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    (1) Meenakshi Kushwaha is seeking a position in biomedical research and has over 2 years experience in this field. (2) She has a Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is expected to graduate in November 2008. (3) Her research focuses on developing biomimetic self-assembled nanomatrices for applications like drug-eluting stents and tissue regeneration.

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    (1) Meenakshi Kushwaha is seeking a position in biomedical research and has over 2 years experience in this field. (2) She has a Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is expected to graduate in November 2008. (3) Her research focuses on developing biomimetic self-assembled nanomatrices for applications like drug-eluting stents and tissue regeneration.

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    Meenakshi Kushwaha

    1157-A 14th Ave S Birmingham AL 35205 205-873-5856 [email protected]

    QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

    2+ years of Biomedical research experience


    Sound knowledge of Drug Eluting Stent Technology
    1+ years experience in mentoring graduate and undergraduate students

    EDUCATION

    Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering Expected Nov`08


    The University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
    Thesis: Biomimetic self-assembled nanomatrix for Drug Eluting Stents
    Funding: Wallace H. Coulter Foundation
    GPA: 3.75/4.00

    Bachelor of Technology in Bioengineering May`06


    SASTRA University, Tamil Nadu, India
    GPA: 9.2/10.0 3.7/4.0

    RELEVANT TECHNICAL SKILLS

    Laboratory Wet-lab Peptide synthesis, Human cell culture, Native and SDS-PAGE
    DNA and protein extraction and purification
    Imaging Standard and Fluorescent Microscopy, Spectrophotometry,
    Small animal cardiovascular Ultra-sound Imaging

    Software Statistics JMP, SPSS


    Packages MATLAB 6.1, AUTOCAD, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop
    Languages HTML, C, FORTRAN 77
    Platforms Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP, Unix, Linux

    PROJECTS AND EXPERIENCE

    UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Birmingham, AL


    Research Assistant Aug `06-Present
    Synthesis and characterization of biomimetic self-assembled nanomatrix for
    Drug Eluting Stents
    Cardiac and bone tissue regeneration
    Student Mentor (Biomedical Engineering students)
    Trained and supervised graduate and undergraduate students in Tissue Engineering
    Laboratory for hands-on experimental techniques
    Start-up Lab Responsibilities (Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory)
    Formulating lab technique protocols
    Equipment set-up, maintenance and troubleshooting

    IISc (Indian Institute of Sciences), Bangalore, India


    Intern Jan-Apr`06
    DNA and protein extraction and purification from yeast

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    IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), Kanpur, India Jun-Jul`05
    Intern
    Developed novel designs for production of aligned electrospun nanofibers

    NCBS (National Centre of Biological Sciences), Bangalore, India


    Summer Fellow May-Jul`04
    Mutagenesis screening of more than thousand mutants to obtain
    viable variants of an olfactory gene of Drosophila melanogaster

    PUBLICATIONS

    Kushwaha M., Jun H.W., Anderson J.M., Minor W.P., Adinarayana A., Bosworth C.B., Lancaster
    J.R. Jr., Brott. B.C., Anderson P.G. Natural Endothelium Mimic self-assembled Nanomatrix
    for Drug Eluting Stent Applications, American Heart Association, 2008.

    Kushwaha M. , Jun H.W., Anderson J.M., Andukuri A. ,Yahiro E., Minor W.P., Husain A., Dell
    Italia L.J., Biomimetic Self-assembled, Nanomatrix for Cardiac Tissue Regeneration,
    Alabama Academy of Sciences, 2008.

    Anderson J.M., Jun H.W., Kushwaha M., Tambaralli A., Bellis S., Biomimetic Self-assembled
    Nanomatrix for Bone Tissue Regeneration, Biomedical Engineering Society, 2008.

    GRADUATE COURSEWORK

    Engineering Analysis, Quantitative Physiology, Biostatistics, Cell Biomaterial Interactions, Tissue


    Engineering, Implant-Tissue Interactions, Cell Biology

    ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

    Society of Bioengineers at SASTRA University, India


    Chief Editor of a bi-monthly technical bulletin `05-`06
    President and Co-founder `04-`05

    AWARDS

    Second Place, UAB Graduate Student Research Day Competition `08-`09


    UAB Caroline P. Ireland Research Scholarship Award `07-`08
    UAB Graduate Assistantship `07-`08
    UAB Graduate Fellowship `06-`07
    Best Outgoing Student, SASTRA University, India `05-`06
    Deans Merit Scholarship, SASTRA University, India `02-`06
    Summer Research Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, India May-Jul`04

    REFERENCES

    Ho-Wook Jun, Ph.D. Richard A. Gray, Ph.D. Susan L. Bellis, Ph.D.


    Assistant Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Department of Biomedical Department of Physiology and
    Engineering, UAB Engineering, UAB Biophysics, UAB
    [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
    205-996-6938 205-975-4715 205-934-3441Associate
    Professor

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