Laboratory of Orthopaedic Tissue Regeneration and Orthobiologics

Principal Investigator

Jeremy Mercuri, Ph.D.
John Witherspoon Gilpin, MD ’82 Endowed Associate Professor of Bioengineering
Email: jmercur@clemson.edu
Phone: (864) 656-0978
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Education
Postdoctoral Training, The Hawkins Foundation, 2011-2012, Orthopaedics
Postdoctoral Training, CUBEInc, 2011-2012, Orthopaedics
Ph.D., Clemson University, 2011 Bioengineering
M.S., Clemson University, 2006 Bioengineering
B.S., Drexel University, 2003 Biomedical Engineering
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Dr. Mercuri is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Clemson University. He earned his Ph.D. in Bioengineering at Clemson University in 2011 and started as a faculty at Clemson in August of 2013. His area of expertise is in biomaterials development and the application of stem cells towards orthopaedic tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Dr. Mercuri has spent numerous years in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. Most recently he was a senior research engineer within Stryker's Orthobiologics division (Malvern, PA) and he had previously been employed by Medtronic Spinal & Biologics (Memphis, TN) as a research engineer within their biomechanical testing group. Dr. Mercuri brings his industry experience to the senior design curriculum as a co-instructor for BIOE401/403 (Biomedical Design Theory / Applied Biomedical Design). Jeremy is married to his beautiful wife Jennifer and together they have a wonderful (and rambunctious) daughter Emily.