个人简介

Education Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University B.S. in Chemistry with a minor in Biology, Iona College Experience Visiting Assistant Professor, Franklin and Marshall College, 2007-2008

研究领域

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Synthesis of small biologically active natural and unnatural molecules. Specific interests include compounds that belong to the tannin and alkaloid families, as well as other secondary metabolites. Development of new and useful chemical transformations is another of my interest of mine. These include the use of microwave-enhanced chemistry to develop organic reactions in aqueous media

My research areas focus on the development of functional skeletal, cardiac muscles, cartilages and neural tissues by combining pluripotent stem cells, biomaterials and tissue engineering strategies. Pluripotent stem cells have the potential to differentiate into any cell lineages. Direct differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into musculoskeletal and neural lineages is one of my major research areas. For biomaterial part, design, synthesis and fabrication of biodegradable polymers for tissue engineering scaffolding materials and molecular (DNA, RNA and small molecular drug) delivery is the second major research topic. Furthermore, another active research interest is the utilization of tissue engineering strategies for making functional engineered tissues in vitro for physiological studies, drug testing, and novel therapeutic application of regenerative medicine.