Skin Biology, Biomaterials, 3D Printing, Tissue Engineering, Materials Science, Polymer Chemistry, and Drug Delivery

Donald Aduba, Jr, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor and Staff Scientist in the Dermatology Division in the Department of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He received his B.S. in Kinesiology with a Biomedical Engineering minor from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA in 2008. He later received his M.S. in 2012 and subsequently his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA in 2015. Dr. Aduba served as Instructor and Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Materials Science & Engineering in Virginia Tech from 2015-2018. His work focused on 3D Printing Additive Manufacturing of novel designed biomaterials. Following his appointment at Virginia Tech, he was a National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington D.C. from 2018-2020 focusing on developing nanofiber materials as in vitro blood-brain barrier models before joining the Uniformed Services University in September 2021. He currently performs research developing novel bioengineering human skin substitutes with bioactive therapeutics for wound repair, skin regeneration and inducing hair follicle neogenesis. Dr. Aduba is an early career scientist with a strong history of research contributions in Biomaterials, 3D Printing, Tissue Engineering, and Drug Delivery.