Other Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty
Gary Aurand
Adjunct Associate Professor (2005)
Assistant Research Scientist
B.S. 1986, University of Nebraska
Ph.D. 1996, North Carolina State University
Research interests:
Rapid expansion of supercritical solutions
Chris Coretsopoulos
Adjunct Associate Professor (2003)
Director of the Microfabrication Lab
Associate Research Scientist CBE and Physics
B.S. 1981, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Ph.D. 1989, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Postdoctoral MIT
Research interests:
Microfabrication, Photochemical processing of polymers and devices, Photopolymerizations, Medical sensors, Spectroscopy.
A. Umran Dogan
Adjunct Professor (2005)
Professor at Ankara University
B.S. 1974, Istanbul University M.S. 1979, Ohio University Ph.D. 1984, The University of Iowa
Research interests:
Quantitative aspects of Mineralogy-Petrology-Geochemistry Medical Mineralogy, Asbestos group minerals, Zeolite group minerals
Recent Publications:
Dogan, A.U., Dogan, M., Chan, D.C.N., and Wurster, D.E., 2005. Bassanite from Salvadora Persica: A new evaporitic biomineral. Carbonates and Evaporites, 20(1), 2-7.
Dogan, M., Dogan, A.U., Celebi, C., Baris. Y. I., 2005. Geogenic arsenic and a survey of skin lesions in the Emet region of Kutahya, Turkey. Indoor and Built Environment, 14(6), 533-536.
Gur, S., Dogan, A.U., Dogan, M., Karahan, S. T., Can, B., Hafez, G., Ozgunes, O., and Kendirci, M., 2005. Short-term effects of arsenic sulfur in deficits of contractile and relaxant responses on urinary bladder: Pharmacological and structural changes. Urologia Internationalis, 74, 272-275.
Dogan, A.U., Dogan, M., and Emri, S., 2005. Erionite, in Encyclopedia of Toxicology, 2nd edition, ed. P. Wexler, Elsevier: Oxford, 237-241.
Dogan, A.U., 2005. Malignant Mesothelioma and Erionite, in Malignant Mesothelioma: Advances in Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Translation Therapies, eds. H.I. Pass, N.J. Vogelzang, and M. Carbone, Springer Inc., Chapter 15, 242-258.
Dogan, M. and Dogan, A.U., 2005. Asbestos Mineralogy and Health Effects, in Malignant Mesothelioma: Advances in Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Translation Therapies eds. H.I. Pass, N.J. Vogelzang, and M. Carbone, Springer Inc., Chapter 13, 209-224.
Dogan, A.U., Ozsan, A., Dogan, M., Karpuz, C., and Brenner, R.L., 2006. Classifications of hardgrounds based upon their strength properties. Carbonates and Evaporites, 2(1), 14-20.
Dogan, A.U., Dogan, M., Onal, M., Sarikaya, Y., Aburub, A., and Wurster, D.E., 2006. Baseline studies of the Clay Minerals Society source clays: Specific surface area by Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET) method. Clays and Clay Minerals, 54(1), 62-66.
Dogan, A.U., Baris, Y.I., Dogan, M., Emri, S., Steel, I., Elmishad, A.G., and Carbone, M., 2006. Genetic predisposition to fiber carcinogenesis causes a mesothelioma epidemic in Turkey. Cancer Research, 66 (10), 5063-5068. This research paper is highlighted in Nature Reviews-Cancer, 6, 489.
Carbone, M., Emri, S., Dogan, A.U., Steele, I., Tuncer, M., Pass, H.I., and Baris, Y.I., 2007, A mesothelioma epidemic in Cappadocia: scientific developments and unexpected social outcomes. Nature Reviews Cancer, 7, 147-154.
Dogan, M. and Dogan, A.U., 2007. Arsenic mineralization, source, distribution, and abundance in the Kutahya region of the western Anatolia, Turkey. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 29(2), 119-129.
Bertino, P., Marconi, A., Palumbo, L., Bruni, B.M., Barbone, D., Germano, S., Dogan, A.U., Tassi, G.F., Porta, C., Mutti, L., and Gaudino, G., 2007, Erionite and asbestos differently cause transformation of human mesothelial cells. International Journal of Cancer, 121(1), 2766-2774.
Ergin, M., Keskin, S., Dogan, A.U., Kadioglu, Y.K., and Karakas, Z., 2007, Grain size and heavy mineral distribution as related to hinterland and environmental conditions for modern beach sediments from the Gulf of Antalya and Finike, eastern Mediterranean. Marine Geology, 240, 185-196.
Dogan, M., Dogan, A.U., Yesilyurt, F.I., Alaygut, D., Buckner, I., and Wurster, D.E., 2007, Baseline studies of the Clay Minerals Society Special Clays: Specific surface area by the Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET) method, Clays and Clay Minerals, 55(5), 534-541.
Giray, C.B., Dogan, M., Akalin, A., Baltrusaitis, J., Chan, D.C.N., Skinner, H.W.C., Dogan, A.U., 2007, Sialolith Characterization by Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Scanning, 29(5), 206-210.
Dogan, A.U., Dogan, M., Kilinc, A., and Locke, D., 2008, An isobaric-isenthalpic magma mixing model for the Hasan Dagi Volcano, Central Anatolia, Turkey, Bulletin of Volcanology, 70, 797-804.
Dogan, A.U. and Dogan, M., 2008, Re-evaluation and re-classification of erionite series minerals, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 30, 355-366.
Dogan, A.U., Dogan, M., and Hoskins, J.A. 2008, Erionite series minerals: Mineralogical and carcinogenic properties, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 30, 367-381.
Ballirano, P., Andreozzi, G.B., Dogan, M., and Dogan, A.U. 2009. Crystal structure and iron topochemistry of erionite-K from Rome, Oregon, USA. Accepted for publication in American Mineralogist.
Dogan, A.U., Dogan, M., and Hoskins, J.A. 2009. Invited chapter, in Other Environmental Health Issues: Erionite and its Health Effects, MS number 725, Elsevier.
Dogan, M. Dogan, A.U. 2009. Invited chapter, in Drinking Water and Human Health: Water Quality, Occurrences, and Inorganic Contaminants, MS number 283, Elsevier.
Stephen K. Hunter
Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, UIHC
Secondary Faculty Appointment in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
B.S. 1982, University of Utah
Ph.D. 1987, University of Utah
M.D. 1989, University of Utah
Research interests:
Diabetes in pregnancy
Fetal therapy
Selected Publications
Kao, Jay M., Rose, Rebecca, Yousef, Mohammed, Hunter, Stephen K., Rodgers, V.G.J., "In vivo Biocompatibility Evaluation of Cibacron Blue-Agarose," Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 47, 1999:537-542.
Hunter, S. K., Kao, J.M., Wang, Y. Benda, J.A. and Rodgers, V. G. J. , "Promotion of Neovascularization Around Hollow Fiber Based Bioartificial Organs Using Biologically Active Substances," Am. Soc. Artif. Int. Organs, 45, 1999:37-40.
Hunter, S. K., Kao, J.M., Wang, Y. and Rodgers, V. G. J., "Bioartificial Pancreas (BAP) Use in Diabetic Pregnancy," Am. Soc. Artif. Int. Organs, 1999, 45:13-17.