Kathryn Grandfield

Overview

Kathryn Grandfield is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering at McMaster University. She is the Canada Research Chair in Microscopy of Biomaterials and Biointerfaces, a University Scholar, and recipient of the provincial Early Research Award (2018), and Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award (2017), among other accolades. Her age-related research focuses on improving bone implants, such as dental implants and hip replacements, in older adults with bone disease. She is also interested in advancing characterization methods for age-related bone diseases, including osteoporosis.

Affiliations

• Associate Professor
• Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University
• Member, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA), McMaster University
• Member, Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy, McMaster University
• Associate Member, Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
• Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
• Member, Biointerfaces Institute, Faculty of Science

Education

• BEng (Materials Science and Engineering), McMaster University
• MASc (Materials Science and Engineering), McMaster University
• PhD (Engineering Sciences), Uppsala University, Sweden
• PEng
• Postdoc, Preventative and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California, San Francisco