Sidi A. Bencherif
Assistant Professor,
Chemical Engineering
Affiliated Faculty,
Bioengineering
Contact
- s.bencherif@northeastern.edu
- 360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Office
- 336 Mugar
- 617.373.7103
Research Focus
Polymer chemistry and characterization, new approaches to biomaterials design, injectable 3D polymer scaffolds, tissue engineering (e.g. liver, skin), controlled delivery of drugs/cells, biomaterial-based cancer immunotherapies.
About
Joined the Chemical Engineering Department in Fall 2016.
Education
- 2009 PhD in Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
- 2009 MS in Polymer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
- 1999 B.S. in Physics and Chemistry from University of Montpellier II, France
Professional Affiliations
- American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Materials Research Society (MRS)
- Scientific Research Society (Sigma Xi)
- Society for Biomaterials (SFB)
Research Overview
Polymer chemistry and characterization, new approaches to biomaterials design, injectable 3D polymer scaffolds, tissue engineering (e.g. liver, skin), controlled delivery of drugs/cells, biomaterial-based cancer immunotherapies.
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- A. Memic, T. Colombani, M. Rezaeeyazdi, L. Eggermont, J. Steingold, Z. Rogers, K. J. Navare, H. S. Mohammed, M. Sitkovsky, S.A. Bencherif. Latest Advances in Cryogel Technology for Biomedical Applications. Advanced Therapeutics 2019, 1800114:1–45
- O. Chaudhuri, L. Gu, D. Klumpers, M. Darnell, S.A. Bencherif, J.C. Weaver, N. Huebsch, H. Lee, E. Lippens, G.N. Duda, D.J Mooney, Hydrogels with Tunable Stress Relaxation Regulate Stem Cell Fate and Activity, Nature Materials, 15, 2016, 326-334
- S.A. Bencherif, R.W. Sands, O. Ali, S.A. Lewin, A. Li, T. Braschler, T. Shih, D. Bhatta, G. Dranoff, D.J. Mooney, Injectable Scaffold-Based Whole Tumor Cell Vaccines, Nature Communications, 6, 2015, 7556 *Selected as research highlight by Harvard University, Biomedical Picture of the Day, and several online news articles
- O. Chaudhuri, L. Gu, D. Klumpers, M. Darnell, S.A. Bencherif, J.C. Weaver, N. Huebsch, D.J Mooney, Substrate Stress Relaxation Regulates Cell Spreading, Nature Communications, 6, 2015, 6365
- S.A. Bencherif, W.R. Sands, D. Bhatta, P. Arany, C. Verbeke, D.A. Edwards, D.J. Mooney, Injectable Preformed Scaffolds with Shape-Memory Properties, PNAS, 109(48), 2012, 19590-19595 **Selected as research highlight by Nature, Imperial College of London, Harvard University, Materials360, Biomedical Picture of the Day, Sciences & Avenir magazine, Cell Therapy News, and several online news articles
- N. Korin, M. Kanapathipillai, B.D. Matthews, M. Crescente, T. Mammoto, K. Ghosh, S. Jurek, S.A. Bencherif, D. Bhatta, A.U. Coskun, C.L. Feldman, D.D. Wagner, D.E. Ingber, Shear-activated Platelet Mimetics for Drug Targeting to Obstructed Blood Vessels, Science, 337, 2012, 738-742
Oct 01, 2019
Chemical Engineering Student Wins Honors Early Research Award
Third-year Chemical Engineering undergraduate student, Lauren Gerbereux, recently received the Honors Early Research Award for her research project entitled: “Optimization of Hypoxia-Inducing Cryogels”.
Sep 26, 2019
ChE PhD Student, Zach Rogers, joins Northeastern’s NSF I-Corps Program
Zach Rogers, a Chemical Engineering PhD student in Prof. Sidi Bencherif’s Lab, was selected to join Northeastern University’s NSF I-Corps Program with his proposal, “Hypoxia-inducing cryogels as a fast and inexpensive technology for hypoxic cell culture conditions”.
Sep 11, 2019
Bencherif’s Research Featured on Cover of Advanced Healthcare Materials
ChE Assistant Professor Sidi A. Bencherif’s research is featured on the front cover page of the September issue of Advanced Healthcare Materials.
Jul 29, 2019
Bencherif’s Research Article Featured on the Advanced Healthcare Materials website
ChE Assistant Professor Sidi A. Bencherif’s article, Autoclavable and Injectable Cryogels for Biomedical Applications, is now featured on the Advanced Healthcare Materials website.
Apr 17, 2019
James Sinoimeri Wins Best Poster Award at ISPE New England Conference
ChE student James Sinoimeri, E’21, was awarded the Best Poster Award at the 2019 ISPE New England Chapter Spring Conference for his project “Developing Hypoxia Inducing Cryogels for Pre-Clinical Anti-Cancer Drug Screening.”
Mar 25, 2019
Eggermont receives MSCA Seal of Excellence Award
Dr. Loek Eggermont, a postdoctoral fellow in the Bencherif lab, has received the prestigious European Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence Award for his work on cryogels to re-educate immune cells.
Mar 19, 2019
Bencherif Receives NSF CAREER Award
ChE Assistant Professor Sidi Bencherif received a $620K NSF CAREER Award for “Modulating Local Tumor Hypoxia using Cryogel Scaffolds to Regulate Dendritic Cell Function and Activity.”
Mar 18, 2019
Bencherif Receives KAU Grant
Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor Sidi Bencherif recently received the King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology Award for his project entitled “Biomaterials for Wound Healing and Diabetic Ulcer Treatment”.
Jan 08, 2019
Anya Flood Taylor Wins Early Research/Creative Endeavor Award
Second-year Biochemistry student Anya Flood Taylor has recently won an Early Research/Creative Endeavor Award for her project titled “Fine Tuning Cryogel Scaffolds for Cancer Immunotherapy”.
Jan 07, 2019
Undergraduate Elizabeth Fink Wins Additional Research/Creative Endeavor Award
ChE student Elizabeth Fink was recently awarded the Undergraduate Advanced Research/Creative Endeavor Award for her research project entitled, “Designing an Advanced and Functional HA Cryogel for Investigating the role of CD44-HA Interactions in Breast Cancer Metastasis”.