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Sarah Stabenfeldt

Sarah Stabenfeldt

Professor,
School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
Other ASU affiliations
Sustainable Macromolecular Materials and Manufacturing Associate Faculty
Molecular/Cellular Biology (MS/PhD) program
  • Sarah.Stabenfeldt@asu.edu
  • Phone: 480-965-8336
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  • ISTB1 281E ,
  • Mail code: 9709
    Campus: Tempe
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Sarah Stabenfeldt received her bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering from Saint Louis University and her doctorate in bioengineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. She was awarded an National Institutes of Health (NIH) NRSA pre-doctoral fellowship for her doctoral thesis research on developing neural tissue engineering therapies for traumatic brain injury. As a NIH postdoctoral fellow at Emory University School of Medicine and Georgia Tech, she investigated fibrin-derived peptide-protein binding interactions, designing fibrin-based wound healing therapeutics. She joined Arizona State University’s School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering as an assistant professor in 2011 and leads her research team in developing regenerative medicine strategies for acute neural injury. Since joining ASU, Stabenfeldt has been awarded the Arizona Biomedical Research Consortium Early Stage Investigator Award, the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, and a National Science Founcation (NSF) CAREER Award. 

Education
  • Ph.D. Bioengineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Saint Louis University
Research Website URL
https://stabenfeldt.engineering.asu.edu/
Google Scholar URL
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4Cc5JhwAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Interests

Each year in the United States over 1.7 million individuals will experience a traumatic or ischemic-related brain injury, with 350,000 persons sustaining a severe to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) and an additional 800,000 people suffering from stroke. Our laboratory specifically focuses on (1) engineering novel targeted diagnostic and therapeutic (‘theranostic’) biomaterials for neural injury/disease and (2) identifying endogenous neural stem cell homing mechanisms after injury and incorporating such biosignals into tissue-engineered matrices. 

Research Group

Stabenfeldt Research Group

Research Activity
  • Rege,Kaushal*, Stabenfeldt,Sarah E, Wallstrom,Garrick L. Photothermal Nanocomposites for Tissue Repair. HHS-NIH-NIBIB(9/9/2015 - 5/31/2019).
  • Spence,John Charles*, Carpenter,Ray W, Frasch,Wayne D, Fromme,Petra, Halden,Rolf, Hogue,Brenda G, Labaer,Joshua, Leket-Mor,Tsafrir Shlomo, Liu,Jingyue, Liu,Wei, Mason,Hugh S, Muthuswamy,Jitendran, Olive,Michael Foster, Rege,Kaushal, Rez,Peter, Rittmann,Bruce Edward, Roberson,Robert Wayne, Ros,Alexandra, Ros,Robert, Stabenfeldt,Sarah E, Torres,Cesar I, Van Horn,Wade Dale, Vermaas,Willem F J, Wachter,Rebekka M, Weierstall,Uwe Juergen, Westerhoff,Paul, Wiktor,Peter Jan, Yan,Hao. MRI: Acquisition of Cryo-EM for Southwest Regional Center. NSF-BIO-DBI(9/1/2015 - 8/31/2018).
  • Stabenfeldt,Sarah E*. "CAREER:Elucidation and modulation of chemotactic signaling after brain injury". NSF(4/1/2015 - 3/31/2020).
  • Kleim,Jeffrey Allan*, Stabenfeldt,Sarah E. A Novel TrkB Agonist To Promote Motor Recovery After TBI. HHS-NIH-NINDS(4/1/2015 - 3/31/2017).
  • Stabenfeldt,Sarah E*. Redecorating the Neural Injury Landscape to Promote Regeneration. AZ DEPT OF HEALTH SERVICES(10/23/2014 - 10/22/2017).
  • Stabenfeldt,Sarah E*, Kodibagkar,Vikram D. Next Generation Precision Diagnostics for Brain Injury. FLINN FDN(10/1/2014 - 9/30/2016).
  • Stabenfeldt,Sarah E*, Kleim,Jeffrey Allan, Kodibagkar,Vikram D, Rege,Kaushal, Sierks,Michael Richard. Detecting and Treating Traumatic Brain Injury Pathology Progression from the Inside-Out. HHS-NIH-NICHD(9/15/2014 - 8/31/2019).
  • Stabenfeldt,Sarah E*. The influence of injury severity on endogenous regeneration after traumatic brain injury. MAYO CLINIC SCOTTSDALE(1/1/2013 - 12/31/2013).
Courses
2025 Summer
Course Number Course Title
BDE 792 Research
2025 Spring
Course Number Course Title
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
BIO 492 Honors Directed Study
MIC 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
BME 394 Special Topics
BDE 799 Dissertation
BME 394 Special Topics
BDE 795 Continuing Registration
BDE 799 Dissertation
BDE 792 Research
2024 Fall
Course Number Course Title
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
BME 394 Special Topics
BME 394 Special Topics
BME 318 Biomaterials
BME 598 Special Topics
2024 Summer
Course Number Course Title
BDE 792 Research
2024 Spring
Course Number Course Title
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
BME 493 Honors Thesis
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
BDE 799 Dissertation
BDE 792 Research
BDE 795 Continuing Registration
BDE 799 Dissertation
2023 Fall
Course Number Course Title
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
BME 492 Honors Directed Study
2023 Summer
Course Number Course Title
BDE 792 Research
2023 Spring
Course Number Course Title
BIO 492 Honors Directed Study
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
BME 493 Honors Thesis
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
BDE 799 Dissertation
BDE 792 Research
BDE 795 Continuing Registration
BDE 799 Dissertation
2022 Fall
Course Number Course Title
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
BME 417 Biomed Engr Capstone Design I
BME 492 Honors Directed Study
BME 417 Biomed Engr Capstone Design I
BME 417 Biomed Engr Capstone Design I
2022 Summer
Course Number Course Title
BDE 792 Research
2022 Spring
Course Number Course Title
BIO 492 Honors Directed Study
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
BDE 799 Dissertation
BDE 792 Research
BDE 792 Research
BDE 795 Continuing Registration
BDE 799 Dissertation
2021 Fall
Course Number Course Title
BME 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
BME 318 Biomaterials
2021 Summer
Course Number Course Title
BDE 792 Research
2021 Spring
Course Number Course Title
BIO 492 Honors Directed Study
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
BME 493 Honors Thesis
BME 492 Honors Directed Study
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
BDE 799 Dissertation
BME 492 Honors Directed Study
BME 394 Special Topics
BME 318 Biomaterials
BDE 792 Research
2020 Fall
Course Number Course Title
BIO 492 Honors Directed Study
BME 492 Honors Directed Study
BME 493 Honors Thesis
BME 592 Research
BME 599 Thesis
BME 792 Research
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
BME 318 Biomaterials
BME 493 Honors Thesis
BME 492 Honors Directed Study
BME 394 Special Topics
BME 394 Special Topics
BME 394 Special Topics
BME 394 Special Topics
2020 Summer
Course Number Course Title
BDE 792 Research
2020 Spring
Course Number Course Title
MIC 492 Honors Directed Study
MIC 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
BME 792 Research
BME 493 Honors Thesis
BME 592 Research
BME 492 Honors Directed Study
BME 599 Thesis
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
BME 394 Special Topics
BME 394 Special Topics
BDE 799 Dissertation
BME 492 Honors Directed Study
BME 394 Special Topics
BME 318 Biomaterials
BDE 792 Research
BME 493 Honors Thesis
BME 394 Special Topics
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
Honors / Awards
  1. SBHSE Metin Akay Graduate Service Award, Arizona State University, April 2019
  2. Emerging Leader, Journal of Biological Engineering, February 2019
  3. Fulton Exemplar Faculty (Selected among the top 10% of Engineering Faculty), Arizona State University, May 2018
  4. Emerging Investigator, Biomaterials Science, July 2017
  5. Emerging Investigator, Journal of Materials Chemistry, B, April 2017
  6. PLuS Alliance Fellow, Arizona State University, 2016-2019
  7. William J. Dorsen Jr. Excellence in Research Award, Arizona State University, April 2016
  8. Outstanding Junior Faculty Poster Award, GRC Biomaterials & Tissue Eng., July 2015.
  9. National Science Foundation CAREER Award, April 2015.
  10. National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award, October 2014.
  11. Arizona Biomedical Research Consortium Early Stage Investigator Award, Sept 2014.
Editorships
  1. Associate Editor - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, May 2019 - Present 
  2. Editorial Board – Member, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research – Part A, January 2019 – Present
  3. Editorial Board – Member, Acta Biomaterialia, December 2018 – Present
Professional Associations

Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Member

  • National Student Affairs Committee, Member (2011- 2015)
  • ASU BMES Student Chapter Faculty Mentor (2012-Present)

Society for Biomaterials (SFB), Member

  • Secretary-Treasurer Elect (2019-Present)
  • Special Interest Group Representative to Exec Board (2017-2019)
  • Chair of Engineering Cells and Their Microenvironments Special Interest Group (2015-2017)
  • Vice-Chair of Engineering Cells and Their Microenvironments Special Interest Group (2013- 2015)

National Neurotrauma Society, Member

Expertise Areas
Nanotechnology
Regenerative Medicine
Tissue Engineering
Traumatic Brain Inury
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