Balaji Narasimhan
Scientist, Materials Chemistry & Biomolecular Materials, Ames Laboratory
Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Iowa State University
2035 Sweeney Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
phone 515.294.8019, fax 515.294.2689, email: nbalaji@iastate.edu
Education
| Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN | 1996 |
| B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India | 1992 |
Professional Appointments
| Director, Institute for Combinatorial Discovery, Iowa State University | 2006 - Present |
| Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Iowa State University | 2003 - Present |
| Associate Scientist, Ames Laboratory | 2001 - Present |
| Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University | 2001 - 2003 |
| Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ | 1997 - 2000 |
| Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University | 1996 - 1997 |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA | 1996 |
Honors, Awards and Professional Activities
| Co-editor, "Combinatorial Materials Science," John Wiley, Hoboken, NJ | 2007 |
| Director, NSF-REU Site on Biological Materials and Processes (BioMaP) at Iowa State University and Monterrey Tec, Mexico | 2006 - Present |
| Co-editor, "Handbook of Biodegradable Polymeric Materials and Their Applications," American Scientific, Los Angeles, CA | 2005 |
| Arthur and Dorothy Sigel Lecturer, Michigan Technological University | 2004 |
| TR100 Award, Technology Review Magazine, MIT | 2003 |
| 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award | 2003 |
| ISU Foundation Early Excellence in Research Award | 2003 |
| ISU Engineering Student Council Leadership Award | 2002 |
| Editor of a Special Issue of Biomaterials on "Injectable Polymeric Biomaterials" | 2002 |
| Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Research Award | 2000 |
| Organizer, Symposium on Biomaterials for Drug Delivery, MRS Meeting, Boston, MA | 2000 |
Selected Publications
T. Prozorov, S.K. Mallapragada, B. Narasimhan, L. Wang, P. Palo, M. Nilsen-Hamilton, T.J. Williams, D.A. Bazylinski, R. Prozorov, and P.C. Canfield, “Protein-Mediated Synthesis of Uniform Superparamagnetic Magnetite Nanocrystals,” Adv. Funct. Mater., to appear in 2007.
A.S. Determan, J.H. Wilson, M.J. Kipper, M.J. Wannemuehler, and B. Narasimhan, “Protein Stability in the Presence of Polymer Degradation Products: Consequences for Controlled Release Formulations,” Biomaterials, 27, 3312-3320 (2006).
M.P. Torres, B.M. Vogel, B. Narasimhan, and S.K. Mallapragada, “Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Polyanhydrides with Tailored Erosion Mechanisms,” J. Biomed. Mater. Res., 76, 102-110 (2006).
B.M. Vogel, J.T. Cabral, N. Eidelman, B. Narasimhan, and S.K. Mallapragada, “Parallel Synthesis and High Throughput Dissolution Testing of Biodegradable Polyanhydride Copolymers,” J. Comb. Chem., 7, 921-928 (2005).
M.J. Kipper, S.-S. Hou, S. Seifert, P. Thiyagarajan, K. Schmidt-Rohr, and B. Narasimhan, “Nanoscale Morphology of Polyanhydride Copolymers,” Macromolecules, 38, 8468-8472 (2005).
M.J. Kipper and B. Narasimhan, “A Molecular Description of Erosion Phenomena in Biodegradable Polymers,” Macromolecules 38, 1989-1999 (2005).
M.J. Kipper, S. Seifert, P. Thiyagarajan, and B. Narasimhan, “Morphology of Polyanhydrides: Time-Resolved SAXS Studies of Crystallization,” J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Phys. Ed. 43, 463-477 (2005).
A.S. Determan, M. Nilsen-Hamilton, B. Trewyn, V.S.-Y. Lin, and B. Narasimhan, “Encapsulation, Stabilization and Controlled Release of BSA-FITC from Polyanhydride Microspheres,” J. Contr. Rel. 100, 97-109 (2004).
M.J. Kipper, S. Seifert, P. Thiyagarajan, and B. Narasimhan, “Understanding the Phase Behavior of Biodegradable Polyanhydride Blends Using Scattering, Microscopy, and Molecular Simulations,” Polymer, 45(10), 3329-3340 (2004).
B.M. Vogel, S.K. Mallapragada, and B. Narasimhan, “Rapid Synthesis of Polyanhydrides by Microwave Polymerization,” Macromol. Rapid Comm., 25, 330-333 (2004).
Materials Chemistry and
Biomolecular Materials Program
Ames Laboratory
Iowa State University
142 Spedding Hall
Ames, IA 50011 USA
Phone: 1.515.294.7568
FAX: 1.515.294.4709
