Meet ORS Member, Joel D. Boerckel, PhD. Joel is an Associate Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery in the Developmental Mechanobiology and Regeneration Lab at the University of Pennsylvania. He runs his lab and teaches with an interest in applying mechanical engineering to cell biology. In this Member Spotlight, Joel speaks about non-linearity elasticity as it pertains to tissue mechanics as well as to careers in science, where things happen, but sometimes with delays.

About the ORS, Joel states, “Some of my dearest friends in the world are folks that I know through the ORS, and I see them multiple times a year because of our interactions in science. These kinds of relationships are so meaningful.”