Sean Chambers, Ph.D.

Sean Chambers, PhD, has been involved in research and external collaborations at Cook Medical (Bloomington, IN) since 2006 and assumed the role of Engineering Manager in 2011. He directs engineering teams in product development, research, and packaging. Cook Medical integrates minimally invasive medical device design, biopharmaceuticals, gene/cell therapy, and biotechnology to enhance patient safety and improve clinical outcomes. Prior to 2006, he was the Research Manager at MC3, Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI). He led the BioLungTM total artificial lung research program, which was a partnership between the University of Michigan and MC3, resulting in the formation of Novalung, GmbH. He was a visiting Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering department at the National University of Ireland, Galway from 1998-1999. He was involved in developing the Biomedical Engineering program and the National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science.

Sean is currently on industry liaison committees in the department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. In addition, he has active involvement in the Oversight Committee for the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Translational Partnership Program at University of Louisville, Johns Hopkins University, and University of Michigan. Dr. Chambers completed his Ph.D. in Bioengineering at the University of Michigan in 1998 and his B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1993. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and an AIMBE Fellow. He holds over 20 U.S. patents in the medical device field.