Genin elected to World Council of Biomechanics
Guy Genin will serve a 12-year term on prestigious international governing body
Guy Genin, the Harold and Kathleen Faught Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has been elected to the World Council of Biomechanics (WCB), one of the field’s most prestigious international governing bodies.
Genin was elected through a competitive process for council membership. The 40-member council includes 20 elected members from around the world who are leaders in the field representing the disciplinary breadth of biomechanics. Genin will serve a 12-year term on the council.
A faculty member at WashU since 1999, Genin is widely recognized for his research into how mechanical forces regulate cell and tissue function. His work spans mechanobiology, the mechanics of biological interfaces, particularly the tendon-to-bone attachment, and translational research that has yielded innovations such as novel intravascular catheters and surgical adhesives. He co-directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) Science and Technology Center for Engineering MechanoBiology and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Center for CardioVascular Research Innovation in Surgery and Engineering (CVISE) at WashU, and holds appointments in biomedical engineering in McKelvey Engineering and neurological surgery at WashU Medicine.
Genin is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineers and National Academy of Inventors. He received the ASME Savio L-Y. Woo Medal for Translational Biomechanics in 2024.
The World Council of Biomechanics serves as a worldwide forum to exchange information across all aspects of modern biomechanics and oversees the World Congress of Biomechanics, a global congress held every four years. The newly elected council members will be formally welcomed at the WCB General Assembly on the opening day of the 10th World Congress of Biomechanics this summer in Vancouver, Canada.