Alex Lausch | MSE 1T1 (Bioengineering minor)
Senior Product Engineer & Co-founder, Cohesys Inc.
Dr. Alex Lausch is a biomaterials engineer whose work translates foundational research in collagen biomineralization into clinical solutions for craniofacial trauma. Alex completed an undergraduate degree in Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Toronto (MSE 1T1) with a minor in Bioengineering before pursuing doctoral studies. Alex then earned a PhD at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) under Prof. Eli Sone, developing an ex vivo model based on mouse periodontium to elucidate extracellular-matrix regulation of collagen mineralization. This work advanced multiphasic scaffold designs aimed at regenerating hard–soft tissue interfaces.
Following the PhD, Alex co-founded Cohesys, a medical device company spun out of Prof. Paul Santerre’s laboratory at the University of Toronto, and completed a three-year Mitacs industrial postdoctoral fellowship with Prof. Santerre to accelerate translation and scale-up. Alex now serves as Senior Product Engineer at Cohesys, leading development and productization efforts for BoneTape—an implantable, resorbable device designed for fixation of midface fractures.
Cohesys has progressed to the clinical stage, with an ongoing Health Canada–authorized clinical study at Sunnybrook Hospital. The company has raised over $12 million in funding—approximately half of which is non-dilutive—and is preparing a regulatory submission to the U.S. FDA targeted for the end of 2025.