Jeremy J. Mercuri, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Mercuri obtained his Ph.D. and M.S. in Bioengineering from Clemson University and holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Drexel University. He also completed a post-doctoral fellowship in conjunction with the Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas. Dr. Mercuri’s area of expertise is in the development of biomimetic biomaterials and orthobiologics as well as studying the therapeutic efficacy of mesenchymal stromal cells derived from the amniotic membrane in musculoskeletal regenerative medicine applications. Dr. Mercuri began his medical device industry career as a Research Engineer at Medtronic Spine & Biologics and also worked as a Senior Research engineer at Stryker Orthobiologics.
Dr. Mercuri is currently a Professor of Practice in the Department of Bioengineering at Clemson University. Prior to his current appointment, he directed the The Laboratory of Orthopaedic Tissue Regeneration and Orthobiologics for 11 years at Clemson and was the inaugural John Witherspoon Gilpin, MD ’82 Endowed Associate Professor of Bioengineering. He has 40+ peer-reviewed senior / first author publications, 80+ peer-reviewed conference proceedings and scientific abstracts as well as 20+ issue patents and patent applications.
Jeremy, his wife Jennifer, and daughter Emily enjoy being active in the outdoors including playing volleyball, going to the beach and walking their dogs (Tucker and Ellie).
