NIST Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory - Polymers Division Staff- Lori Henderson

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	Polymers Main Page > Staff Directory > Detail.. Lori A. Henderson , Ph.D.
	Physical Scientist Biomaterials
	Phone:	(301) 975-4348
	Fax:	(301) 975-4977
	Email:	lori.henderson@nist.gov
	Mail:	8543

	Research Interests Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Molecular Biology, Polymer Synthesis & Characterization, Protein Chemistry, and Enzymology Professional Experience 20 years R&D experience in the biotechnology and chemical industry. 2003-2004: Professor, North Carolina State University 1998-2004: Research Scientist-Manager, Novozymes North America, Inc. 1992-1994: Research Supervisor, AKZO Nobel 1990-1992: Research Chemist, BASF Corporation Education Ph.D., Polymer Science, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA. M.S., Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA. M.S., Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Detroit, Detroit, MI. B.S., Chemistry, Marygrove College, Detroit, MI. Honors and Awards 2005 Patent/Patent Applications - 4 international patents (>50 countries including US), 1 US 2001 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award; EPA-ACS - Nominated and led the award-winning Novozymes' BioPreparationTM project. 1998 Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society - Philip L. Levin Award. Received for ground-breaking discoveries in thesis on Mechanistic Studies of Enzyme-catalyzed reactions. Publications Mei, Y.; Wu, T.; Langenbach, K.J.; Elliott, J.T.; Beers, K.L.; Amis, E.J.; Smith, J.R.; Henderson, L.A. Gradient Substrate Assembly for Quantifying Cellular Response to Biomaterials. In print - 2006 Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A. Dunkers, J.P.; Hagedorn, J.G.; Peskin, A.; Kelso, J.T.; Terrill, J.E.; Henderson, L.A. Interactive Quantitative Analysis of Scaffold Structure Using Immersive Visualization. 2006 Proceedings for BIO, Amelia Island, FL. Dunkers, J.P.; Leigh, S.D.; Cicerone, M.T.; Henderson, L.A. Quantifying the Structure of Candidate Geometric Reference Scaffolds. 2006 Regenerate Congress, Pittsburgh, PA. Dutta Roy, T.; Stone, J.J.; Sun, W.; Cho, E.H.; Lockett, S.J.; Wang, F.W., Henderson, L.A. Expression of Osteoblast Adhesion Proteins on 3D Rapid Prototyped Scaffolds. 2006 Transactions of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Orthopedic Research Society. Chicago, IL. Dutta Roy, T.; Stone, J.J.; Sun, W.; Cho, E.H.; Lockett, S.J.; Wang, F.W., Henderson, L.A. Colocalization of Cell Adhesion Proteins on 3D Tissue Engineering Scaffolds fabricated by Rapid Prototyping. 2006 Transactions of the Society for Biomaterials 31st Annual Meeting and Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA. Mei, Y.; Wu, T.; Xu, C.; Langenbach, K.J.; Elliott, J.T.; Beers, K.L.; Henderson, L.A. Control of Protein Adsoprtion and Cell Adhesion: Effect of Polymer Grafting Density. 2005 ACS National Meeting, Polymer Preprint, Washington, D.C. Becker, M.L.; Gallant, N.D.; Henderson, L.A.; Amis, E.J. Bioactive Surface Gradients to Control Cell Adhesion. 2005 Polymer Preprint, Washington, D.C. Dutta Roy, T.; Henderson, L.A.; Osteoblast adhesion on Tissue Engineering Scaffolds made by Bio- manufacturing Techniques. 2005 Proceedings of IMECE, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida. Henderson, L. A. Biotechnology: Key to Sustainable Technology for the 21st Century; three case studies. In: Cheng, H.N.; et. al., Eds. 2005 ACS Symposium Series 900, Polymer Biocatalysis and Biomaterials, Chapter 2, pp.14-36. Durden, D.; Etters, J. N.; Henderson, L.A.; Hill, J.E. Advances in Commercial BioPreparationTM of Cotton with Alkaline Pectinase. 2001 ATCC Review, pp.28-31. Henderson, L.A. and Gross, R.A. Lipase-catalyzed Ring-opening Polymerization of w-Pentadecalactone: Kinetics and Mechanistic Investigations. 2000 Polymers from Renewable Resources: Biopolyesters and Biocatalysis, Chapter 8, pp.100-112. Bisht, K.; Henderson, L.A.; Svirkin, Y.Y.; Gross, R.A.; Kaplan, D.L.; Swift, G. Monomer and Polymer Synthesis by Lipase-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Reactions. In: Gross, R., et. al., Eds. 1998 ACS Symposium Series 684, Enzymes in Polymer Synthesis. Chapter 5, pp. 90-111. Bisht, K.; Henderson, L.A.; Gross, R.A.; Kaplan, D.L.; Swift, G. Enzyme-catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of w-Pentadecalactone. 1997 Macromolecules, pp. 2705-2711. Henderson, L.A.; Svirkin, Y.Y.; Gross, R.A.; Kaplan, D.L.; Swift, G. Enzyme Catalyzed Polymerization of e-Caprolactone: Effects of Initiator on Product Structure, Propagation Kinetics and Mechanism. 1996 Macromolecules, pp. 7759-7766.




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