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Degrees
- NIH Postdoctoral Fellow (1990-1993), Department of Biophysics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
- Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering (1990), Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
- M.S. in Biomedical Engineering (1987), Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering (1983), University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Research Interests - Website
- Targeted Drug Delivery
- Biofluid Mechanics
- Radiation Oncology
- Tissue Engineering
- Microfluidics
- MicrovascularBlood Flow
- Tissue Oxygenation
Selected Publications
- Yuan, H.; Goetz, DJ; Gaber, MW; Issekutz, AC; Merchant, TE & Kiani, MF (2005) Radiation-induced up-regulation of adhesion molecules in brain microvasculature and their modulation by dexamethasone. Radiat. Res., 163(5):544-551.
- Wang, B; Ansari, R; Sun, Y; Postlethwaite, AE; Weber, KT & Kiani, MF (2005) The scar neovasculature after myocardial infarction in rats. Am. J. Physiol., 289(1):H108-H113.
- Pattillo, CB; Sari-Sarraf, F; Nallamothu, R; Moore, BM; Wood, GC & Kiani, MF (2005) Targeting of the antivascular drug combretastatin to irradiated tumors results in tumor growth delay. Pharm. Res., 22(7), 1117-1120.
- Kiani, MF (2006) Do I need to “believe” in the theory of evolution to be a good biomedical engineer? BMES Bull., 30(2):7-8.
- Ansari, R; Gaber, MW; Wang, B; Pattillo, CB; Miyamoto, C & Kiani, MF (2007) Anti-TNF-α treatment abrogates radiation induced changes in vascular density and tissue oxygenation. Radiat. Res., 167(1):80–86.
- Scott, RC; Wang, B; Nallamothu, R; Pattillo, CB; Perez-Liz, G; Issekutz, A; Del Valle, L; Wood, GC & Kiani, MF (2007) Targeted delivery of antibody conjugated liposomal drug carriers to rat myocardial infarction. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 96(4):795-802 (selected as a “Spotlight Article”).
- Wang, B; Scott, RC; Pattillo, CB; Prabhakarpandian, B; Sundaram, S & Kiani, MF (2007) Microvascular transport model predicts oxygenation changes in the infarcted heart after treatment. Am. J. Physiol., 293(6):H3732-H3739.
- Wang, B; Scott, RC; Pattillo, CB; Prabhakarpandian, B; Sundaram, S & Kiani, MF (2008) Modeling oxygenation and selective delivery of drug carriers post-myocardial infarction. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol., 614:333-343.
- Scott, RC; Crabbe, D; Krynska, B; Ansari, R & Kiani, MF (2008) Aiming for the heart: Targeted delivery of drugs to diseased cardiac tissue. Expert Opin. Drug Deliv., 5(4):459-470 (invited review).
- Prabhakarpandian, B; Pant, K; Scott, R; Patillo, CB; Irimia, D; Kiani, MF & Sundaram, S (2008) Synthetic microvascular networks for quantitative analysis of particle adhesion. Biomed. Microdevices, (10): 585-595.
Present Teaching (Spring 2009)
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