Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic#
| Membership Number: | 3177 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://bme.columbia.edu/gordana-vunjak-novakovic |
Present and Previous Positions
- Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- 2011 Vice-Chair, Dept of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York
- 2011 Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Sciences (in Medicine)
- 2005 Professor, Columbia University, Dept of Biomedical Engineering, New York
- 2005 Director, Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Columbia University
- 2005 Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard-MIT Division for Health Sciences and Technology
- 2009 Visiting Professor, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
- 2009 Honorary Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Belgrade
- 2002 Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering. Tufts University, Medford MA
- 1998 - 2005 Principal Research Scientist, Harvard – MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, MIT, Cambridge MA
- 1994 - 2004 Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University
- 1993 - 1998 Research Scientist, Whitaker College, MIT, Cambridge MA
- 1993 - 1999 Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Belgrade University, Yugoslavia
- 1987 - 1992 Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Fields of Scholarship
- Bioengineering
- Stem cells
- Regenerative medicine
- Biomaterials
- Tissue engineering
- In vitro biology
- Bioreactors
Honours and Awards
- 2012 Elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
- 2011-2014 Continental Chapter Council (North America) of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society
- 2010 2010 Clemson award of the Society of Biomaterials “for significant contributions to the literature on the science or technology of biomaterials”
- 2010 Finalist, The World Technologies Award for Biotechnology
- 2009 - New York Academy of Sciences, elected member
- 2008 Inducted to Hall of Fame, Women in Technology International (one of 5 leaders in science and technology in 2008)
- 2008 - US Section Head, Musculoskeletal Repair & Regeneration Section, Faculty 1000 of Medicine
- 2007 Director’s lecture, NIH, October 17, 2007; the first woman engineer to receive this distinction (http://videocast.nih.gov/PastEvents.asp?c=3&s=31
)
- 2006 NASA Award for a patent “BMP-2, BMP-12, and BMP-13 Modulate in Vitro Development of Engineered Cartilage”
- 2005 The Association of Orthopedic Research, Switzerland; team award “for the best science in orthopaedics” (with Meinel, Ziechner. Fajardo, and Kaplan)
- 2004 Outstanding Performance Medal, World Congress of In Vitro Biology
- 2004 Space Act Award, NASA, for patent describing bioengineering of anterior cruciate ligaments
- 2004 Space Act Award, NASA, for patent describing gene transfer of a growth factor to enhance tissue engineering of cartilage
- 2000 - Elected Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
- 1997 Medal of recognition, Centennial of the Serbian Chemical Society, Belgrade YU
- 1987 – 1992 Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Biomass Committee
- 1980 City of Belgrade award for the best PhD thesis in engineering
- 1975 Belgrade Chamber of Commerce award for the best MS thesis in engineering
