Dr. Samuel Polio uses his deep expertise and skills as a trained scientist to help directly translate discoveries into real-world applications to provide intellectual property protection to the Firm’s life sciences clients. Prior to joining Choate, Samuel was a postdoctoral fellow in the Parameswaran Lab at Northeastern University in the Bioengineering Department studying asthma pathogenesis from the perspective of cell-extracellular matrix interactions. Samuel also was a postdoctoral fellow in the Peyton Lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he worked to develop a bio-mechanical hydrogel to mimic lung tissue for understanding breast cancer metastasis. Samuel received the 2018 Alpha Fund Award from Northeastern University for the co-development of a cell and tissue stretching device. While receiving his PhD, Samuel developed a novel technique using microfabrication and soft lithography to pattern <2µm features for use in the measurement of cellular traction forces. During his undergraduate education, he was a researcher at in the TIME Lab at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Publications and Presentations “Comparative Mechanics of Lung Parenchyma,” co-author, PLOS One, 2018 “Topographical control of multiple cell adhesion ligands for traction force microscopy,” co-author, Integrative Biology 6(3):357-65 “A micropatterning and image processing approach to simplify measurement of cellular traction forces,” co-author, Acta Biomaterialia 8(1):82-88 “Bio-printing of collagen and VEGF –releasing fibrin gel scaffolds for neural stem cell culture,” co-author, Experimental Neurology 223(2):645-652 Education & Credentials Boston University, PhD (2014) Biomedical Engineering Boston University, BS (2009) Biomedical engineering Admissions U.S. Patent & Trademark Office