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Lisa E. Freed

Lisa E. Freed

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
66
Citations
23654
World Ranking
1378
National Ranking
456

Lisa E. Freed publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lisa E. Freed sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 106 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Lisa E. Freed D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lisa E. Freed sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Lisa E. Freed is affiliated with MIT in the United States and specializes in the field of Engineering, with a focus on Biomedical Engineering. Their research encompasses several related subfields, including Rehabilitation, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology.

Their work centers on topics such as muscle activation and electromyography studies, prosthetics and rehabilitation robotics, stroke rehabilitation and recovery, neuroscience and neural engineering, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, and retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes.

Frequently publishing in notable venues, Freed has contributed multiple papers to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Communications Medicine. Other common publication outlets include Nature Medicine and IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics.

  • Continuous neural control of a bionic limb restores biomimetic gait after amputation (2024, Nature Medicine)
  • Acquisition of Surface EMG Using Flexible and Low-Profile Electrodes for Lower Extremity Neuroprosthetic Control (2021, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics)
  • Neural interfacing architecture enables enhanced motor control and residual limb functionality postamputation (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Agonist-antagonist muscle strain in the residual limb preserves motor control and perception after amputation (2022, Communications Medicine)
  • Enhanced stability and clinical absorption of a form of encapsulated vitamin A for food fortification (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Lisa E. Freed collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Hyungeun Song
  • Erica Israel
  • Samantha Gutierrez-Arango
  • Hugh Herr
  • Shriya S. Srinivasan

The scientist's research is characterized by an interdisciplinary approach, combining biomedical engineering techniques with neuroscience and materials science to address challenges in prosthetics, rehabilitation robotics, and muscle functionality post-amputation.

Best Publications

  • Biodegradable Polymer Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering

    Lisa E. Freed;Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic;Robert J. Biron;Dana B. Eagles

  • Neocartilage formation in vitro and in vivo using cells cultured on synthetic biodegradable polymers.

    L. E. Freed;J. C. Marquis;A. Nohria;J. Emmanual

  • Functional assembly of engineered myocardium by electrical stimulation of cardiac myocytes cultured on scaffolds.

    Milica Radisic;Hyoungshin Park;Helen Shing;Thomas Consi

  • Accordion-like honeycombs for tissue engineering of cardiac anisotropy.

    George C. Engelmayr;Mingyu Cheng;Christopher J. Bettinger;Jeffrey T. Borenstein

  • A biomimetic three-dimensional woven composite scaffold for functional tissue engineering of cartilage

    Franklin T. Moutos;Lisa E. Freed;Farshid Guilak

  • Dynamic Cell Seeding of Polymer Scaffolds for Cartilage Tissue Engineering

    Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic;Bojana Obradovic;Ivan Martin;Predrag M. Bursac

  • Cardiac tissue engineering: cell seeding, cultivation parameters, and tissue construct characterization.

    Maria Papadaki;Maria Rupnick;Frederick J. Schoen

  • Chondrogenesis in a cell-polymer-bioreactor system.

    L.E. Freed;A.P. Hollander;I. Martin;J.R. Barry

  • Tissue engineering of cartilage in space

    Lisa E. Freed;Robert Langer;Ivan Martin;Neal R. Pellis

  • Wetting of poly(L-lactic acid) and poly(DL-lactic-co-glycolic acid) foams for tissue culture.

    Antonios G. Mikos;Michelle D. Lyman;Lisa E. Freed;Robert Langer

  • Joint resurfacing using allograft chondrocytes and synthetic biodegradable polymer scaffolds

    L. E. Freed;D. A. Grande;Z. Lingbin;J. Emmanual

  • Medium perfusion enables engineering of compact and contractile cardiac tissue

    Milica Radisic;Liming Yang;Jan Boublik;Richard J. Cohen

  • Biomimetic Approach to Cardiac Tissue Engineering: Oxygen Carriers and Channeled Scaffolds

    Milica Radisic;Hyoungshin Park;Fen Chen;Johanna E. Salazar-Lazzaro

  • Tissue-engineered composites for the repair of large osteochondral defects.

    Dirk Schaefer;Ivan Martin;G. Jundt;Joachim Seidel

  • Cultivation of cell-polymer cartilage implants in bioreactors.

    L. E. Freed;G. Vunjak-Novakovic;R. Langer

  • Perfusion improves tissue architecture of engineered cardiac muscle.

    Maria Rupnick;Robert Langer;Frederick J. Schoen

  • High-density seeding of myocyte cells for cardiac tissue engineering

    Milica Radisic;Michelle Euloth;Liming Yang;Robert Langer

  • Advanced Tools for Tissue Engineering: Scaffolds, Bioreactors, and Signaling

    Lisa E. Freed;Farshid Guilak;X. Edward Guo;Martha L. Gray

  • Tissue engineering of functional cardiac muscle: molecular, structural, and electrophysiological studies.

    M. Papadaki;N. Bursac;R. Langer;J. Merok

  • Culture of organized cell communities.

    Lisa E Freed;Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic

  • In vitro generation of osteochondral composites.

    D Schaefer;I Martin;I Martin;P Shastri;R.F Padera

  • Effects of mixing on the composition and morphology of tissue‐engineered cartilage

    Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic;Lisa E. Freed;Robert J. Biron;Robert Langer

  • Glycosaminoglycan deposition in engineered cartilage: Experiments and mathematical model

    Bojana Obradovic;Jerry H. Meldon;Lisa E. Freed;Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic

  • Differential effects of growth factors on tissue-engineered cartilage.

    Torsten Blunk;Alisha L. Sieminski;Keith J. Gooch;Donald L. Courter

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Columbia University
Ivan Martin
Ivan Martin University Hospital of Basel
Farshid Guilak
Farshid Guilak Washington University in St. Louis
Robert F. Padera
Robert F. Padera Brigham and Women's Hospital
Nenad Bursac
Nenad Bursac Duke University
Milica Radisic
Milica Radisic University of Toronto
Frederick J. Schoen
Frederick J. Schoen Brigham and Women's Hospital
David L. Kaplan
David L. Kaplan Tufts University

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