!!!Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
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__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
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__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
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[Curriculum Vitae |User/Vunjak-Novakovic_Gordana/CV]
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[Publication list|User/Vunjak-Novakovic_Gordana/Publications]
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[Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Vunjak-Novakovic_Gordana/Highlight]
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