Tejal A. Desai

Tejal Ashwin Desai (born June 3, 1972) is a Professor in Physiology, Division of Bioengineering at University of California, San Francisco and head of the Therapeutic Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory.[1] She was formerly an associate professor at Boston University (2002–06) and an assistant professor at University of Illinois at Chicago (1998–2001).[2] She is a regarded researcher in the area of therapeutic micro and nanotechnology and has authored and edited at least one book on the subject [3] and another on biomaterials.[4]

Background

Dr. Desai attended Brown University where she received a Sc. B. in Biomedical Engineering in 1994. In 1998 she graduated with a Ph.D. from the joint UCSF/UC Berkeley Bioengineering department , advised by Mauro Ferrari.[5]

Dr. Desai has always been interested in science and outreach, in particular to minority students and women.[6][7]

Awards and recognition

Dr. Desai has received many honors for her work in micro and nanostructured materials for tissue engineering and drug delivery:
1999 Crain's Chicago Business "40 under 40" Award: For leadership and innovation [8]
1999 MIT's TR100 Award: Technology Review Magazine's Top 100 Young Innovators[9]
2000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award [10]
2002 McGowan Institute Award for Contributions to Regenerative Medicine [11]
2002 Johnson and Johnson[12] Focused Giving Award
2003 EURAND Grand Prize Award for Outstanding Research in Oral Drug Delivery
2003 Globus Indus Technovator Award (presented by MIT)
2003 Popular Science's "Brilliant 10" Top Scientists in the Nation [13]
2004 INDIA New England Woman of the Year [14]
2006 EURAND Grand Prize Award for Innovative Approaches to Drug Delivery
2006 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from UC Berkeley [15]
2007 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Early Career Award [16]

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20070228022337/http://www.ucsf.edu:80/desailab/. Archived from the original on February 28, 2007. Retrieved June 14, 2007. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20070509195820/http://www.ucsf.edu:80/desailab/Tejal/cv.htm. Archived from the original on May 9, 2007. Retrieved June 14, 2007. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ Latest activity 17 minutes ago. "BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology (Biomems and Biological Nanotechnology) (9780387255651): Tejal Desai, Mauro Ferrari;Tejal Desai;Sangeeta Bhatia: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  4. ↑ "Introduction to Biomaterials (9780471331940): Mauro Ferrari, Tejal A. Desai: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  5. ↑ http://gsbs.uth.tmc.edu/tutorial/ferrari.html
  6. ↑ Archived October 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ Archived December 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ "40 Under 40: Desai | Pages | Crain's Chicago Business". Chicagobusiness.com. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ "CAREER FY 2000 AWARDS BY STATE". Nsf.gov. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  11. ↑ "Regenerative Medicine at the McGowan Institute". Mirm.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  12. ↑ "Johnson & Johnson - Health Care Products & Pharmaceuticals". Google.com. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  13. ↑ 08.04.2003 at 11:23 am. "PopSci's 2nd Annual Brilliant 10 | Popular Science". Popsci.com. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  14. ↑
  15. ↑ "DEAA — UC Berkeley College of Engineering". Coe.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  16. ↑ http://embs.gsbme.unsw.edu.au/index.html
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