Director
Stem Cell and Tissue Eng Lab, Department of Orthopaedics
West Virginia University
United States of America
Tel: 304-293-1072
Ming Pei is an Associate Professor and a Director of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory in the Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor in Exercise Physiology and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. He received his PhD from Beijing University, China in 1999. He has published about 80+ papers and 3 book chapters. He has served as a Member of the Faculty of 1000 for Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Musculoskeletal Repair & Regeneration and the F1000 Research Advisory Board. He is a Standing Member (Membership & Bylaw Committee Meeting) in the International Cartilage Research Society (ICRS) for the 2015-2016 term of office. Ming Pei’s research interests include cartilage, bone, intervertebral disc, and meniscus tissue engineering and regeneration; adult stem cell proliferation and differentiation; decellularized stem cell matrix and reconstruction of an in vitro 3D microenvironment; and chondrogenic, osteogenic and adipogenic signaling pathways and epigenetic regulation.
