Balaji Sitharaman

Background

Sitharaman, Balaji Son of Balasubramanian and Kalyani Sitharaman.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Doctor of Philosophy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 2005.

Career

J. Evans Attwell Welch postdoctoral fellow Richard E Smalley Institute Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, Houston, 2005—2007. Assistant professor Stony Brook University, New York, since 2007, project member, Institute Chemical Engineer & Drug Discovery, since 2007. Consultant Bridges Sustainability, Golder Associates, Houston, 2005—2006.

Reviewer Journal Tissue Engineering, Journal biomedical Nanotech., Journal Biomaterials.

Achievements

• Achievements include research in novel nanocomposites scaffolds for bone tissue engineering applications. Research in carbon nanomaterials as molecular imaging agents for Medical Research Institute. Research in conducted studies with carbon nanomaterials to test their efficacy as new non-viral vectors for gene therapy.
  
  Discovery of nanoparticles such as gold nanoparticles and carbon nanotube facilitate the photoacoustic and thermoacoustic stimulation of stem cells and diffentiate them into bone cells. Discovery of gadonanotubes as high performance contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging. Discovery of single-walled carbon nanotube and biodegradable polymer as scaffolds for bone tissue engineering.
  
  Patents pending for carbon nanotubes-based nanocomposites. Patents pending for metal encapsulated carbon nanotubes. Patents pending for bone cell regeneration utilizing the photoacoustic effect and carbon nanotubes.

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributor scientific papers to professional journals.

Membership

Member of Society Biomaterials, Society Molecular Imaging, International Society Magnetic Resonance Medicine, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society, biomedical Engineering Society.

Connections

Married Juee Vinayak, October 25, 2006.

Father:

Balasubramanian Sitharaman

Mother:

Kalyani Sitharaman

Spouse:

Juee Vinayak