Fabrication of Organoid and Complex μ (micro/nano)-scale biomimetic Surfaces Laboratory

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

My research program focuses on the development of novel nanostructured materials with highly controlled architectures and chemistries for tissue engineering and drug delivery applications. The materials developed through this research will address some of the key challenges of regenerative medicine and drug delivery. We plan to exploit classical engineering principles to increase understanding of the ways that cells receive information from materials, and what happens to cell function over time when assembled within 3D microenvironments. The goal of our research program is to design novel surfaces for understanding the underlying biology of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and engineer novel therapeutic approaches. Specific areas of research include:

1. Tissue Engineering-Liver, Brain and Cancer: To develop tissue engineering models of liver, brain, and cancer using a combination of physical, chemical and biological cues at the cellular level.
   

2. Nano-scale Drug Delivery System for Gene Therapy: To design novel drug and vaccine delivery systems, which provide spatial and temporal regulation of drug signaling or stem cell growth and differentiation from the targets identified above.
   

3. Novel Thin Films for Sensor Applications: To engineer microarrays of biomaterials for high throughput screening as biosensors.
   

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1. Associate Professor (w tenure) of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, 04/2016 - Present.
   

2. Assistant Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, 08/2010 - 04/2016.
   

3. Faculty Associate, Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 10/2010 - Present.
   

4. Assistant Professor (Courtesy Appointment), Regenerative Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, 08/2013 - Present.
   

5. Research Engineer, Hitachi Chemical Research Center Inc, Irvine, CA, 04/2009-07/2010.
   

6. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Shriners Hospital for Children, 03/2007 - 03/2009.
   

7. Faculty Researcher, Department of Anesthesiology, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, 03/2007 - 03/2009.
   

8. Graduate Research Assistant, Michigan State University, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, East Lansing, MI, 01/2003 - 02/2007.
   

9. Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, Michigan State University, Department of Chemistry, East Lansing, MI, 08/1999 - 12/2002.
   

HONORS & AWARDS:

   2010        Layman’s Award, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

   2010        Research Development Fellow, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

   2009        DoD Prostate Cancer Postdoctoral Fellowship

   2009        Elected to Sigma Xi, Full Member, Harvard Chapter

   2007        American Chemical Society (ACS) ICI Student Award Finalist in Applied Polymer Science, 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA

   2006        Food, Nutrition and Chronic Disease Fellowship, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

   2006        Dissertation Fellowship, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

   2006        ACS Excellence Award in Polymer Science, 231th ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA

   2005        Best Presentation Award in ACS Symposium “Polymers for Bioactive Surfaces”, 231th ACS National Meeting, Washington D.C.

   2004        First Prize in CFMR Annual Symposium poster competition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

   2000        Walter and Margaret Yates Memorial Scholarship, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

1. Full member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
   

2. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
   

3. American Chemical Society (ACS)
   

4. Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
   

5. Materials Research Society (MRS)
   

6. The Society for Biomaterials

Srivatsan Kidambi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
207F Donald F Othmer Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588

Phone: (402) 472-4443
Fax: (402) 472-6989
E-mail: skidambi2@unl.edu

EDUCATION:

1. 2009 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
   

2. 2007 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University
   

3. 2002 M.S., Chemistry, Michigan State University
   

4. 1999 B.S., Chemistry, University of Madras, India

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