Jeffrey Karp

Jeffrey Karp is Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and Co-Director at the Center for Regenerative Therapeutics, Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is Principal Faculty at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and Affiliate Faculty at MIT through the HST program.

Karp is recognized as one of the most talented young faculty in the field of stem cells and biomaterials. Among other honors, he received the 2011 Young Investigator award from Society for Biomaterials, and Technology Review listed him as one of the top innovators under the age of 35 (TR35). His most noticeable work has encompassed gecko adhesives for internal procedures, engineered stem cell homing, cell surface sensors, a clutch-based needle system and enzymatically tuned drug release.

Karp is a popular mentor in the MIT and Harvard community. He was selected as the Outstanding Faculty Undergraduate Mentor at MIT in 2008, and in 2010 the Harvard-MIT division HST granted him the McMahon Mentoring award as top mentor.

Karp resides in Brookline with his wife and two children.