Mrinal Bhattacharya

Professor
[email protected]
+1 612 625 5234
212 BioAgEng Building

1390 Eckles Ave
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Education
  • Ph.D. - Bioenvironmental Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. 1986.
  • M. S. - Agricultural Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. 1983. 
  • B. Tech. (Hons) - Agricultural Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. 1981.

Areas of Interest

Biodegradable polymers, tissue engineering, nanobiosensors

Teaching

  • BBE 3012: Transport in Biological Processes I 
  • BBE 3013: Engineering Principles of Molecular and Cellular Processes
  • BBE 4013: Transport in Biological Processes II

Research

Blending of biodegradable polymers, biomaterials for tissue engineering, and nanobiosensors.

Select Publications

  • Correlo VM, Costa-Pinto AR, Sol P, Covas JA, Bhattacharya M., Neves NM, Reis RL, 2010, Melt Processing of Chitosan-Based Fibers and Fiber-Mesh Scaffolds for the Engineering of Connective Tissues, Macromolecular Bioscience, 10 (12): 1495-1504.
  • Alves da Silva ML, Crawford A, Mundy JM, Correlo VM, Sol PC, Bhattacharya M, Hatton PV, Reis RL and Neves NM, 2010, Chitosan/Polyester-Based Scaffolds For Cartilage Tissue Engineering: Assessment of Extracellular Matrix Formation, Acta Biomaterialia, 6 (3) : 1149– 1157.
  • Bhattacharya M., Wutticharoenmongkol-Thitiwongsawet P, Hamamoto DT, Lee D, Cui T, Prasad HS, and Ahmad M. 2011. Bone formation on carbon nanotube composite. J. Biomed Mat Res. 96A: 75-82.
  • Bhattacharya M, Hong S, Lee D, Cui T, and Goyal SM. 2011. Carbon nanotube based sensor for virus detection. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 155:67-74
  • Bhattacharya, M. and Chaudhry S. 2013. High-Performance Composites of Silica Nanoparticle Reinforced Poly(vinyl alcohol) as Templates for Bioactive Nanocomposites. Materials Science and Engineering C. 33:2601-2610.
  • Lima MJ, Pirraco RP, Sousa RA , Neves NM, Marques AM, Bhattacharya M, Correlo VM, and Reis RL. 2014. Bottom-up approach to construct microfabricated multi-layer scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Biomedical Microdevices. 16:69-78.
  • Costa-Pinta AR, Martins AM, Castelhano-Carlos MJ, Correlo VM, Sol PC, Longatta-Filho A, Bhattacharya M., Reis RL, and Neves NM. In-vitro degradation and in-vivo biocompatibility of chitosan-poly(butylenes succinate) fiber mesh scaffold. J. Bioactive and Compatible Polymers. 29: 137-151 (2014).