Bilal Baradie
Ph.D.
(2/2000-2/2004) |
"Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Fluoropolymers" |
Thomas Freier
Ph.D.
(1/2003-6/2004) |
"Tissue Engineering Strategies"
Currently: CEO of Medovent Inc., Germany |
Stéphane Lévesque
PDF
(9/2006-6/2007) |
"New Enzyme-Degradable Polymers"
Currently: Patent Officer, Viventia |
Rivelino Montenegro
Ph.D.
(7/2003-12/2003) |
"Localized Delivery to the Spinal Cord" |
Paul Dalton
Ph.D.
(1/1999-6/200) |
"Engineered Conduits for Spinal Cord Injury Repair" |
Gauri Misra
Ph.D.
(11/2001) |
"Polymeric Coatings and Tubes"
Currently: PDF, Queen's University |
Henry Peng
Ph.D.
(1/2000-11/2000)
|
NSERC post-doctoral fellow
Scientist, Defence Research & Development Canada |
Jordan Wosnick
PDF
(8/2004-1/2007)
Personal website |
"Tissue Engineering Strategies" |
Yukie Aizawa
Ph.D. candidate
(08/2005-present) |
"Neurovascular Regeneration in 3D Hydrogels " |
Brian Ballios
M.D./Ph.D. Candidate
(6/2008-present) |
"Cell Delivery to the Retina" |
Doug Baumann
Ph.D. candidate
(9/2004-present) |
"Injectible Drug Delivery Strategies" |
Michael Conrad
Ph.D. candidate
(7/2003-present) |
"Novel Fluoroelastomers" |
Karyn Ho
Ph.D. candidate
(9/2005-present) |
"Targeted Delivery and Controlled Drug Release at Tumour Sites" |
Anne Hsieh
Ph.D. candidate
(7/2007-present) |
"Cell Delivery to the Spinal Cord " |
Catherine Kang
Ph.D. candidate
(8/2005-present) |
"Intrathecal Drug Delivery System" |
Howard Kim
Ph.D. candidate
(5/2005-present) |
"Cellular and Molecular Delivery in Bioengineered Tubes" |
Jiao Lu
Ph.D. candidate
(9/2006-present) |
"Derivatization of Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery" |
Daniel McLean
M.A.Sc. candidate
(9/2007-present) |
"Targeted Delivery to the Brain" |
Devang Odedra
M.A.Sc. Candidate
(9/2008-present) |
"Guiding Cardiomyocites and 3D Gels" |
Nafees Rahman
M.A.Sc. candidate
(8/2007-present) |
"
Immobilized Growth Factors for Controlled ESC Development" |
Vanessa Scanga
M.Sc. candidate
(3/2004-present) |
"Stem Cell-Survival and Differentiation on Chitosan Films " |
Ajit Thakur
Ph.D. Candidate
(9/2008-present)
|
"Delivery Strategies" |
Katarina Vulic
M.Sc. candidate
(9/2008-present) |
"HAMC modification for controlled delivery" |
Yuanfei Wang
M.A.Sc. Candidate
(9/2008-present) |
"Injectable Hydrogels for Applications in Stroke" |
Ryan Wylie
Ph.D. candidate
(9/2005-present) |
"3-Dimensional Patterning of Agarose Gels"
|
Xudong Cao
Ph.D.
(11/2001) |
"Defining a Neurotrophic Factor Concentration Gradient to Guide Neurite Outgrowth"
Currently: Assistant Professor, Ottawa, ON |
Cristina Enescu
M.A.Sc
(10/2003) |
"Methods of Enhancing Mechanical Properties of Hydrogel Tubes Used as Nerve Guidance Channels in Rat Spinal Cord Injury"
Currently: Research Associate, Angiotech |
Alex Goraltchouk
M.A.Sc
(6/2005) |
"Controlling Stem Cell Differentiation in Tissue Engineering Constructs"
Currently:
Materials Engineer, Angiotech, Inc. |
Dimpy Gupta
M.A.Sc.
(7/2005) |
"Injectable Drug Delivery System"
Currently: Associate Scientist, Hayward, CA
|
Maria Jimenez-Hamann
Ph.D.
(10/2003) |
"A Novel Strategy for Localized Delivery of Therapeutic Agents to the Injured Spinal Cord" |
Sabesh Kanagalingam
M.Sc.
(8/1998) |
"Synthesis and Characterization of UV - Crosslinkable Peptide-Based Polymers for the Use in Glaucoma Treatment"
Senior Research Scientist, Bubble Tech |
Terri Kapur
M.A.Sc
(6/2002) |
"Stable Gradients of Neurotrophins for Guided Neurite Outgrowth"
Senior Engineer, DePuy, MA |
Jeff Karp
Ph.D.
(9/1999-9/2004)
Personal website |
"Bone Tissue Engineering " (co-supervised)
Currently: Instructor of Medicine, Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology |
Yusuke Katayama
M.A.Sc
(9/2003) |
"Prolonged Release of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor from Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) Microspheres Dispersed within a Polyethylene Glycol Hydrogel"
Currently: Contractor, matREGEN Corporation |
Hyun Joo Lee
M.Sc.
(7/2007) |
"A 3D Animation Linking the Mechanism of Axon Guidance to the Tissue-Engineered Scaffold System for the Treatment of SCI"
Currently: Biomedical Communications Specialist, Bloorview Research Institute |
Stéphane Lévesque
Ph.D. candidate
(9/2006) |
"New Enzyme-Degradable Polymers" |
Dan Lousenberg
M.Sc. & Ph.D.
(9/1997 & 5/2000, respectively) |
"Synthesis of Novel Fluoropolymers"
Currently: Scientist, DuPont, USA |
Ying Luo
Ph.D.
(12/2003) |
"3-D Patterning of Cell-Adhesive Peptides"
Currently: Associate Professor, Peking University |
Margaret MacSweeen
M.Sc.
(8/2003) |
"Guiding Nerve Fibers in a 3D p(HEMA) Scafford"
Currently: Medical Student, Dalhousie |
Kathryn Moore
M.A.Sc.
(6/2004) |
"Mechanisms of Axonal Guidance"
Currently: Research Engineer, Ottawa, ON |
Patricia Musoke-Zawedde
M.A.Sc.
(7/2005) |
"3-D Patterned Hydrogels"
Currently: Engineer, Pickering, ON |
Alexandra Piotrowicz
M.A.Sc.
(11/2004) |
"Drug Delivery from Tube Walls"
Currently: Research Scientist, Toronto, ON |
Samar Saneinejad
M.A.Sc.
(9/1999) |
"The Surface Modification of Glass for Controlled Hippocampal Cell Interaction and Axonal Growth"
Currently: Senior Consultant, Strategic Health Innovations |
Derek Shaw
M.A.Sc.
(10/2001) |
"Peptide Surface Modification of Extended Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) Fibers for Guided Neurite Outgrowth"
Currently: Engineer, Church & Trought |
Meng Shi
Ph.D. candidate
(7/2008) |
"Nanospheres for Drug Delivery"
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Rice University |
Yen Tong
Ph.D.
(6/2000) |
"Defining Fluoropolymer Surfaces to Enhanced Nerve Cell Interaction"
Currently: Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore |
Laura Yu
Ph.D. candidate
(7/2008) |
"Delivery by Surface Modification"
Currently: Research Associate, Baylis Medical Technology |
Ting-Ting Tina Yu
M.A.Sc.
(01/2005) |
"Peptide Modification of 3-D Scaffolds"
Currently: Analytical Associate, Mississauga, ON |
Yumin Yuan
Ph.D. candidate
(05/2007) |
"Novel Biofunctional Degradable Polymers"
Currently:
President and CEO of Jiaxing Bo Mei Sheng Wu Ji Shu You Xie Gong Si (which translates to Jiaxing Bio-materials and Biotech Inc. in English) |
Alex Lee
B.A.Sc.
(5/2007) |
"Antibody Modification for Nanosphere Drug Delivery" |
Sarah Chung,
B.A.Sc.
(5/1999) |
"Drug Delivery from Hydrogels" |
Amanda Collison
B.A.Sc.
(5/2000) |
"New Poly(HEMA) Conduits for Nerve Regeneration" |
Stephan Dang
B.A.Sc.
(5/1999) |
"Patterned Surfaces for Co-culturing Neurons and Astrocytes" |
Lauren Flynn
B.A.Sc.
(5/2002) |
"Oriented Hydrogel Scaffolds" |
Alex Goraltchouk
B.A.Sc.
(5/2004) |
"Tissue Engineered Tubular Constructs" |
Gillian Hillel
B.A.Sc.
(5/2001) |
"Delivery of Growth Factors from Collagen Gels" |
Naana Jumah
B.A.Sc.
(5/2001) |
"Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering" |
Karineh Kazazian
B.A.Sc.
(5/2005) |
"Characterization of Chitin/Chitosan Scaffolds" |
Christine Kerba
B.A.Sc.
(12/1997) |
"Modification of Glass for Controlled Nerve Cell Interaction" |
John Khajadourian
B.A.Sc.
(5/1997) |
"FEP Modification and Characterization after Metal Vapour Deposition" |
Howard Kim
B.A.Sc.
(5/2005) |
"Injectable Drug Delivery System" |
Karen King
B.A.Sc.
(5/1998) |
"Comparing the Mechanical Properties of Central and Peripheral Neural Tissue" |
Hui Shan Koh
B.A.Sc.
(5/2004) |
"Chitin/Chiosan Scaffolds" |
Brandon Kwong
B.A.Sc.
(5/2005) |
"3-D Patterned Hydrogels" |
Patricia Lai
B.A.Sc.
(5/2004) |
"Novel Fluoropolymers" |
Ryan Lim
B.A.Sc.
(5/2003) |
"The Characterizattion of Macro-Porous Dextran Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Applications" |
Patricia Musoke-Zawedde
B.A.Sc.
(5/2003) |
"Neuronal Cellular Response to Caged and Un-caged Laminin-Derived Peptide CDPGYIGSR" |
Alexandra Piotrowicz
B.A.Sc.
(5/2001) |
"Novel Polycarbonates for Drug Delivery" |
Roy Quan
B.A.Sc.
(5/2000) |
"Investigating Surface Properties of Polymer Blends with Novel Poly(trifluorovinyl ethers)" |
Loheetha Ragupathi
B.A.Sc. expected 6/2009
(summer 2008 student) |
"Nanoparticle Liophylization" |
Nafees Rahman
B.A.Sc.
(5/2007) |
“Peptide Modification of Chitosan to Control Neural Stem Cell Adhesion” |
Sammar Saneinejad
B.A.Sc.
(5/1997) |
"Patterning Glass with Cell Adhesive and Non-adhesive Agarose" |
Shaily Sanghavi
B.A.Sc.
(5/2002) |
"PHEMA Hollow Fiber Membranes" |
Derek Shaw
B.A.Sc.
(5/1999) |
"Crosslinking Novel Fluoropolymers" |
Alex Shen
B.A.Sc.
(5/2007) |
"Growth Factor Gradients for Blood Vessel Formation
(co-supervised with Milica Radisic) |
Siva Srikukenthiran
B.A.Sc.
(5/2007) |
“Rheological Properties of Injectable Chitosan Hydrogels” |
Ankeeta Tadkase
B.A.Sc., expected 6/2010
(summer 2008 student) |
"Injectable Gels" |
Emily Tam
B.A.Sc.
(5/2002) |
"Controlled Release of Neurotrophic Factors" |
Yuan-Fei Wang
B.A.Sc.
(6/2008) |
"Injectable Hydrogels" |
Changchang Xu
B.A.Sc.
(6/2008) |
"Cell Mechanics" |
Divya Yadava
B.A.Sc.
(5/2006) |
“IL-2 Drug Encapsulation in Nanoparticles for Cancer Drug Delivery” |
Fut (Jackson) Yang
B.A.Sc.
(expected 6/2008) |
"Modeling Protein Release" |
Irene Ying
B.A.Sc.
(5/2004) |
"Peptide-Modified Dextran" |
Ivan Ying
B.A.Sc.
(5/2005) |
"Synthesis and Characterization of Polyesters for Neural Tissue Engineering" |
Yvonne Ying
B.A.Sc.
(5/1996) |
"PC12 and Hippocampal Nerve Cell Growth on Peptide Modified Agarose" |
