Dr Vaughan Feisst

My research interests are focused on two overlapping fields. The first is skin engineering, the process of making human skin in the laboratory to be used to treat burn wounds. We are designing and testing fully synthetic materials as scaffolds on which to grow skin cells. My second area of research interest is mesenchymal cell populations that reside in human dermis, the layer of skin that provides structural integrity. We are interested in the role these cell populations play in human skin homeostasis, wound healing, and disease.