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Faculty
Sangamesh G. Kumbar
Dr. Sangamesh G Kumbar received his Ph.D. from the Polymer Research Group, Department of Chemistry, (Recently renamed the Center of Excellence in Polymer Science) Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India. Soon after his Ph.D. he was selected as a Scientist at the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) in Pune, which is a very prestigious R & D laboratory in India focused on the chemical sciences. He worked at NCL for a brief period of time form March 2002- August 2004 on various industrial sponsored projects related to polymer characterization. Dr. Kumbar joined Dr. Cato T. Laurencin’s research group at the University of Virginia as a Research Associate and worked from September 2004-January 2008. He was promoted to an Assistant professor of Research in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in January 2008 at the University of Virginia. He joined the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Connecticut Health Center as an Assistant Professor in August 2008. Dr. Kumbar’s research is focused on synthesis and characterization of novel biomaterials for tissue engineering and drug delivery applications. These polymeric materials namely polysaccharides, polyphosphazenes, polyanhydrides, polyesters as well as blends of two or more of the polymeric materials and composites combining the polymeric materials with ceramics in the form of 3-dimentional porous structures will serve as scaffolds for variety of tissue engineering applications. Dr. Kumbar is also interested in developing novel drug delivery systems comprised of hydrogels, nano/micro particulate system and nanofibers for variety of biomedical applications. Dr. Kumbar has published more than 35 research articles in peer reviewed journals, contributed 5 book chapters and presented his work in various conferences. Dr. Kumbar is an active member of Society for Biomaterials, Materials Research Society and Orthopaedic Research Society. Dr. Kumbar is serving as a reviewer for more than 15 journals in the field of biomaterials, drug delivery and tissue engineering. He is also on the Editorial Board of Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology.
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