 Brian Wowk

Brian G. Wowk, Ph.D. is a medical physicist and cryobiologist known for the discovery and development of synthetic
molecules that mimic the activity of natural antifreeze proteins in cryopreservation applications, sometimes called "ice blockers".As a senior scientist at 21st Century Medicine, Inc., he was a co-developer with Greg Fahy of key technologies enabling cryopreservation of large and complex tissues, including the first successful vitrification and transplantation of a mammalian organ (kidney).