Randolph S. Ashton

Randolph S. Ashton is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Principal Investigator of the Stem Cell Bioprocessing and Regenerative Biomaterials laboratory at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. His research focuses on engineering neural tissues from human pluripotent stem cells for regenerative therapies and disease modeling.

Education:

• BS, Hampton University
• PhD in Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California–Berkeley

Research Focus: Dr. Ashton develops cutting-edge methodologies to generate brain and spinal cord tissues ex vivo, combining biomaterials science with stem cell biology. His work bridges tissue engineering, regenerative biomaterials, and neurological disease modeling to pioneer new therapeutic approaches for neural repair and drug discovery.

Awards & Honors:

• NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship
• California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship

Laboratory Leadership: Heads the Stem Cell Bioprocessing and Regenerative Biomaterials Lab (SCBRM), focusing on scalable stem cell differentiation platforms and 3D neural tissue constructs at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery.