Prof. Dr. Marc Lavertu is currently an Associate Professor and Researcher at Polytechnique Montreal in the Department of Chemical Engineering of Polytechnique Montréal and the interim director of the Biomaterials and Cartilage Laboratory associated with the Canada Research Chair in Cartilage Tissue Engineering. He completed his B.Eng. degree, M.Eng. degree, and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Polytechnique. He was awarded the Braconnot Prize by the European Chitin Society (EUCHIS) in 2009. Prof. Dr. Lavertu’s areas of expertise include biomedical engineering, biomedical materials, biomaterials, and biopolymers. His research focuses on the use of chitosan as a biopolymer for tissue engineering and gene delivery.