1. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic FRSC is a Serbian American biomedical engineer and university professor.
13 Facts About Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
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Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic is a University Professor at Columbia University, as well as the Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Sciences.
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Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic is part of the faculty at the Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Center for Human Development, both found at Columbia University.
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Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic is an honorary professor at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy at the University of Belgrade, an honorary professor at the University of Novi Sad, and an adjunct professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University.
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Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic's focus is on engineering human tissues for regenerative medicine, stem cell research and modeling of disease.
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In ways not achieved by any other research team, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic's group has succeeded to control cell growth, metabolism and function of engineered human tissues.
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Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic is starting to translate this foundation into clinical applications.
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In 2007, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic became the first woman engineer to receive the distinction of giving the Director's Lecture at the National Institute of Health.
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Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic is a member of the Academia Europaea, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and one of Foreign Policy 100 leading global thinkers for 2014.
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Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic is the recipient of the Robert A Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award for 2017, the premier award of the Biomedical Engineering Society.
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In 2017, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic was appointed to the rank of University Professor at Columbia University, the institution's highest academic honor reserved for a small number of faculty who have made the most important contributions to their field of study, and serve the university as a whole.
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Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic's work has been featured in The New York Times, Scientific American, Forbes Magazine, National Public Radio, and the BBC.
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Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic appeared in 2018 as herself in the documentary film Tesla Nation.