Mariah Hahn

Mariah Hahn
SpouseJuergen Hahn
Academic background
EducationBSc, chemical engineering, 1998, University of Texas at Austin
M. Eng, electrical engineering, 2001, Stanford University
PhD, 2004, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisCharacterization of the vocal fold lamina propria towards voice restoration (2004)
Doctoral advisorRobert S. Langer
Other advisorJennifer L. West
Academic work
InstitutionsRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Texas A&M University
Main interestsvocal fold regeneration

Mariah Somer Hahn (née Douglas) is an American chemical engineer. She is a professor of biomedical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Hahn is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Society

Early life and education

Hahn earned her Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998 and received her Master's degree in electrical engineering at Stanford University in 2001. She then enrolled at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for her PhD in vocal fold regeneration.[1] Hahn trained under Robert S. Langer during her PhD and worked with Jennifer L. West in her postdoctoral studies at Rice University.[2] While at MIT, Hahn worked with Langer to help develop vocal cords for Julie Andrews, who had her vocal cords damaged by a surgery.[3]

Career

Hahn joined the department of chemical engineering at Texas A&M University in 2005 as an assistant professor.[1] In this role, she continued to develop vocal fold regeneration through tissue engineering.[4] Hahn received a 2010 National Science Foundation CAREER Award to support her research integrating collagen-mimetic protein–based gels with gene silencing methods.[2] Hahn left Texas A&M in 2012 and joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) as an associate professor.[5]

While at RPI, Hahn established the Hahn Tissue Lab, which cultivates cells from human and animal tissue for use in vocal fold repair.[6] She collaborated with other scientists to develop a shape memory polymer coated in a bioactive polydopamine that could be used to replace skull bone lost to injury, surgery, or birth defect.[7] Outside of her lab, Hahn was promoted to Full Professor in 2015[8] and appointed to the editorial board of the journal Scientific Reports.[9] She was elected a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2016 for her "pioneering work on biomaterials for vocal cord reconstruction and cell adhseion studies leading to low thrombogenicity materials."[10][11]

Hahn was elected a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society in 2022 for her "achievements in soft tissue regeneration and inflammatory disease modeling."[12]

Personal life

Hahn is married to Juergen Hahn, a fellow biomedical engineer at RPI.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mariah Hahn". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Archived from the original on May 18, 2025. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Chemical engineering's Hahn wins NSF CAREER Award". Texas A&M University. February 10, 2010. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  3. ^ Brehm, Denise (July 17, 2002). "Julie Andrews hopes to sing praises of vocal cord research team". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  4. ^ Linebaugh, Sarah (May 5, 2009). "Questions and answers". The Battalion. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  5. ^ "New Faculty". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. June 29, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  6. ^ Muenz, Rachel (December 10, 2017). "Despite a Small Staff, Tissue Engineering Lab Has a Broad Research Focus". Lab Manager. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  7. ^ Martialay, Mary L. (April 7, 2017). "A Moldable Scaffold for Bone". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  8. ^ "Mariah Hahn promoted to Professor". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. June 30, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  9. ^ "Mariah Hahn appointed to Editorial Board of Scientific Reports". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. July 9, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  10. ^ "Mariah S. Hahn To Be Inducted Into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite" (PDF). American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. January 20, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  11. ^ "Mariah Hahn and Xavier Intes elected to AIMBE College of Fellows". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  12. ^ "Mariah Hahn and Juergen Hahn Named Fellows of BMES". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. September 6, 2022. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  13. ^ McGlynn, Dylan (April 14, 2023). "Autism Expo: Annual Event Helps Families Connect". Saratoga TODAY newspaper. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
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