Adam Feinberg
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Courtesy Appointment, Mechanical Engineering
Adam Feinberg is a professor in the departments of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, and is the principal investigator of the Regenerative Biomaterials & Therapeutics Group. He has been in a faculty position since 2010 and has received funding from notable sources including the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, the NSF CAREER Award, and the Human Frontiers Science Program. He has published more than 45 peer-reviewed research articles and< holds more than 20 US patents and patent applications.
Feinberg’s scientific interests are focused on cell-material interactions and understanding how guidance cues can be encoded in the extracellular space to organize multicellular assembly. His background is in materials science and tissue engineering, providing him with a unique skill set to complete this work. His laboratory is investigating protein-based materials composed of nanostructured extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins for application in a range of applications including muscle tissue engineering, corneal repair, and cancer. To tackle these problems they are using tools of nano- and micro-fabrication in concert with molecular biology and 3-D, live-cell imaging of engineered constructs. His lab has recently developed two novel techniques: (i) an ECM shrink-wrapping technique to build a basement membrane around groups of cells and (ii) a 3-D bioprinting approach that dramatically improves the structures that can be biofabricated using soft ECM gels such as collagen and fibrin.
New advances in 3D bioprinting FRESH platform
Breakthrough: 3D printing the human heart
Tissue Engineering: 3-D Printing of the Heart and Arteries
Tissue Engineering: 3-D Printing of the Heart and Arteries
Adam Feinberg Demonstrates 3-D Bioprinting Process
Leveraging 3-D Printing to Repair Damaged Hearts
Patterning on Topography
Education
2004 Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida
2002 MS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida
1999 BS, Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University
Media mentions
CMU Engineering
FRESH bioprinting brings vascularized tissue one step closer
Using their novel FRESH 3D bioprinting technique, which allows for printing of soft living cells and tissues, the Feinberg lab has built a first-of-its-kind tissue model entirely out of collagen.
CMU faculty to present at SXSW
MechE’s Jon Cagan and Chris McComb, BME’s Keith Cook and Rosalyn Abbott, and BME/MSE’s Adam Feinberg are leading sessions at SXSW 2025 that will focus on the application of AI in education and organ transplant technology.
CMU Engineering
CMU-led project to fight obesity, Type 2 diabetes receives ARPA-H backing
A CMU-led team of researchers has secured an award of up to $34.9 million from ARPA-H to develop a new bioelectric medicine-based treatment for obesity and Type 2 diabetes patients.
CMU Engineering
Dowd Fellowship encourages ambitious student research
Four Ph.D. students in the College of Engineering have received funding to pursue research on valuable, relatively unexplored topics.
CMU Engineering
Boosting oxygenation for transplanted cell-based therapies
To advance cell-based therapies, researchers have identified a novel device that makes on-site oxygen for biological cells transplanted inside the body.
CMU Engineering
Now printing: seaweed-based, biodegradable actuators
We are one step closer to naturally compostable robots now that researchers at Carnegie Mellon can print actuators using a bio-ink made from seaweed.
Government of Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund
Feinberg lab joins international heart disease research collaboration
BME/MSE’s Adam Feinberg and his international colleagues have been awarded $23.6 million by the Government of Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund Transformation program to develop cutting-edge regenerative therapies for heart disease.
CMU Engineering
Multi-university team building actuators for next gen bio-bots
Multi-university team, led by Mechanical Engineering’s Vickie Webster-Wood, is building actuators for next generation sustainable bio-bots.
WIRED
Feinberg quoted on lab-grown skin technology
BME/MSE’s Adam Feinberg was quoted in a WIRED article about “edgeless” engineered tissue that Columbia University Medical Center researchers are working on and, recently, successfully transplanted. Feinberg commented on the importance of vascular quality in tissues, and a path for making these technologies more available.
CMU Engineering
A path for clinical translation of 3D-bioprinted human tissues
CMU researchers examine what’s happening in the field of 3D bioprinting, core challenges to overcome, and essential milestones on the horizon toward clinical translation.
CMU Engineering
Hydrogels pave way for future of soft robotics
Wenhuan Sun, Victoria Webster-Wood, and Adam Feinberg have created an open-source, commercially available fiber extruder to benefit future research with hydrogels and soft robotics.
2022 Faculty Awards announced
The 2022 Engineering Faculty Awards winners have been announced.