Tejal A. Desai

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Tejal Ashwin Desai (born June 3, 1972) is the Ernest L. Prien Professor[1] and Chair of the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences at University of California, San Francisco and head of the Therapeutic Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory.[2] She was formerly an associate professor at Boston University (2002–06) and an assistant professor at University of Illinois at Chicago (1998–2001).[3] She is a researcher in the area of therapeutic micro and nanotechnology and has authored and edited at least one book on the subject [4] and another on biomaterials.[5]

Desai attended Brown University, where she received a Sc. B. in biomedical engineering in 1994. In 1998 she graduated with a Ph.D. from the joint UCSF/UC Berkeley Bioengineering department, advised by Mauro Ferrari.[6]

She was elected a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2012.[1]

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Fellow directory". American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20070228022337/http://www.ucsf.edu/desailab/. Archived from the original on February 28, 2007. Retrieved June 14, 2007. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20070509195820/http://www.ucsf.edu/desailab/Tejal/cv.htm. Archived from the original on May 9, 2007. Retrieved June 14, 2007. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ Latest activity 1 (2006-11-02). BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology (Biomems and Biological Nanotechnology) (9780387255651): Tejal Desai, Mauro Ferrari;Tejal Desai;Sangeeta Bhatia: Books. ISBN 0387255656.
  5. ^ Introduction to Biomaterials (9780471331940): Mauro Ferrari, Tejal A. Desai: Books. ISBN 0471331945.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2007-06-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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