Dr. Naomi Matsuura is an Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, with a cross-appointment in the Department of Medical Imaging in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is also the founding Director of the Biomaterials Manufacturing Cluster (BioMC), created to support cross-disciplinary partnerships and international collaborations for large-scale, transformative, clinically focused, biomaterials engineering projects. Awards received include the John C. Polanyi Prize in Physiology/Medicine and Physics, an Early Researcher Award (Government of Ontario), a 2020 Suffrage Science Award (MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, UK) and the 2022 WIMIN Mid-Career Award (World Molecular Imaging Society). Dr. Matsuura serves on the Board of Trustees of the World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS) and is a co-founder of a national network of Canadian medical imaging scientists (WMIScan). She serves as a Senior Editor of the Nanomaterials and Delivery Platform Section for the journal Molecular Imaging and Biology (MIB), the official medical journal for the Academy of Molecular Imaging, and also sits on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Nanobiotechnology. She serves on the NanoMedicine Innovation Network (NMIN) HQP Program Advisory Committee and is a member of the Advisory Committee for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for WMIS. 

Research Team: 10-15 trainees
Facilities: Nano-/micron-scale colloid synthesis/characterization, ultrasound imaging and therapy systems, cell culture/bioprinting systems