Johnna S. Temenoff, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0535

Phone: 404-385-5026
Fax: 404-894-4243
Location: GT: BME - 2112
E-Mail: johnna.temenoff@bme.gatech.edu
URL: http://temenoff.bme.gatech.edu/

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Areas of Research

Engineering interfaces between orthopaedic tissues, Tendon and ligament tissue engineering, Development of novel polymeric biomaterials

Educational Background

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering, Rice University, 2003-2005
• Ph.D., Rice University, 2003
• B.S., Case Western Reserve University, 1998
• B.A., Case Western Reserve University, 1998

Selected Awards

• 2008, National Science Foundation CAREER Award
• 2006, Arthritis Foundation Investigator Award
• 2004-2005, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston's Comprehensive Research Training Program in Craniofacial and Oral Biology Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship, U. Texas/Rice University
• 2005, R. Budd Award, Best Thesis in the School of Engineering, Rice University
• 1998-2003, Whitaker Foundation Graduate Fellowship

Selected Research Publications

Textbook
A.G. Mikos and J.S. Temenoff, Biomaterials: The Intersection of Biology and Materials Science, published January, 2008, by Pearson-Prentice Hall
http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Biomaterials-The-Intersection-of-Biology-and-Materials-Science/9780130097101.page


• D.M. Doroski, K.S. Brink, J.S. Temenoff, Techniques for Biological Characterization of Tissue-Engineered Tendon and Ligament. Biomaterials, 28, 187-202, 2007.
• J.S. Temenoff, H. Park, T.A. Holland, Y. Tabata, A.G. Mikos, Delivery of TGF-b1 and Chondrocytes via Injectable, Biodegradable Hydrogels for Cartilage Tissue Engineering Applications. Biomaterials, 26, 7095-7103, 2005.
• J.S. Temenoff, H. Park, E. Jabbari, T.L. Sheffield, R.G. LeBaron, C.G. Ambrose, A.G. Mikos, In-Vitro Osteogenic Differentiation of Marrow Stromal Cells Encapsulated in Biodegradable Hydrogels. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 70A, 235-244, 2004.
• J.S. Temenoff, K.A. Athanasiou, R.G. LeBaron, A.G. Mikos, Effect of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Molecular Weight on Tensile and Swelling Properties of Oligo(Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Fumarate) Hydrogels for Cartilage Tissue Engineering. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 59, 429-437, 2002.
• J.S. Temenoff, A.G. Mikos, Review: Tissue Engineering for Regeneration of Articular Cartilage. Biomaterials, 21, 431-440, 2000.