About
Dr. Trapecar is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
As a trained immunologist and bioengineer, he is using innovative human-on-a-chip technologies to gain better understanding of how fundamental disruption in tissue-tissue and tissue-immune crosstalk leads to the early emergence of autoimmune and neurodegenerative disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease, autoimmune diseases of the liver and Parkinson’s disease. These remain some of the biggest challenges of our time.
Post-doctoral opportunity
Two post-doctoral research positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Trapecar in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Institute for Fundamental Biomedical Research. Learn more about the positions.
Postdoctoral Fellow - Immune engineering_Posting.pdf
For more information or if interested in the position, please contact Dr. Trapecar at [email protected] with a CV and a brief description of scientific interests.
Education
- Dipl. Ing, Life Sciences, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 2008
- Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 2014
- Post-doctoral fellow, Immunology, Gladstone Institutes/UCSF, California, 2017
- Post-doctoral associate, Biological Engineering, MIT, Massachusetts, 2021
Department and Institute Affiliations
- Institute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, Johns Hopkins All Children’s
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Johns Hopkins All Children’s
- Department of Medicine (Primary Appointment), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Honors and Awards
- Merck Exploratory Science Fellowship, Merck, 2019-2020
- SMI Young Investigator Award, Society for Mucosal Immunology, 2017
- Gladstone Career Advancement Award, Gladstone Institutes, 2017
- EUREKA Innovation Grant (SF-ANTISPOIL), The Eureka Association, 2011-2014
- Young Researcher Ph.D. Scholarship, Slovenian Research Agency, 2010-2014
- Vet&Agro Undergraduate stipend, Vet&Agro d.o.o., 2004
