Narayan Bhattarai, Ph.D
Department of Bioengineering
McNair 326
North Carolina A&T State University
1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27407
E-mail: nbhattar@ncat.edu
Tel: (336) 334-7564 x107 & Fax: (336)334-7904
Education & Training
Postdoc Materials Science & Engineering, 2003- 2008, University
of Washington, Seattle, WA
Ph. D. Advanced Materials Engineering, 2003, Chonbuk National University, South
Korea
M. Sc. Department of Chemistry, 1997, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
B. Sc. Basic science (physical group), 1994, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Positions and Employment
2010- Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, North Carolina A & T State
University, Greensboro, NC
2008-2010 Act. Instructor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA
2003-2008 Research Associate,Materials Science and Engineering, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA
2001-2003 Teaching & Research Assistant, Department of Advanced Organic Materials
Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Chonju, South Korea
1999-2000 Instructor, Army College, Birendra Army Collage, Kathmandu, Nepal
1997-2000 Assistant Lecturer, Trichandra College, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu,
Nepal
Curriculum Committee: Developing Bioengineering curriculum in North Carolina A&T State University, 2010; Review Panel:USIRP, REU and Boren Scholarship program in University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2008-2009); Nomination: Nominated for Burroughs Welcome Fund Award (University of Washington’s candidate 2007); Award: Elsevier Most Cited Paper Award (Journal of controlled Release 2005), Graduate teaching and research assistantships; Memberships: Material Research Society (MRS), Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), Korean polymer society, Korean society of biomaterials; Ad Hoc Reviewer:Journal of American Chemical Society, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Macromolecules, Pharmaceutical Research, Journal of Chemical Physics, Carbohydrate Polymers, Journal of Polymer Science Part B; Polymer Physics, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Polymer International, European Polymer Journal, Inorganic Chemical Communication, Journal of Colloids B: Biointerfaces, Acta Biomaterialia, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Current Applied Physics, and Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
·Nanoparticles for brain tumor imaging, US Patent Application # 20100260686
·Nanofibrous conduits for nerve regeneration, US Patent Application # 20100234863
·Alginate-based nanofibers and related scaffolds, US Patent Application # 20090087469
·Biodegradable chitosan-PEG compositions, and methods of use, US Patent Application # 20060251613 & Canadian patent Application # 2536857
·Narayan Bhattarai, Jonathan Gunn, Miqin Zhang “Chitosan-based hydrogels for controlled, localized drug delivery”Advanced Drug Delivery Review62 (2010) 83.
·Ashleigh Cooper, Soumen Jana, Narayan Bhattarai, and Miqin Zhang “Aligned chitosan-based nanofibers for enhanced myogenesis", Journal of Materials Chemistry 20 (2010) 8904.
·Omid Veiseh, Conroy Sun, Chen Fang, Narayan Bhattarai, Jonathan Gunn, Forrest Kievit, Kim Du, Barbara Pullar, Donghoon Lee, Richard G. Ellenbogen, Jim Olson, and Miqin Zhang “Specific Targeting of Brain Tumors with an Optical/Magnetic Resonance Imaging Nanoprobe across the Blood-Brain Barrier” Cancer Research 69(2009) 6200.
·Narayan Bhattarai, Zhensheng Li, Jonathan Gunn, Matthew Leung, Ashleigh Cooper, Dennis Edmondson, Omid Veiseh, Ming-Hong Chen, Yong Zhang, Richard G. Ellenbogen, Miqin Zhang“Natural-Synthetic Polyblend Nanofibers for Biomedical Applications” Advanced Materials 21(2009) 2792.
·Chen Fang, Narayan Bhattarai, Conroy Sun, Miqin Zhang“Functionalized Nanoparticles with Long-Term Stability in Biological Media” Small 5(2009) 1637.
·Forrest M. Kievit, Omid Veiseh, Narayan Bhattarai, Chen Fang, Jonathan W. Gunn, Donghoon Lee, Richard G. Ellenbogen, James M. Olson Miqin Zhang“PEI-PEG-Chitosan-Copolymer-Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Safe Gene Delivery: Synthesis, Complexation, and Transfection” Advanced Functional Materials 19 (2009) 2244
·Shanta Raj Bhattarai, Sun Young Kim, Ho-Keun Yi, Narayan Bhattarai, Hak Yong Kim, Pyoung Han Hwang. “Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymer Poly (p-Dioxanone-co-L-Lactide)-block- Poly (ethylene glycol), Enhancement of Gene Expression and Inhibition of Lung Metastasis by Aerosol Delivery” Gene Therapy 14 (2007) 476.
·Narayan Bhattarai, Zhensheng Li, Dennis Edmondson, and Miqin Zhang "Alginate-Based Nanofibrous Scaffolds: Structural, Mechanical and Biological Properties", Advanced Materials, 18 (2006)1463.
·Naryan Bhattarai, Hassna R. Ramay, S. H. Chou, and Miqin Zhang "Chitosan and lactic acid grafted chitosan nanoparticles as carriers for prolonged drug delivery", International Journal of Nanomedicine 2(2006).
·Omid Veiseh, Conroy Sun, Jonathan Gunn, Nathan Kohler, Patrik Gabikian, Donghoon Lee, Narayan Bhattarai, Richard Ellenbogen, Raymond Sze, Andrew Hallahan, Jim Olson, and Miqin Zhang "An optical and MRI multifunctional nanoprobe for targeting gliomas” Nano Letters, 5 (2005)1003.
·Narayan Bhattarai, Dennis Edmondson, Omid Veiseh, Frederick A. Matsen and Miqin Zhang “Electrospunn chitosan-based nanofibers and their cellular compatibility” Biomaterials 26(2005) 6176.
·Narayan Bhattarai, Hassna R. Ramay, Jonathan Gunn, Frederick A. Matsen, Miqin Zhang. “PEG-grafted chitosan as an injectable thermosensitive hydrogel for sustained protein release” Journal of Controlled Release 103 (2005) 609.
·Shanta Raj Bhattarai, Narayan Bhattarai, Ho Keun Yi, Pyong Han Hwang, Dong Il Cha, Hak Yong Kim “Novel biodegradable electrospun membrane; Scaffold for tissue engineering” Biomaterials 25( 2004) 2595.
·Narayan Bhattarai, Wen Ying Jiang, Hak Yong Kim, Douck Rae Lee, Soo “Synthesis and hydrolytic degradation of a random copolymer derived from 1,4-dioxan-2-one and glycolide” Journal of Polymer Science Part B 42(2004) 2558.
·Narayan Bhattarai, Shanta Raj Bhattarai, Ho Keun Yi, Jong Chang Lee, Myung Seob Khil, Pyong Han Hwang, Hak Yong Kim “Novel polymeric micelles of amphiphilic triblock copolymer poly(p-dioxanone-co-L-lactide)-block- poly(ethylene glycol)” Pharmaceutical Research 12( 2003) 2021.
