Anthanassios Sambanis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

School of Chemical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0100

Phone:404-894-2869
Fax:404-894-2291
Location:GT: IBB - 1306
E-Mail: athanassios.sambanis@chbe.gatech.edu
URL: http://www.chbe.gatech.edu/sambanis/

Areas of Research

• Development of fundamental concepts in the emerging area of tissue engineering
• Development of concepts and methods for the non-invasive monitoring of bioartificial tissue constructs by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging
• Development of mathematical models at the cell level
• Development of mathematical models at the bioartificial tissue level
• Development of novel protein crystallization processes

Educational Background

• Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1985
• B.S. Chemical Engineering, National Technical University, Athens, Greece, 1979

Selected Awards

• Member, Sigma Xi

Selected Research Publications

• Sambanis, A., "Engineering Challenges in the Development of an Encapsulated Cell System for Treatment of Type I Diabetes," Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics, 2: 81-89, 2000
• Stabler, C., Wilks, K., Sambanis, A. and Constantinidis, I., "The Effects of Alginate Composition on Encapsulated bTC3 Cells," Biomaterials, 22: 1301-1310, 2001
• Murphy, C.L. and Sambanis, A., "Effect of Oxygen Tension and Alginate Encapsulation on Restoration of the Differentiated Phenotype of Passaged Chondrocytes," Tissue Engineering, In Press.