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Principle Investigator

Tugba Ozdemir, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

  • Ege University, Bioengineering, BSc

  • The Pennsylvania State University, Bioengineering, MSc, PhD

  • University of Delaware, Materials Science and Engineering, Postdoc

  • University of Pennsylvania, Clinical Studies and Advanced Medicine, Postdoc

 

​Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=81-hru4AAAAJ&hl=en

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Current Members

Graduate Level Researchers:

  • Amelia Huffer (PhD Student, NANO/BME, Graduate Research Assistant)

  • Mingyang Mao (PhD Student, NANO/BME, Graduate Research Assistant)

  • Vanessa Smith (MS Student, NANO/BME, Graduate Research Assistant)

  • Cruz Franich (MS Student, NANO/BME, Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant)

Undergraduate Level Researchers:

  • Whitney Ponwith (Senior, BME, UG Researcher)

  • Abby Krumpus (Senior, BME, UG Researcher)

  • Gus Bishop (Junior, BME, UG Researcher)

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Alumni

Grace Neven, Ozdemir Lab position: Undergraduate Student, Current position: 

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Lab Products: 

  • Publications: 

  • ​Development of Antibacterial Silk Fibroin Particles towards Mitigating Opportunistic Pathogens in Chronic Wound Microenvironments, (under preparation)

  • Conference presentations:​

  • "Antibacterial Silk Fibroin Based Biofabrics with Controlled Release", Annual Biomedical Engineering Society Meeting, poster presentation, October 2023, Seattle, WA

  • “Hemostatic Factor VII/VIIa Loaded Antibacterial Silk Fibroin Biofabrics fo use in Hemorrhage During Combat Injuries”, SD Defense Symposium, April 2024, Box Elder, SD

  • "Antibacterial Silk Fibroin Particles towards Mitigating Opportunistic Pathogens in Chronic Wound Microenvironments ", Annual Wound Healing Society Meeting, poster presentation, May 2024, Seattle, WA

  • Awards:

  • Outstanding Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student Award

Beth Blake, Ozdemir Lab position: Accelerated MSc Student, Current position: Quality Engineer I, Cardiac Devices, Medtronic USA

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Lab Products: 

  • MSc Thesis: Hyaluronic Acid Binding Peptide Directed Extracellular Matrix Assembly to Prevent Fibrotic Capsule Formation, Completed August 2022

  • Publications: 

  1. ​Developing Fibrous Biomaterials to Modulate Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition, (under revision)

  2. Hyaluronic Acid Binding Peptide Regulates Extracellular Matrix Deposition and Diminish Fibroblast Activation, (under preparation)

  • Conference presentations:​

  1. "Hyaluronic Acid Binding Peptide Directed Extracellular Matrix Assembly to Prevent Fibrotic Capsule Formation", Annual Society for Biomaterials Meeting, poster presentation, April 2022, Baltimore, MD

  2. "Hyaluronic Acid Binding Peptide Regulates Extracellular Matrix Deposition and Diminish Fibroblast Activation", Wound Healing Society BPS Meeting, Oral presentation, October 2022, Davis, CA​

  • Awards:

  1. Outstanding Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student Award

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