Matthew D. Phaneuf, B.S., Chairman of the Board: Phaneuf received his bachelor of science degree in biochemistry from University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth in 1989, performing undergraduate research for the department. He began his research career in the Vascular Surgery Research Laboratory at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, serving as the assistant director from 1989 to 2005. During this period, he helped to establish the Massachusetts small business research and development company BioMod Surfaces in 1998, followed by the co-founding of BioSurfaces, Inc. in 2003. Phaneuf procured several small business and National Institute of Health grant awards for his research interests for both institutions during this period. He has created more than 40 peer-reviewed publications and presentations related to biomaterial modification and characterization, is an inventor who holds several patents and has received multiple awards for his research. He is currently a member of several biomaterial organizations such as the Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation, Society of Biomaterials, the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists and the American Chemical Society. Phaneuf also serves as the biology editor for the Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation and as an ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research and American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists Review.  

Biomaterials, Vascular surgery, Textile chemist