Aaron S. Goldstein, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering

Virginia Tech
142B Randolph Hall
Blacksburg, VA  24061



Phone:  540-231-3674
Fax:  540-231-5022
E-mail: goldst@vt.edu

http://www.tissue.che.vt.edu

EDUCATION:

	B.S. University of California, Berkeley, Chemical Engineering, 1990
	Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Chemical Engineering, 1997

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

	Tissue Engineering Lab
	Culture and differentiation of osteoblastic cells
	Mammalian cell culture and characterization
	Biomaterials
	Fluid dynamics
	Interfacial phenomena

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

	Kavlock, K. D., T. D. Pechar, J. O. Hollinger, S. A. Guelcher, and A. S. Goldstein. Synthesis and characterization of segmented poly(esterurethane urea) (PEUUR) elastomers for bone tissue engineering. Acta Biomaterialia 3:475-484 (2007).
	Popp, J. R., B. J. Love, and A. S. Goldstein. Effect of soluble zinc on differentiation of osteoprogenitor cells. J. Biomed. Mater. Res. A. 81:766-769 (2007).
	Bashur C. A., L. A. Dahlgren, and A. S. Goldstein. Effect of fiber  diameter and orientation on fibroblast morphology and proliferation on electrospun poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) meshes. Biomaterials 27:5681-5688 (2006).
	Goldstein, A. S. and P. A. DiMilla. Effect of adsorbed fibronectin concentration on cell adhesion and deformation under shear on hydrophobic surfaces.  To appear in  J Biomed Mater Res
	Goldstein, A. S.  Effect of seeding osteoprogenitor cells as dense clusters on cell growth and differentiation. Tissue Engineering 7: 817-827. (2001)
	Goldstein, A. S., T. M. Juarez, C. D. Helmke, M. C. Gustin, and A. G. Mikos.  Effect of convection on osteoblastic cell growth and function in biodegradable polymer foam scaffolds. Biomaterials 22:1279-1288. (2001)
	Goldstein, A. S., G. Zhu, G. E. Morris, R. K. Meszlenyi, and A. G. Mikos. Effect of osteoblastic culture conditions on the structure of poly(DL-lactic-co-glycolic acid) foam scaffolds. Tissue Engineering, 5: 421-433. (1999)
	Goldstein, A. S. and P. A. DiMilla.  Comparison of converging and diverging radial flow for measuring cell adhesion.  AIChE J.  44: 465-473 (1998)
	Goldstein, A. S. and P. A. DiMilla.  Application of fluid mechanic and kinetic models to characterize mammalian cell detachment in a radial-flow chamber. Biotech. Bioeng.  55: 616-629 (1997)

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