Richard A. Gemeinhart, Ph.D.
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Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics and Bioengineering Director of Graduate Education for the College of Pharmacy Contact Information 833 South Wood Street 357 PHARM, MC 865 Chicago, IL 60612-7231 Office: (312) 996-2253 Fax: (312) 996-2784 Email: rag@uic.edu Lab Website |
Education
Postdoctoral - Cornell University - 2001
Ph.D. - Purdue University - 1999
B.S.E. - Purdue University - 1994
Research Interests
| Polymer-Drug and Hydrogel-Drug Conjugates for Cancer Research (Related Publications) |
Drug-Material Interaction (Related Publications) |
| Polymeric Biomaterials for Tissue Regeneration (Related Publications) |
Materials for DNA/RNA Delivery (Related Publications) |
Publications (2006-2012)
Rayahin JE, Buhrman JS, Gemeinhart RA. Hybrid Nanocrystals: University of Kentucky US 2006/0280680A1, Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents, In press. DOI
Desai ES, Tang MY, Ross, A, Gemeinhart RA. Macroporous Hydrogel Scaffolds: A Platform for Cell Encapsulation. Biomedical Materials, in press. DOI
Shafiq MA, Gemeinhart RA, Yue BY, and Djalilian AR. Decellularized Human Cornea for Reconstructing the Corneal Epithelium and Anterior Stroma. Tissue Engineering, Part C-Methods. in press. DOI
Zhao RS, Hollis CP, Zhang H, Sun L, Gemeinhart RA, and Li T. Hybrid Nanocrystals: Achieving Concurrent Therapeutic and Bioimaging Functionalities Toward Solid Tumors. Mol. Pharmaceutics. 2011; 8(5): 1985-1991. DOI
Bae M, Divan R, Suthar KJ, Mancini DC, Gemeinhart RA. Fabrication of PEG Hydrogel Particles for Pharmaceutics using Electron beam and Optical Lithography, Journal of Vaccuum Science and Technology-B. 2010; 28(6): C6P24-C6P26.
Vartak DG, Lee BS, Gemeinhart RA. In vitro evaluation of functional interaction of integrin avß3 and matrix metalloprotease-2. Mol. Pharmaceutics. 2009; 6(6): 1856-1867.DOI
Keskar V, Gandhi M, Gemeinhart EJ, Gemeinhart RA. Initial Evaluation of Vascular Ingrowth into Superporous Hydrogels. J. Tissue Eng. Regen. Med. 2009; 3(6): 486-490. DOI
Gandhi M, Srikar R, Yarin AL, Megaridis CM, Gemeinhart RA. Mechanistic Examination of Protein Release from Polymer Nanofibers. Mol. Pharmaceutics. 2009; 6(2): 641-647. DOI
Keskar V, Marion NW, Mao JJ, Gemeinhart RA. In Vitro Evaluation of Macroporous Hydrogels to Facilitate Stem Cell Infiltration, Growth and Mineralization. Tissue Eng. 2009; 15A(7): 1695-1707. DOI
Kadakia A, Keskar V, Titushkin I, Djalilian A, Gemeinhart RA, Cho MR. Hybrid Superporous Scaffolds: An Application for Cornea Tissue Engineering, Crit. Rev. Biomed. Eng. 2008; 36(5-6): 441-471.
Gemeinhart RA. Digestive Enzyme Targeted Polymer Therapeutic: MIT WO 2007/103364 A2. Expert Opin. Ther. Patents. 2008; 18(9): 1085-1090. DOI
Tauro JR, Lee BS, Lateef SS, Gemeinhart RA. Matrix Metalloprotease Selective Peptide Substrates Cleavage within Hydrogel Matrices for Cancer Chemotherapy Activation. Peptides. 2008; 29(11): 1965-1973. DOI
Guo C, Gemeinhart RA. Understanding the adsorption mechanism of chitosan onto poly(lactide-co-glycolide) particles. Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm. 2008; 70(2): 597-604. DOI
Chaterji S, Gemeinhart RA. Enhanced Osteoblast-Like Cell Adhesion and Proliferation Using Sulfated Polymeric Scaffold. J. Biomed. Mater. Res. 2007; 83A(4): 990-998. DOI
Vartak DG, Gemeinhart RA. Matrix metalloproteases: Underutilized Targets for Drug Delivery (Invited Review). J. Drug Targeting. 2007; 15(1): 1-21. DOI
Keskar V, Mohanty PS, Gemeinhart EJ, Gemeinhart RA. Cervical cancer treatment with a locally insertable controled release delivery system. J. Control. Release. 2006; 115(3): 280-288. DOI
Gemeinhart RA, Bare CM, Haasch RT, Gemeinhart EJ. Osteoblast-like cell attachment to and calcification of novel phosphonate-containing polymeric substrates. J. Biomed. Mater. Res. 2006; 78A(3): 433-440. DOI
Muni NJ, Qian H, Qtaishat NM, Gemeinhart RA, Pepperberg DR. Activation of membrane receptors by neurotransmitter released from temperature-sensitive hydrogels. J. Neurosci. Methods. 2006; 151(2): 97-105. DOI