Gary Bowlin

Gary L. Bowlin is a Professor and Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence at The University of Memphis in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Bowlin’s collaborative and pioneering research focuses on the application of electrospun templates for tissue regenerative applications. Dr. Bowlin’s laboratory has published extensively with over 158 peer-reviewed manuscripts. Google Scholar data shows his group’s published works have been cited over 23,855 times (H-index of 67). Dr. Bowlin has been granted 17 U.S. Patents and over 250 foreign patents. These patents have helped to start five different companies and several commercially available and regulatory agencies cleared products. The latest company, Sweetbio, Inc., is Memphis based and commercializing honey-based wound healing dressings, APIS® and VERIS®. He is a Fellow in the National Academy of Inventors and American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. In addition, he is the Inaugural and current President of the International Society for Biomedical Polymers and Polymeric Biomaterials and Treasurer for the International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology.