B.Tech., 1981, Indian Institute of Technology
M.S.,
1983, Ph.D., 1986, University of Nebraska
Also
holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition and
graduate faculty member in Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Member of the Institute of Food Technologists,
the Society of Plastics Engineers, and the Society of Rheology.
Areas of Interest
Blending of biodegradable polymers, Biomaterials for
Tissue Engineering, Nanobiosensors.
Selected Publications
Correlo V.M., Boesel L.F., Pinho E.D., Costa-Pinto A.
R., Alves da Silva M.L., Bhattacharya, M., Mano J.F., Neves, N.M., and Reis, R.
L. Melt-based compression-molded scaffolds from chitosan-polyester blends and
composites: Morphology and mechanical properties. J. Biomed Mats Res. A:
(in-press).
Oliveira
J T , Correlo V M , Sol P C, Costa-Pinto A R, Salgado AJ, Bhattacharya M,
Charbord P, Neves NM and Reis RL, 2008. Assessment of the Suitability of
Chitosan/PolyButylene Succinate Scaffolds Seeded with Mouse Mesenchymal
Progenitor Cells for a Cartilage Tissue Engineering Approach. Tissue
Engineering, A: 14(10);1651-1661.
Costa-Pinto
A R, Salgado A J, Correlo V M , Sol P C, Bhattacharya M, Charbord P, Reis RL
and Neves NM, 2008. Adhesion, Proliferation and Osteogenic Differentiation of a
Mouse Mesenchymal Stem Cell line (BMC9) Seeded on Novel Melt Based Chitosan/Polyester
3D Porous Scaffolds. Tissue Engineering, A:
14(6): 1049-1057.
Correlo
V.M., Pinho E.D., Pashkuleva I., Bhattacharya, M., Neves, N.M., and Reis, R. L.
2007. Water absorption and degradation characteristics of chitosan based
polyester and hydroxyaopatite composites. Macromolecular Bioscience. 7:
354-363.
Correlo
V. M., Boesel, L. F. Bhattacharya, M., Mano, J. F., Neves, N. M. and Reis, R.
L. 2005. Hydroxyapatite reinforced chitosan and polyester blends for biomedical
applications. Macromolecular Mat. Eng. 290: 1157-1165.
Wang,
Y., Bhattacharya, M. and Mano, J.F.
2005. Thermal analysis of the multiple
melting behaviour of poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate). Journal of Polymer
Science, Polymer Physics Edition, 43:3077-3082.
Courses Taught
BBE 3013: Engineering Principles
of Molecular and Cellular Processes.
BBE 3033:
Material and Energy Balances in Biological Systems
