Synthetic, Biomimetic, and Nanoparticle Modified Cellular Constructs Jeff Brinker, Distinguished and Regent’s Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Emeritus, Member UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Natural materials systems evolved over billions of years to solve some of the greatest engineering challenges facing the modern world, e.g. achieving simultaneously hard, tough, and strong protection systems, perfect molecular separation, ultra-thermal insulation, and self-cleaning. The optimized property combinations found in nature often…