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Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D. Adjoint Professor

Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D.

Adjoint Professor and Deputy Chairman
Department of Biomedical Engineering

• Director
  Center for NanoMedicine in The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases
  University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• Professor and Division Head
  Division of Nanomedicine
  University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• Professor
  Department of Experimental Therapeutics
  University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Professor
  Department of Bioengineering
  Rice University
• President
  Alliance for NanoHealth
  
  University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  1825 Pressler Street
  Houston, Texas 77030
  
  Phone: (713) 500-2444
  Fax: (713) 500-2462
  Office: SRB 537D
  
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Education

• Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1989.
• Dottore, Mathematics, Universita’ di Padova, Italy, 1985.
• Medical Student, Ohio State University, 2002-2004.
• Biographical Sketch

Research Interests

Dr. Ferrari’s group employs methods of semiconductor nanotechnology and mathematical modeling to develop solutions to problems in molecular medicine, with particular interest in applications in oncology and cardiology. He is regarded a pioneer of the fields of BioMEMS, biomedical nanotechnology, and multi-scale mathematics. Among his many ‘firsts’ are: silicon-based nanochannel technology, with its applications to controlled release drug delivery and immunoprotected cell transplantation; multistage particulates for drug delivery; the rational design of nanovectors; and  nanotextured chips for the selective enrichment of the plasma peptidome for early detection of pathological states. His group is actively developing these research directions, and adding more applications and fundamental explorations with regularity. Dr. Ferrari is extremely grateful to the many outstanding scientists he had the privilege of collaborating with, and to his many exceptional students and trainees for their invaluable role in all of the research accomplishments cited in these pages.

Recent Publications

The following are selected from a list of over 160 papers and chapters, 6 books and 29 issued US and International patents in Dr. Ferrari career.

1. Sinha PM, Ferrari M.  Sacrificial oxide layer nanotechnology for drug delivery.  In:  Lee A, Lee J, Ferrari M, editors.  BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology, Vol. I: Biological and Biomedical Nanotechnology,  Springer; 2005. p. 149-174.
2. Cheng MM, Tasciotti E, Ferrari M.  Silicon as a biomedical material.  [Procedings of the]  Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop.  Hilton Head Island, SC; 2008 June. p. 1-6.
   
3. Consentino C, Amato F, Ferrari M.  Characterization methods for quality control of nanopore and nanochannel membrane.  In: Lee A, Lee J, Ferrari M, editors.  BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology.  Vol. 1:  Biological and Biomedical Nanotechnology.  Springer; 2006. p. 203-225.
   
4. Desai TA, Sharma S, Walczak RJ, Boiarski A, Cohen M, Shapiro J, West T, Melnik K, Cosentino C, Sinha PM, Ferrari M.  Nanoporous implants for controlled drug delivery.  In: Desai TA, Bhatia S, Ferrari M, editors.  BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology.  Vol. 3:  Therapeutic Micro/Nanotechnology.  Springer; 2006. p. 253-276.
   
5. Ferrari M, Fresta M, Paolino D, Sinha P.  Drug delivery systems.  In:  Webster JG, editor.  Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation.  2nd edition, vol. 2.  Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons; 2006. p. 437-495.
   
6. Ferrari M, Sakamoto J.  Biomedical devices:  Intersection of science, technology, and business.  In:  Sage Sourcebook of Modern Biomedical Devices, Vol. I-IV:  Business Environments in a Global Market.  Sage; 2007.  Introduction.
   
7. Godin B, Serda RE, Sakamoto J, Decuzzi P, Ferrari M.  Nanoparticles for cancer detection and therapy.  In:  Vogel V, editor.  Nanotechnology.  Vol. 5:  Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology.  Weinheirn: Wiley-VCH Verlag; 2008. p. 51-88.
   
8. Pope-Harman A, Ferrari M.  Medical nanotechnology and pulmonary pathology.  In: Lee A, Lee J, Ferrari M, editors.  BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology.  Vol. 1:  Biological and Biomedical Nanotechnology.  Springer; 2006. p. 511-530.
   
9. Smith BR, Ruegsegger M, Barnes PA, Ferrari M, Lee SC.  Nanodevices in biomedical applications.  In: Lee A, Lee J, Ferrari M, editors.  BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology.  Vol. 1:  Biological and Biomedical Nanotechnology.  Springer; 2006. p. 367-404.
   
10. Sakamoto J, Decuzzi P, Gentile F, Rokhlin SI, Wang L, Xie B, Ferrari M.  Nanomechanics and tissue pathology.  In: Lee A, Lee J, Ferrari M, editors.  BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology.  Vol. 1:  Biological and Biomedical Nanotechnology.  Springer; 2006. p. 467-510.
    
11. Serda R, Chiappini C, Fine D, Tasciotti E, Ferrari M.  Porous silicon particles for imaging and therapy of cancer. In:  Kumar, editors. Nonmagnetic Inorganic Nanomaterials for Life Sciences. NMLS Vo. 2. Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2008.  p. 357-406.
    
12. Frieboes H, Decuzzi P, Sinek J, Ferrari M, Cristini V.  Computational modeling of tumor biobarriers: Implications for delivery of nano-based therapeutics.  In: Zhang M, Xi N, editors.  Nanomedicine:  A Systems Engineering Approach.  Hackensack, NJ:  Pan Stanford Publishing, 2009.