Michael Ellison
Ecomaterials Innovation Lab
Michael Ellison is a professor of Polymer Fibers at the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Clemson University. Ellison has established a national and international research program in Biomimetic Advanced Materials, which focuses on the study of natural systems for inspiration in new materials development. Other elements of this program include molecular biology for gene engineering and expression; isolation, purification and material production from the resultant synthetic protein polymers; optimization of the biochemical engineering for protein production; characterization of natural and synthetic protein materials; and, mathematical modeling of the biomimetic materials and processes. He has a second collaborative research program in synthetic fiber structure development and has established laboratories in the Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films. Ellison has an undergraduate and masters degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in Polymer Fiber Physics from the University of California at Davis.