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Vinay V Abhyankar, Ph.D.
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Research Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems
Email: vabhyankar@exponent.com
Phone: 215.594.8840
Research Keywords:
Microfluidics, microtechnology, BioMEMS, chemical gradient generation, tissue engineering, soft lithography, cell patterning, and microscale phenomena.
Biosketch:
Dr. Abhyankar received a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Binghamton University in 2002. He received Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 2006 and 2007. His research there focused on the design and optimization of quantitative microfluidic cell-based assays within 2D and 3D environments. His research interests include biological microfluidics, tissue engineering, microtechnology, and microscale phenomena. Dr. Abhyankar is currently an Engineer with the technical consulting firm Exponent, Inc., where he offers consulting services in the fields of microfluidics, tissue engineering, biomechanics and bioengineering.
Education:
B.S., Binghamton University, Mechanical Engineering, 2002
M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Biomedical Engineering, 2006
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Biomedical Engineering, 2007
Active Research Projects:
Microfluidics and Microtechnology
- Biological MEMS
- Lab-on-a-chip
- Tissue engineering
- Transport phenomena
Publications:
“Microfluidic Logic Gates and Temporal Control Using Passive Pumping,” Lab on a
Chip 2007, Vol. 7, No. 11, pp 1449- 1453 (with M.W. Toepke and D.J. Beebe)
“Spatiotemporal Micropatterning of Cells on Arbitrary Substrates,” Analytical Chemistry
2007, Vol. 79, No. 11, pp 4066–4073 (with D.J. Beebe)
“Membrane-Based Gradient Generation Device for Cell-Signaling Studies,” Lab on a
Chip 2006, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 96–99 (with M.A. Lokuta, A. Huttenlocher, and D.J.
Beebe).
“Using Microfluidics To Understand And Control The Cellular Microenvironment,”
Biological Applications of Microfluidics 2007, F.A. Gomez (ed), in press (with A.L.
Paguirigan, J.P. Puccinelli, and D.J. Beebe).
“Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Microfluidics,” Lab on a Chip for Cellomics 2003,
H. Andersson and A. van den Berg (ed), pp. 257–272, 2003 (with D.J. Beebe).
Patents:
“Method of Patterning Cells on an Arbitrary Substrate and Conducting a Microfluidic
Invasion Assay,” WARF, submitted October 2007 (with D.J. Beebe).
“Microfluidic Platform and Method of Generating a Gradient Therein,” WARF,
submitted April 2006 (with D.J. Beebe).
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