Monitoring and Evaluation of Biomaterials and their Performance In Vivo

Dr. Roger Narayan is a Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University. He is an author of more than 100 publications as well as several book chapters on nanostructured biomedical materials. Dr. Narayan has received several honors for his research activities, including the NCSU Alcoa Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award, the NCSU Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award, the University of North Carolina Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship in Academic Medicine, the University of North Carolina Junior Faculty Development Award, the National Science Faculty Early Career Development Award, the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, and the American Ceramic Society Richard M. Fulrath Award. He has been elected as Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering, and ASM International.

Part One. Monitoring and evaluation of the mechanical performance of biomaterials in vivo

1. Nanostructured ceramics

2. Monitoring degradation products and metal ions in vivo

Part Two. Monitoring and evaluation of the biological response to biomaterials in vivo

3. Imaging biomaterial-associated inflammation

4. Monitoring fibrous capsule formation

5. Monitoring biomineralization of biomaterials in vivo

6. Measuring gene expression changes on biomaterial surfaces

Part Three. Monitoring and evaluation of functional biomaterial performance in vivo

7. Monitoring and tracking metallic nanobiomaterials in vivo

8. High-resolution imaging techniques in tissue engineering

9. Magnetic resonance imaging monitoring of cartilage tissue engineering in vivo

10. Noninvasive optical imaging of stem cell differentiation in biomaterials using photonic crystal surfaces