaces and adhesion in nature, physiology and engineering. His current research focuses on interfaces between tissues at the attachment of tendon to bone, between cells in cardiac fibrosis, and between subcellular components in plant defenses.