MISSION
RESBIO's mission is to accelerate the discovery of polymeric biomaterials to facilitate the development of regenerative therapies and advanced drug delivery systems.
- Identifying new synthetic methods to increase the number and chemical diversity of candidate polymers and devices for exploration
- Expanding our understanding of cell-material interactions
- Developing computational design methods for the discovery of new polymeric biomaterials and comput>ational tools to predict the success of biomaterials in specific medical applications.
Core Faculty
Joachim Kohn, Rutgers University
Marc Cicerone, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST
Christopher Chen, University of Pennsylvania
Doyle Knight, Rutgers University
Robert Latour, Clemson University
Prabhas Moghe, Rutgers University
Alan Windle, University of Cambridge, UK
Administration
Pallassana Narayanan, New Jersey Center for Biomaterials
Melissa Aranzamendez, New Jersey Center for Biomaterials
Carole Kantor, New Jersey Center for Biomaterials
Scientific Advisory Board
Michael Sefton, University of Toronto, Chair
Richard Clark, Stony Brook University
Donna Dean, Lewis-Burke Associates
Antonios Mikos, Rice University
William Shain, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health
Core S: Parallel Synthesis of Libraries of Polymeric Biomaterials
Rutgers University
Joachim Kohn, Professor, Leader
Das Bolikal, Asst. Research Prof., Polymer chemistry
Barry Cunningham, Senior synthesis technician
Charlie Florek, Graduate Student, Electrospinning
Carmine Iovine, Asst. Research Prof., High throughput experimentation
Dan Lewitus, Graduate Student, Synthesis and characterization
Sanjeeva Murthy, Assoc. Research Prof., Polymer characterization
Sven Sommerfeld, Graduate Student, Synthesis and characterization
Asa Vaughan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Polymer synthesis
Center for Neural Communication Technology - Collaborators
Daryl Kipke, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Univ. of Michigan
William Shain, Professor, Neuroscience, Wadsworth Center
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University - Collaborators
Julia Babensee, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Peng-Meng Kou, Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
Core H: Rapid Screening and High-Throughput Characterization and Evaluation
National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST
Marcus Cicerone, Biomaterials Group Leader, NIST Polymers Division
Khaled Aamer, Postdoctoral Associate
Joy Dunkers, Physical Scientist, Characterization and Measurement
Core M: Mechanical Interaction Between Cells and Substratum
University of Pennsylvania
Christopher Chen, Professor, Area Leader
Daniel Cohen, Postdoctoral Associate, cell biology
Michael Yang, Graduate Student
Michelle Lynch, Lab Manager/Research Specialist
Core Area P: Cell-Based Profiling of Biomaterials
Rutgers University
Prabhas Moghe, Professor, Leader
Jared Bushman, Asst. Research Professor, Cell/molecular biology
Er Liu, Graduate Student
Sebastian Vega, Graduate Student, Cell-material interactions
Joseph Kim, Microscopy Specialist
Georgia Institute of Technology - Collaborator
Andres Garcia, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Core Area C: Computational Data Analysis and Modeling
Center for Computational Design, Rutgers University
Doyle Knight, Professor and Director, Leader
Aurora Costache, Research Associate, Computational modeling
Laboratory for Biomolecular Modeling, Clemson University
Robert Latour, Professor, Protein adsorption on biomaterials, computer modeling
Xianfeng Li, Research Associate, Protein adsorption on biomaterials, computer modeling
University of Cambridge (UK)
Alan Windle, Professor, Materials Science
James Elliott, Lecturer, Materials Science
Dr. Dmytro Antypov, Postdoctoral Associate