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Professional Preparation

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Youngstown State Univ., Youngstown, OH, 1981
Ph.D., Chemical Eng./Bioengineering  Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA , 1986
Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering, Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA., 1986-1987

Appointments

Gill Eminent Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, 2002-present
Full Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, 2000-2002
Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, 1993-2000
Assistant Professor, Dept of Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky, 1987-1993
Faculty Associate, Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Kentucky, 1993-present
Faculty Associate, Center of Membrane Sciences, University of Kentucky, 1987-present
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dept of Chemical Engineering, 2003-present.
Associate Dean for Administration and Academic Affairs, College of Engineering, Univ. of Kentucky, 1996-1999
Director of Graduate Studies, Dept of Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky, 1993-1996

Recent Publications

• K.M.L. May, A. Vogt, L.G. Bachas, K.W. Anderson, “Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor as a Biomarker for the
  Early Detection of Cancer with A Whole Cell-Based Biosensor”, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 382:
  1010-1016, 2005.
• G. Gosh, L.G. Bachas, K.W. Anderson, “Biosensor Incorporating Cell Barrier Architectures for Detecting
  Staphylococcus aureus Alpha Toxin”, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 387: 567-574, 2007.
• K.F. Novak, W.J. Diamond, S. Kirakodu, R. Peyyala, K.W. Anderson, R. C. Montelero, and T.A. Mietzner.
  “Efficacy of the De Novo-Derived Antimicrobial Peptide WLBU2 against Oral Bacteria” Antimicrobial Agents and
  Chemotherapy, 51: 1837-1839, 2007
• G. Ghosh, I. Mehta, A. L. Cornette, and K.W. Anderson, “Measuring Permeability with a Whole Cell- Based
  Biosensor as an Alternate Assay for Angiogenesis: Comparison with Common in vitro Assays” Biosensors and
  Bioelectronics, 23: 1109-1116, 2008.
• G. Ghosh, L. Bachas, K.W. Anderson, “Biosensor Incorporating Cell Barrier Architectures on Ion-Selective
  Electrodes for Early Screening of Cancer”, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 391: 2783-2792, 2008.
• S.A. Meenach, K.W. Anderson, J.Z. Hilt, “Hydrogel Nanocomposites: Biomedical Applications and
  Biocompatibility Analysis”, In: Safety of Nanoparticles: From Manufacturing to Clinical Applications, T.J.
  Webster, ed., Springer, pgs 131-157 (2009), invited book chapter.
• S.A. Meenach, J.Z. Hilt, K.W. Anderson, “Poly(ethylene glycol)-Based Magnetic Hydrogel Nanocomposites for
  Hyperthermia Cancer Therapy,” Acta Biomaterialia, 6(3), 2010; 1039 – 1046.
• S.A. Meenach, K.W. Anderson, J.Z. Hilt. Synthesis and Characterization of Thermoresponsive Poly(ethylene
  glycol)-Based Hydrogels and Their Magnetic Nanocomposites. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer
  Chemistry, 48, 3229–3235, 2010.
• N.S. Satarkar, D. Johnson, B. Marrs, R. Andrews, C. Poh, B. Gharaibeh, K. Saito, K.W. Anderson, J.Z. Hilt.
  Hydrogel-MWCNT Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Characterization, and Heating with Radiofrequency Fields. Journal
  of Applied Polymer Science, 117, 1813–1819, 2010.
• N.S. Satarkar, S.A. Meenach, K.W. Anderson, J.Z. Hilt. Remote Actuation of Hydrogel Nanocomposites: Heating
  Analysis, Modeling, and Simulations. AIChE J, in press (DOI: 10.1002/aic.12309, Published Online 7/2/2010).
• D. Scott, K.T. Hamorsky, C.M. Ensor, K.W. Anderson, S. Daunert, Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein-Aequorin Protein
  Switch for Cyclic AMP. Bioconjugate Chemistry, in press, 2011