Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University
(profile at the time of induction in 2008)

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, where she directs the Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, and holds appointments at the Department of Surgery and the College of Dental Medicine. She received her B.S., S.M. and Ph.D from the University of Belgrade (all in chemical engineering), and was a Fulbright fellow in 1986-87 (at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Prior to joining Columbia, Gordana was with the University of Belgrade, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tufts University. Her laboratory is working on biophysical regulation of human stem cells and on tissue engineering for application in regenerative medicine. She also co-directs the NIH Tissue Engineering Resource Center (TERC). Gordana published over 220 peer-reviewed articles, two books and 25 patents, and gave 140 invited lectures. She is a frequent advisor to governmental organizations on bioreactors, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, and a permanent member of a NIH study section. In 2007, she gave the Director' lecture at the NIH, as the first woman engineer to receive this distinction. In 2002, she has been elected a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. She lives in New York City with husband Branko (architect) and son Stasha (MD).

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