Dr. Metin Uz
•Postdoc, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, 2019
•Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2014
•M.S., Biotechnology, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2009
•B.S., Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2007
Recent Grants
•Project Title: Wireless mechano-electrical stimulation of pudendal nerve using piezoelectric platform for stress urinary incontinence. NIH-NIDDK Stephen I. Katz ESI R01, $2,339,409, 06.23-05.28. Status: Awarded. Project Number 1R01DK135472-01. Role: PI
•Project Title: Restoring the Mechanosensation in Engineered Skin using Controllable Cellular and Extracellular Cues. NSF-CBET, $503,973, 02.23-01.26 Status: Awarded. Award Number: 2227383 Role: Co-PI
•Project Title: Mechanistic understanding of neural stem cell paracrine activity and extracellular vesicle secretion directed by wireless electrical stimulation. NSF-ERI-Cellular and Biochemical Engineering Program, $196,966, 07.23-06.25 Status: Awarded. Award Number: 2301908 Role: PI
Graduate Students
Andrea Zuccaro, PhD student, Applied Biomedical Engineering
Naomi Addai Asante, PhD Student, Applied Biomedical Engineering
Tugce Dogruel, PhD Student, Applied Biomedical Engineering
Ekin Simsar, PhD Student, Chemical Engineering
Najem Alarwan, PhD Student, Chemical Engineering
Ruzgar Ruzgaroglu, PhD Student, Chemical Engineering
Selected Recent Publications
•Natesh, N. S.; White, B. M.; Bennett, M. M. C.; Uz, M.; Kalari Kandy, R. R.; Batra, S. K.; Mallapragada, S. K.; Rachagani, S. Emerging Role of MiR-345 and Its Effective Delivery as a Potential Therapeutic Candidate in Pancreatic Cancer and Other Cancers. Pharmaceutics 2021, 13 (12), 1987. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics13121987
•Uz, M.; Mahlicli, F.Y.; Seker, R.; Altinkaya, S.A.; Development of AgCl-TiO2 xerogels entrapped antibacterial polyacrylonitrile membranes: The effect of high salinity water on silver release, antibiofouling and antibacterial efficacies. Desalination 2020, 492, 114496. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2020.114496)
•16. Uz M., Matthew T. Lentner, Kyle Jackson, Maxsam S. Donta, Juhyung Jung, John Hondred, Eric Mach, Jonathan Claussen and Surya K. Mallapragada; Fabrication of 2D and 3D High-resolution Graphene Circuits using a Microfluidic Approach for Sensor Applications. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2020, 12, 11, 13529–13539. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.9b23460 )
•Uz M., and Mallapragada S.; Conductive Polymers and Hydrogels for Neural Tissue Engineering. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science 2019, 99, 489–510. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s41745-019-00126-8)
•Bar C., Uz M., Mallapragada S., Altinkaya S.A.; Self-assembled Thin Film Composite Nanofiltration Membranes Based on a pH and Temperature Responsive Pentablock Copolymer. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2019, 11, 34. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b10273)
•Uz, M.; Hondred J. A.; Donta M.; Juhyung J.; KozikE.; Sandquist E. J.; Sakaguchi D. S.; Claussen J. C.; and Mallapragada S., Determination of Electrical Stimuli Parameters to Transdifferentiate Genetically Engineered Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Neuronal or Glial Lineages. Regenerative Engineering and Translational Medicine, 2019, 1-11. (In Honor of Robert Langer’s 70th Birthday) (https://doi.org/10.1007/s40883-019-00126-1)
•Uz, M.; Jackson, K.; Donta M.; Juhyung J.; Matthew T. Lentner; Hondred J.; Sakaguchi D. S.; Claussen J. C.; and Mallapragada S.; Fabrication of High-resolution Graphene-based Flexible Electronics via Polymer Casting. Scientific Reports, 2019, 9, 1, 10595. (Top 100 in Materials Science collection, highlighting the most downloaded materials science papers published in 2019) (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46978-z)