Sean Palecek | AIChE

Sean Palecek

Milton J. and A. Maude Shoemaker Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Sean Palecek is the Milton J. and Maude Shoemaker Professor and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.  Sean is also the Deputy Director for the National Science Foundation Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT). Sean’s research lab develops manufacturing processes using human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) to generate cells and tissue for in vitro models and cellular therapies.  Sean’s lab has generated novel mechanistic insight and developed protocols for differentiation of hPSCs to cardiovascular and neurovascular cell types.