Laboratory for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering


 Padma Rajagopalan
Professor
Robert E. Hord Jr. Endowed Professor
Program Director, Computational Tissue Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program
Department of Chemical Engineering , Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering Sciences
333 Kelly Hall, 325 Stanger St., Blacksburg VA 24061
EMAIL: padmar AT vt DOT edu
Telephone: 540-231-4851

Affliations:
Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute, Virginia Tech
Faculty of Health Sciences, Virginia Tech
Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

EDUCATION

Ph.D, Brown University
M.S., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
B.S., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

AWARDS

Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2017
Robert E. Hord Jr. Endowed Professorship, 2016
Dean's Award for Research Excellence, 2014
Standing Member, Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Study Section, NIH, 2013-2017
Robert E. Hord Jr. Faculty Fellowship, 2012
NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER), 2010
Outstanding Assistant Professor Award, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2010
PC Rossin Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, 2005-2006

APPOINTMENTS

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2015-present.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2011-2015.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2007-2011.
PC Rossin Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, 2005-2006.
Research Associate, Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Shriners Burns Hospital, 2002-2004.
Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 2001-2002.
Polymer Scientist, General Electric Co. 1998-2000.
Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1996-1998.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Research in our group lies at the interface of biomaterials, tissue engineering, biology and computational tissue engineering

TEACHING

Polymeric Biomaterials (CHE 5214/BMES 5434)
Computational Tissue Engineering (GRAD 5134)
Introduction to Polymeric Materials (CHE 4214)
Introduction to Polymers for Biomedical Applications (CHE 4984)
Process Materials (CHE 4104)