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Grunlan, Melissa

Professor

Positions:

Professor, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering

Research Areas:

Polymers, Colloids, Coatings, Tissue engineering

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mgrunlan@tamu.edu

1 979 845 2406

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Research Areas:

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overview

Prof. Grunlan's research is focused on the development of polymeric biomaterials for medical devices having resistance to biological adhesion and for implantable scaffolds used in regenerative engineering. The unique properties of these biomaterials afford the opportunity to overcome barriers associated with treating various diseases and medical conditions. Specifically, her research has focused on materials for implanted glucose biosensor membranes [to extend sensor lifetime], hemodialysis catheters [to reduce clotting and infection rates], self-fitting tissue scaffolds [to heal bone defects due to injury, tumor resection or congenital birth defect] and cartilage resurfacing [as an alternative to total joint replacement].

education and training

Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Southern California - (Los Angeles, California, United States) 2004
M.S. in Polymers & Coatings, North Dakota State University - (Fargo, North Dakota, United States) 1997
B.S. in Chemistry, North Dakota State University - (Fargo, North Dakota, United States) 1995

selected publications

Academic Articles112

Demott, C. J., Jones, M. R., Chesney, C. D., & Grunlan, M. A. (2023). Adhesive Hydrogel Building Blocks to Reconstruct Complex Cartilage Tissues.. ACS Biomater Sci Eng.
Marmo, A. C., & Grunlan, M. A. (2023). Biomedical Silicones: Leveraging Additive Strategies to Propel Modern Utility.. ACS Macro Lett. 12(2), 172-182.
Marmo, A. C., Lott, L. R., Pickett, J. H., Koller, H. E., Nitschke, B. M., & Grunlan, M. A. (2022). Amphiphilic Silicones for the Facile Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes and Formation of Soft Skin Electrodes. ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS. 5(1), 775-783.
Demott, C. J., & Grunlan, M. A. (2022). Emerging polymeric material strategies for cartilage repair.. J Mater Chem B. 10(46), 9578-9589.
Dong, P., Singh, K. A., Soltes, A. M., Ko, B. S., Gaharwar, A. K., McShane, M. J., & Grunlan, M. A. (2022). Silicone-containing thermoresponsive membranes to form an optical glucose biosensor.. J Mater Chem B. 10(32), 6118-6132.

Books1

Grunlan, M. A., Xing, L. L., & Glass, J. E. (1997). Waterborne coatings with an emphasis on synthetic aspects: An overview. AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.

Chapters1

Rufin, M. A., & Grunlan, M. A. (2015). Surface-Grafted Polymer Coatings: Preparation, Characterization, and Antifouling Behavior. FUNCTIONAL POLYMER COATINGS: PRINCIPLES, METHODS AND APPLICATIONS. 218-238. Wiley.

Conference Papers47

Stukel, J. M., Macaitis, J., Chen, W., Botts, E., Grunlan, M. A., Lien, W., & Burdette, A. J. (2019). EVALUATION OF MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELL DIFFERENTIATION FOR HEALING OF LARGE TISSUE DEFECTS. SHOCK. 51(6), 162-163.
Colvin, L. E., Dong, P., Means, A. K., Grunlan, M. A., & Cote, G. L. (2019). Assessment of wavelengths with skin tones for an implantable FRET-based glucose biosensor. OPTICAL DIAGNOSTICS AND SENSING XIX: TOWARD POINT-OF-CARE DIAGNOSTICS, Optical Diagnostics and Sensing XIX: Toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics. 10885, 108850y-108850y-7.
Pfau, M. R., McKinzey, K. G., Roth, A. A., & Grunlan, M. A. (2019). Biodegradable shape memory polymer (Smp) semi-interpenetrating networks (semi-ipns) with highly tunable properties for bone regeneration. Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials and the Annual International Biomaterials Symposium. 40, 219.
Beltran, F. O., Houk, C. J., & Grunlan, M. A. (2019). Silicon-containing shape memory polymer (Smp) scaffolds for cranial bone defect repair. Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials and the Annual International Biomaterials Symposium. 40, 495.
Dong, P., Means, A. K., Schott, B. J., Cot, G. L., & Grunlan, M. A. (2019). Thermoresponsive hydrogels with comb-type architecture for "self-cleaning" glucose biosensor membranes. Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials and the Annual International Biomaterials Symposium. 40, 758.