Matthew J. Harrington
Assistant Professor
Chemistry
McGill University
Canada
Biography
B.A. (University of Delaware, 2002) Ph.D. (University of California, Santa Barbara, 2008) Postdoctoral Fellow (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 2008-2010) Research Group Leader (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 2010-2017) Associate Faculty Member of the International Max Planck Research School on Multi-scale Biosystems (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 2016-2017) Guest Member of the Biomaterials Dept. (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 2017-present) Alexander von Humboldt Fellowships for Postdoctoral Researchers
Research Interest
Chemical Biology Materials Chemistry Green Materials Fabrication Inspired by Nature
Publications
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Fu J., Guerette, P.A., Pavesi, A., Horbelt, N., Lim, C.T., Harrington, M.J., and Miserez, A. (2017) Artificial hagfish protein fibers with ultra-high and tunable stiffness. Nanoscale 9, 12908-12915.
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Diba, M., Camargo, W., Brindisi, M., Farbod, K., Schmidt, S., Harrington, M.J., Draghi, L., Boccaccini, A., Jansen, J.A., van den Beucken, J.J.P. and Leeuwenburgh, S.C.G. (2017) Composite colloidal gels made of bisphosphonate-functionalized gelatin and bioactive glass particles for regeneration of osteoporotic bone defects. Advanced Functional Materials 1703438.
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Baer, A., Schmidt, S., Haensch, S., Eder, M., Mayer, G. and Harrington, M.J. (2017) Mechanoresponsive lipid-protein nanoglobules facilitate reversible fibre formation in velvet worm slime. Nature Communications 8, 974.
