NJCBM Biomaterials Achievement Awardees
2014
Carole Kantor, MS For 22 Years Of Exemplary Service
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey
Associate Director of NJCBM
Dr. Sam Shefer Biomaterials Entrepreneur of the Year
CEO of Salvona Technologies, LLC
2012
Michael Sefton, ScD Tissue engineering pioneer – first to microencapsulate live cells
Inventor of biomaterials for angiogenesis
Advisor and red-team member for NJCBM
Salvatore Romano, PhD Rutgers Chemistry Department alumnus
Technical, scientific, and management leader in biomedical industry
Educator, Bridge-builder between academic and industry
Charitable supporter of NJCBM International Exchange Program
2006
Eric Amis, PhDPolymers Division Director at NIST
Combinatorial methods leader
Scientific collaborator
Robert Stockman, MBACo-founder, chairman, and CEO of REVA Medical Inc.
Industrial partner
2004
James Anderson, MD, PhD Internationally recognized scientist, for contributions to the understanding of the inflammatory cell biology of tissue interactions with biomaterials
Gary Cleary, PhD Entrepreneur and internationally renowned scientist in the field of drug delivery systems and polymer technologies
2002
Stanley S. Bergen, Jr., MD Founder and president emeritus of UMDNJ
Visionary who seed-funded NJCBM in 1992
Stephen Livesey, PhD
Founder of LifeCell Corporation
Industrial member and partner with NJCBM in DoD funding initiatives
Director, Australian Stem Cell Institute. Currently, a biotech CE
2000
Angelo Scopelianos, PhD Director, J&J Corporate Biomaterials Center/ATRM
Charter Industrial Member, Research partner
Sponsor of biennial Symposia
Richard Caruso, PhDFounder, Integra LifeSciences
Charter Industrial Member, Research Partner
