Monica Ohnsorg

Monica Ohnsorg is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on synthetic biomaterials and hydrogel engineering to model extracellular matrix properties for biomedical applications.

• Primary Affiliation: Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Email: ohnsorg@wisc.edu

The Ohnsorg Lab specializes in designing synthetic hydrogels to replicate mechanical and biochemical properties of tissue niches, with a particular emphasis on the osteochondral interface. Their work addresses musculoskeletal diseases like osteoarthritis and osteoporosis through in vitro modeling for disease progression analysis and therapeutic evaluation.