Mimicking the environment and mechanical properties of biological materials, hydrogels – water swollen polymer networks – have enabled advances in disease modeling and tissue engineering. However, scalable synthetic hydrogel precursors and spatiotemporally controlled fabrication processes that are cytocompatible remain limited. This sub-group aims to develop functional hydrophilic polymers and benign light-driven approached to create hydrogels in both 2D and 3D. Research consists of monomer and polymer synthesis, polymer characterization, and additive manufacturing.