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Jens Karlsson, Ph.D.
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Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems
Office: Tolentine Hall, Room 111A Email: karlsson@drexel.edu
Phone: 610.519.6250
Personal Web Page: Click Here to Visit Personal Web Page
Research Keywords:
Biotransport; Biothermal Sciences; Cryobiology; Cryopreservation; Cryosurgery; Cryomicroscopy; Theoretical Modeling; Mathematical Modeling; Computer Simulation; Process Optimization; Biophysics
Biosketch:
Dr. Jens Karlsson is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Villanova University, and holds a Visiting Research Professor appointment at Drexel University. He was previously an Associate Professor at Georgia Tech, and an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois. Dr. Karlsson completed his postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School, after graduating from MIT.
Education:
MIT, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 1994
MIT, S.M., Mechanical Engineering, 1990
MIT, S.B., Physics, 1988
Active Research Projects:
"Sugars As Novel Cryoprotectants for Primate Oocytes" (NIH)
"Kinetics of Intracellular Ice Formation During Cryopreservation of Tissue Engineered Constructs" (NSF)
Publications:
Stott, S.L., J.O.M. Karlsson. Visualization of intracellular ice formation using high-speed video cryomicroscopy. Cryobiology 58:84-95, 2009.
Karlsson, J.O.M., A.I. Younis, A.W.S. Chan, K.G. Gould, A. Eroglu. Permeability of the rhesus monkey oocyte membrane to water and common cryoprotectants. Molecular Reproduction and Development 76:321-333, 2009.
Higgins, A.Z., J.O.M. Karlsson. Curve fitting approach for measurement of cellular osmotic properties by the electrical sensing zone method. I. Osmotically inactive volume. Cryobiology 57:223-233, 2008.
Higgins, A.Z., J.O.M. Karlsson. Coincidence error during measurement of cellular osmotic properties by the electrical sensing zone method. Cryo-Letters 29:447-461, 2008.
Irimia, D., J.O.M. Karlsson. Kinetics of intracellular ice formation in one-dimensional arrays of interacting biological cells. Biophysical Journal 88:647-660, 2005.
Karlsson, J.O.M. Theoretical analysis of unidirectional intercellular ice propagation in stratified cell clusters. Cryobiology 48:357-361, 2004.
Stott, S.L., D. Irimia, J.O.M. Karlsson. Parametric analysis of intercellular ice propagation during cryosurgery, simulated using Monte Carlo techniques. Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment 3:113-124, 2004.
Irimia, D., J.O.M. Karlsson. Development of a cell patterning technique using polyethylene glycol disilane. Biomedical Microdevices 5:185-194, 2003.
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