Pankaj Karande, PhD – Advances in Hair Biology Lecturer
Associate Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
Dr. Karande will speak on, Incorporation of Hair Follicles in Engineered Skin Tissues Using 3D-Bioprinting
Dr. Pankaj Karande is an Associate Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He was awarded his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Karande was awarded an Anna Fuller Postdoctoral Fellowship in Molecular Oncology, and he conducted postdoctoral research in the Center for Cancer Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology before joining the faculty at Rensselaer. He has received a variety of awards and honors in his career, including the Excellence in Classroom Instruction Award and the Outstanding Teaching Award from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He also received the Alzheimer’s Association New Investigator Research Award, the Goldhirsh Brain Tumor Research Award, and a Bronze Edison Award in the Best New Product in Science and Medical Category.
In addition, he has been issued multiple patents in the areas of Transdermal Formulation Discovery and Novel High Throughput Screening Platforms. Over the last 15 years, Dr. Karande’s research has focused on the use of 3d-bioprinting to engineer human skin for regenerative medicine and efficacy platforms. His group published some of the early and seminal papers in 3d-bioprinting of human skin which have been featured in scientific press and popular media.