Andre Palmer, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Andre Palmer, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, is a world renowned blood substitute researcher. Through his research he is developing safer, more commercially viable red blood cell substitutes that can provide patients valuable time until they receive a human blood transfusion.

He has received the College of Engineering’s Harrison Faculty Award for Excellence in Engineering Education and is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. In 2019, he was named an Ohio Eminent Scholar by the Ohio Department of Higher Education for his groundbreaking work.