Plenary Lecture

Ashutosh Chilkoti is the Alan L. Kaganov Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. His research in biomolecular engineering and biointerface science focuses on the development of new molecular tools and technologies that borrow from molecular biology, protein engineering, polymer chemistry and surface science that we then exploit for the development of applications that span the range from bioseparations, plasmonic biosensors, low-cost clinical diagnostics, and drug delivery.

AWARDS, HONORS, AND DISTINCTIONS

• Distinguished Alumnus Award. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. 2015
• Fellow. National Academy of Inventors. 2014
• Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award. Biomedical Engineering Society. 2013
• Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature. Society for Biomaterials. 2011
• Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature. Society for Biomaterials. 2011
• Humboldt Senior Researcher Award. Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation. 2010
• Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award. Duke University, Pratt School of Engineering. 2008
• Fellow. American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. 1996

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• D. Mozhdehi, Luginbuhl, K. M. , Simon, J. R. , Dzuricky, M. , Berger, üdiger, H. Varol, S. , Huang, F. C. , Buehne, K. L. , Mayne, N. R. , Weitzhandler, I. , Bonn, M. , Parekh, S. H. , and Chilkoti, A. , “Genetically encoded lipid–polypeptide hybrid biomaterials that exhibit temperature-triggered hierarchical self-assembly”, Nature Chemistry, vol. 428, 2018.
• C. A. Gilroy, Roberts, S. , and Chilkoti, A. , “Fusion of fibroblast growth factor 21 to a thermally responsive biopolymer forms an injectable depot with sustained anti-diabetic action”, Journal of Controlled Release, 2018.
• S. A. Costa, Simon, J. R. , Amiram, M. , Tang, L. , Zauscher, S. , Brustad, E. M. , Isaacs, F. J. , and Chilkoti, A. , “Photo-Crosslinkable Unnatural Amino Acids Enable Facile Synthesis of Thermoresponsive Nano- to Microgels of Intrinsically Disordered Polypeptides”, Advanced Materials, vol. 1521-4095, p. 1704878, 2017.