Background
Vunjak-Novakovic, Gordana was born on August 26, 1948 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Arrived in the United States, 1993. Daughter of Vlajko and Mila (Simeunovic) Vunjak.
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
August 26, 1948 Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Assistant professor, department chemical engineering University Belgrade, Serbia, 1981—1987, associate professor, department chemical engineering, 1987—1992, professor, department chemical engineering Serbia, 1993. Research scientist, Whitaker College Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1993—1998, principal research scientist, division health science and technology, 1999—2005. Director, laboratory for stem cell and tissue engineering Columbia University, since 2005, professor, department biomedical engineering New York, since 2005, professor, department biomedical engineering & dental and craniofacial bioengineering (in dentistry), College Dental Medicine, since 2007, professor, biomedical engineering in surgery, College Physicians and Surgeons, since 2007. Member science advisory board Tissue Regeneration, Inc., Medford, Massachusetts, 2000, co.don, Tetlow, Germany, 2001—2004. Science advisor, founder Greenfuel, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2001, board directors, Massachusetts, since 2003. Member Space Life Sciences Council, 2003—2007. Member external advisory board Tufts University Dental School, 2003—2004. Science co-chair World Congress of In Vitro Biology, San Francisco, 2004, chair, Baltimore, 05. Visiting scientist, division health science and technical Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 2005. Adjunct professor, department biomedical engineering Tufts University, Boston, since 2002. Co-director National Institutes of Health Tissue Engineering Resource Center (TERC). Invited lecturer in field.
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Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Serbian Chemical engineer, educator. Fulbright Foundation fellow, 1986-1987. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Women, AIChE, Association Fulbright Scholars.
Education
Bachelor of Science, University Belgrade, 1972. Master of Science, University Belgrade, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, University Belgrade, 1980.
Career
Assistant professor, department chemical engineering University Belgrade, Serbia, 1981—1987, associate professor, department chemical engineering, 1987—1992, professor, department chemical engineering Serbia, 1993. Research scientist, Whitaker College Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1993—1998, principal research scientist, division health science and technology, 1999—2005. Director, laboratory for stem cell and tissue engineering Columbia University, since 2005, professor, department biomedical engineering New York, since 2005, professor, department biomedical engineering & dental and craniofacial bioengineering (in dentistry), College Dental Medicine, since 2007, professor, biomedical engineering in surgery, College Physicians and Surgeons, since 2007.
Member science advisory board Tissue Regeneration, Inc., Medford, Massachusetts, 2000, co.don, Tetlow, Germany, 2001—2004. Science advisor, founder Greenfuel, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2001, board directors, Massachusetts, since 2003. Member Space Life Sciences Council, 2003—2007.
Member external advisory board Tufts University Dental School, 2003—2004. Science co-chair World Congress of In Vitro Biology, San Francisco, 2004, chair, Baltimore, 05. Visiting scientist, division health science and technical Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 2005.
Adjunct professor, department biomedical engineering Tufts University, Boston, since 2002. Co-director National Institutes of Health Tissue Engineering Resource Center (TERC). Invited lecturer in field.
Achievements
Membership
Member science committee, microgravity transport processes in fluid, thermal, materials and biological science United Engineering Foundation, Baniff, Canada, 2001. Fellow: American Institute Medical and Biological. Engineering; member: American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Tissue Engineering Society International, Biomedical Engineering Society, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (member biomass committee 1987-1992), American Chemical Society, Orthopaedics Research Society, Society for In Vitro Biology (member science advisory board 2002, board directors 2004, chair, cellular toxicology section 2004), Biomaterials Research Society, Faculty of 1000 Medicine, Association Fulbright Scholars.
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Connections
Married Branko Novakovic, October 27, 1974. 1 child Stasha Novakovic.
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Named to Women in Technology International Hall Named to Women in Technology International Hall of Fame, 2008. Recipient medal of recognition, Centennial, Serbian Chemical Society, 1997, Outstanding performance certified, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, 2000, 4 National Aeronautics and Space Administration awards for bioengineering patents, 2003-2005, Outstanding Performance medal, World Congress of In Vitro Biology, 2003. Fulbright Foundation fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986-1987.