selected publications academic article Deo, K. A., Murali, A., Tronolone, J. J., Mandrona, C., Lee, H. P., Rajput, S., ... Gaharwar, A. K. (2024). Granular Biphasic Colloidal Hydrogels for 3D Bioprinting. Advanced healthcare materials. e2303810. Isaac, A. H., Recalde Phillips, S. Y., Ruben, E., Estes, M., Rajavel, V., Baig, T., ... Alge, D. L. (2024). Impact of PEG sensitization on the efficacy of PEG hydrogel-mediated tissue engineering. Nature Communications. 15(1), 3283. Tigner, T. J., Dampf, G., Tucker, A., Huang, Y., Jagrit, V., Clevenger, A. J., ... Alge, D. L. (2024). Clickable Granular Hydrogel Scaffolds for Delivery of Neural Progenitor Cells to Sites of Spinal Cord Injury. Advanced healthcare materials. e2303912. Williams, T. J., Daboin, C., Kim, P., Guo, F., de Figueiredo, P., & Alge, D. L. (2024). Enzyme-functionalized alginate microparticles enable anaerobic culture under ambient oxygen. 121(1), 219-227. Tigner, T. J., Scull, G., Brown, A. C., & Alge, D. L. (2023). Microparticle Hydrogel Material Properties Emerge from Mixing-Induced Homogenization in a Poly(ethylene glycol) and Dextran Aqueous Two-Phase System. MACROMOLECULES. Lee, H., Davis, R., Wang, T., Deo, K. A., Cai, K. X., Alge, D. L., Lele, T. P., & Gaharwar, A. K. (2023). Dynamically Cross-Linked Granular Hydrogels for 3D Printing and Therapeutic Delivery. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 6(9), 3683-3695. Srivatsa Palakurthi, S., Bharat Charbe, N., Recalde Phillips, S. Y., Alge, D. L., Lu, D., & Palakurthi, S. (2023). Development of optimal in vitro release and permeation testing method for rectal suppositories. 640, 123042-123042. Williams, T. J., Jeevarathinam, A. S., Jivan, F., Baldock, V., Kim, P., McShane, M. J., & Alge, D. L. (2023). Glucose biosensors based on Michael addition crosslinked poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels with chemo-optical sensing microdomains. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 11(8), 1749-1759. Jungmann, M. A., Recalde Phillips, S., Touchet, T. J., Brinson, B., Parish, K., Petersen, C., ... Alge, D. L. (2023). Swellable and Thermally Responsive Hydrogel/Shape Memory Polymer Foam Composites for Sealing Lung Biopsy Tracts. 9(2), 642-650. Patrick, C. W., Machek, J., Avazmohammadi, R., Alge, D. L., Peak, C. W., & McShane, M. (2022). Process for Faculty-Driven, Data-Informed Curriculum Continuity Review in Biomedical Engineering. 2(2), 265-280. Rajput, S., Deo, K. A., Mathur, T., Lokhande, G., Singh, K. A., Sun, Y., ... Gaharwar, A. K. (2022). 2D Nanosilicate for additive manufacturing: Rheological modifier, sacrificial ink and support bath. Bioprinting. 25, e00187-e00187. Gregory, C. A., Lee, R. H., Liu, F., & Alge, D. (2022). Editorial: Approaches That Foster a Pro-Regenerative Environment. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10, 873375. Xin, S., Deo, K. A., Dai, J., Pandian, N., Chimene, D., Moebius, R. M., ... Alge, D. L. (2021). Generalizing hydrogel microparticles into a new class of bioinks for extrusion bioprinting. Science Advances. 7(42), eabk3087. Holt, S. E., Arroyo, J., Poux, E., Fricks, A., Agurcia, I., Heintschel, M., Rakoski, A., & Alge, D. L. (2021). Supramolecular Click Product Interactions Induce Dynamic Stiffening of Extracellular Matrix-Mimetic Hydrogels. Biomacromolecules. 22(7), 3040-3048. Jhan, Y., Palou Zuniga, G., Singh, K. A., Gaharwar, A. K., Alge, D. L., & Bishop, C. J. (2021). Polymer-Coated Extracellular Vesicles for Selective Codelivery of Chemotherapeutics and siRNA to Cancer Cells. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 4(2), 1294-1306. Jeevarathinam, A. S., Guo, F., Williams, T., Smolen, J. A., Hyde, J. A., McShane, M. J., de Figueiredo, P., & Alge, D. L. (2021). Enzyme functionalized microgels enable precise regulation of dissolved oxygen and anaerobe culture. Mater Today Bio. 9, 100092-100092. Holt, S. E., Rakoski, A., Jivan, F., Prez, L. M., & Alge, D. L. (2020). Hydrogel Synthesis and Stabilization via Tetrazine Click-Induced Secondary Interactions. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 41(14), e2000287-2000287. Deo, K. A., Singh, K. A., Peak, C. W., Alge, D. L., & Gaharwar, A. K. (2020). Bioprinting 101: Design, Fabrication, and Evaluation of Cell-Laden 3D Bioprinted Scaffolds. Tissue Engineering Part A. 26(5-6), 318-338. Xin, S., Dai, J., Gregory, C. A., Han, A., & Alge, D. L. (2020). Creating Physicochemical Gradients in Modular Microporous Annealed Particle Hydrogels via a Microfluidic Method. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(6), 1907102-1907102. Tigner, T. J., Rajput, S., Gaharwar, A. K., & Alge, D. L. (2020). Comparison of Photo Cross Linkable Gelatin Derivatives and Initiators for Three-Dimensional Extrusion Bioprinting. Biomacromolecules. 21(2), 454-463. Jivan, F., & Alge, D. L. (2020). Bio-Orthogonal, Site-Selective Conjugation of Recombinant Proteins to Microporous Annealed Particle Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering. Advanced Therapeutics. 3(1), Xin, S., Gregory, C. A., & Alge, D. L. (2020). Interplay between degradability and integrin signaling on mesenchymal stem cell function within poly(ethylene glycol) based microporous annealed particle hydrogels. Acta Biomaterialia. 101, 227-236. Isaac, A., Jivan, F., Xin, S., Hardin, J., Luan, X., Pandya, M., Diekwisch, T., & Alge, D. L. (2019). Microporous Bio-orthogonally Annealed Particle Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. ACS Biomaterial Science and Engineering. 5(12), 6395-6404. Xin, S., Chimene, D., Garza, J. E., Gaharwar, A. K., & Alge, D. L. (2019). Clickable PEG hydrogel microspheres as building blocks for 3D bioprinting. BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE. 7(3), 1179-1187. Jivan, F., Fabela, N., Davis, Z., & Alge, D. L. (2018). Orthogonal click reactions enable the synthesis of ECM-mimetic PEG hydrogels without multi-arm precursors. 6(30), 4929-4936. Xin, S., Wyman, O. M., & Alge, D. L. (2018). Assembly of PEG Microgels into Porous Cell-Instructive 3D Scaffolds via Thiol-Ene Click Chemistry. Advanced healthcare materials. 7(11), e1800160-1800160. Holt, S. E., Ward, E. S., Ober, R. J., & Alge, D. L. (2017). Shooting for the moon: using tissue-mimetic hydrogels to gain new insight on cancer biology and screen therapeutics. MRS Communications. 7(3), 427-441. Jivan, F., Yegappan, R., Pearce, H., Carrow, J. K., McShane, M., Gaharwar, A. K., & Alge, D. L. (2016). Sequential Thiol-Ene and Tetrazine Click Reactions for the Polymerization and Functionalization of Hydrogel Microparticles. Biomacromolecules. 17(11), 3516-3523. Magin, C. M., Alge, D. L., & Anseth, K. S. (2016). Bio-inspired 3D microenvironments: a new dimension in tissue engineering. Biomedical Materials. 11(2), 022001-022001. Chimene, D., Alge, D. L., & Gaharwar, A. K. (2016). ChemInform Abstract: TwoDimensional Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications: Emerging Trends and Future Prospects. ChemInform. 47(3), no-no. Jaiswal, M. K., Xavier, J. R., Carrow, J. K., Desai, P., Alge, D., & Gaharwar, A. K. (2016). Mechanically Stiff Nanocomposite Hydrogels at Ultralow Nanoparticle Content. ACS Nano. 10(1), 246-256. Chimene, D., Alge, D. L., & Gaharwar, A. K. (2015). Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications: Emerging Trends and Future Prospects. ADVANCED MATERIALS. 27(45), 7261-7284. Gandavarapu, N. R., Alge, D. L., & Anseth, K. S. (2014). Back matter. BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE. 2(9), 1305-1305. Kirschner, C. M., Alge, D. L., Gould, S. T., & Anseth, K. S. (2014). Clickable, photodegradable hydrogels to dynamically modulate valvular interstitial cell phenotype. Advanced healthcare materials. 3(5), 649-657. Gandavarapu, N. R., Alge, D. L., & Anseth, K. S. (2014). Osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells on 5 integrin binding peptide hydrogels is dependent on substrate elasticity. 2(3), 352-361. Alge, D. L., Donohue, D. F., & Anseth, K. S. (2014). ChemInform Abstract: Facile and Efficient Lewis Acid Catalyzed Synthesis of an Asymmetric Tetrazine Useful for BioOrthogonal Click Chemistry Applications. 45(5), no-no. Azagarsamy, M. A., McKinnon, D. D., Alge, D. L., & Anseth, K. S. (2014). Coumarin-Based Photodegradable Hydrogel: Design, Synthesis, Gelation, and Degradation Kinetics. ACS Macro Letters. 3(6), 515-519. Gandavarapu, N. R., Alge, D. L., & Anseth, K. S. (2014). Osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells on 5 integrin binding peptide hydrogels is dependent on substrate elasticity (vol 2, pg 352, 2014). 2(9), 1305-1305. Bethel, M., Levenda, J., Hogg, P., Alge, D., Chu, T., & Mullis, B. (2013). Compressive loading causes unique mechanism of failure in second generation sliding hip screw. 5(4), 311-311. Koehler, K. C., Alge, D. L., Anseth, K. S., & Bowman, C. N. (2013). Development of a Maleimide Amino Acid for Use as a Tool for Peptide Conjugation and Modification. 19(3), 265-274. Alge, D. L., Azagarsamy, M. A., Donohue, D. F., & Anseth, K. S. (2013). Synthetically tractable click hydrogels for three-dimensional cell culture formed using tetrazine-norbornene chemistry. Biomacromolecules. 14(4), 949-953. Alge, D. L., Goebel, W. S., & Chu, T. (2013). Effects of DCPD cement chemistry on degradation properties and cytocompatibility: comparison of MCPM/-TCP and MCPM/HA formulations. Biomedical Materials. 8(2), 025010-025010. Koehler, K. C., Alge, D. L., Anseth, K. S., & Bowman, C. N. (2013). A Diels-Alder modulated approach to control and sustain the release of dexamethasone and induce osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells. Biomaterials. 34(16), 4150-4158. Alge, D. L., & Anseth, K. S. (2013). Bioactive hydrogels: Lighting the way. Nature Materials. 12(11), 950-952. Leight, J. L., Alge, D. L., Maier, A. J., & Anseth, K. S. (2013). Direct measurement of matrix metalloproteinase activity in 3D cellular microenvironments using a fluorogenic peptide substrate. 34(30), 7344-7352. Alge, D. L., Donohue, D. F., & Anseth, K. S. (2013). Facile and efficient Lewis acid catalyzed synthesis of an asymmetric tetrazine useful for bio-orthogonal click chemistry applications. Tetrahedron Letters. 54(41), 5639-5641. Azagarsamy, M. A., Alge, D. L., Radhakrishnan, S. J., Tibbitt, M. W., & Anseth, K. S. (2012). Photocontrolled nanoparticles for on-demand release of proteins. Biomacromolecules. 13(8), 2219-2224. Alge, D. L., Bennett, J., Treasure, T., Voytik-Harbin, S., Goebel, W. S., & Chu, T. (2012). Poly(propylene fumarate) reinforced dicalcium phosphate dihydrate cement composites for bone tissue engineering. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A. 100(7), 1792-1802. Alge, D. L., Goebel, W. S., & Chu, T. (2012). In vitro degradation and cytocompatibility of dicalcium phosphate dihydrate cements prepared using the monocalcium phosphate monohydrate/hydroxyapatite system reveals rapid conversion to HA as a key mechanism. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials. 100(3), 595-602. Mackey, A. C., Karlinsey, R. L., Chu, T., MacPherson, M., & Alge, D. L. (2012). Development of Niobium Oxide Coatings on Sand-Blasted Titanium Alloy Dental Implants. Materials Sciences and Applications. 2012(05), 301-305. Santa Cruz Chavez, G., Alge, D. L., & Chu, T. (2011). Additive concentration effects on dicalcium phosphate dihydrate cements prepared using monocalcium phosphate monohydrate and hydroxyapatite. Biomedical Materials. 6(6), 065007-065007. Chandrasekhar, K. S., Zhou, H., Zeng, P., Alge, D., Li, W., Finney, B. A., Yoder, M. C., & Li, J. (2011). Blood vessel wall-derived endothelial colony-forming cells enhance fracture repair and bone regeneration. Calcified Tissue International. 89(5), 347-357. Alge, D. L., & Chu, T. (2010). Calcium phosphate cement reinforcement by polymer infiltration and in situ curing: a method for 3D scaffold reinforcement. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A. 94(2), 547-555. McAteer, M. E., Niziolek, P. J., Ellis, S. N., Alge, D. L., & Robling, A. G. (2010). Mechanical stimulation and intermittent parathyroid hormone treatment induce disproportional osteogenic, geometric, and biomechanical effects in growing mouse bone. Calcified Tissue International. 86(5), 389-396. Alge, D. L., Zhou, D., Adams, L. L., Wyss, B. K., Shadday, M. D., Woods, E. J., Gabriel Chu, T. M., & Goebel, W. S. (2010). Donor-matched comparison of dental pulp stem cells and bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells in a rat model. JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE. 4(1), 73-81. Alge, D. L., Santa Cruz, G., Goebel, W. S., & Chu, T. (2009). Characterization of dicalcium phosphate dihydrate cements prepared using a novel hydroxyapatite-based formulation. Biomedical Materials. 4(2), 025016-025016. Recalde Phillips, S. Y., Perez-Ponce, K. D., Ruben, E., Baig, T., Poux, E., Gregory, C. A., & Alge, D. L. Impact of Annealing Chemistry on the Properties and Performance of Microporous Annealed Particle Hydrogels. Biomacromolecules. 25(9), 5798-5808. Faraz, J., Ramanathan, Y., Omar, W., Hannah, P., Akhilesh, G., & Daniel, A. Synthesis and characterization of hydrogel microsphere matrices with tunable bioactivity using click chemistry. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 4. chapter Alge, D. L. (2016). Photochemical Patterning of Cellular Microenvironments. Microscale Technologies for Cell Engineering. (pp. 27-46). Springer Nature. Alge, D. L., & Anseth, K. S. (2013). CHAPTER 8. ThiolX Chemistries in Polymer and Materials Science. (pp. 165-194). Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). Alge, D. L., & Anseth, K. S. (2013). Thiol-X Reactions in Tissue Engineering. THIOL-X CHEMISTRIES IN POLYMER AND MATERIALS SCIENCE. (pp. 165-194). conference paper Cheburkanov, V., Holt, S., Alge, D., & Yakovlev, V. (2021). Assessing hydrogel viscoelastic properties using spontaneous Brillouin scattering. Proceedings of SPIE. 116741j-116741j-8. Isaac, A., Winklepleck, V., & Alge, D. (2019). The anti-peg immune response: Fact, fiction, or a legitimate concern for biomaterials?. Annual Meeting- Society for Biomaterials in Conjunction with the International Biomaterials Symposium. 248. Xin, S., Dai, J., Han, A., & Alge, D. (2019). A microfluidic method for creating poly(Ethylene glycol) gradient microgel scaffolds to modulate human mesenchymal stem cell behavior. Annual Meeting- Society for Biomaterials in Conjunction with the International Biomaterials Symposium. 399. Xin, S., Gregory, C., & Alge, D. (2019). Interplay between degradability and integrin signaling on mesenchymal stem cell function within porous poly(Ethylene glycol) microgel scaffolds. Annual Meeting- Society for Biomaterials in Conjunction with the International Biomaterials Symposium. 253. Marozas, I., Alge, D., & Anseth, K. (2015). Thiol-ene Photoclick chemistry as an approach for user directed covalent tethering of bioactive proteins to synthetic hydrogel scaffolds. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. Alge, D. L., Zhou, D., Adams, L. L., Wyss, B. K., Shadday, M. D., Chu, T., Woods, E. J., & Goebel, W. S. (2008). Rat dental pulp-derived stem cells display greater proliferative and osteogenic potential than bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells from the same donor rat. Experimental Hematology. S87-S88. Baldock, V., Jivan, F., Alge, D., & McShane, M. Poly(Ethylene glycol) click hydrogels with embedded sensing microdomains for a long-term, implantable biosensor. Annual Meeting- Society for Biomaterials in Conjunction with the International Biomaterials Symposium. 831.
principal investigator on Impact of the Anti-PEG Response on the Efficacy of PEG Hydrogel-Mediated Bone Regeneration awarded by National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States) 2019 - 2021 Osteoinductive Microgel-Based Scaffolds for hMSC Delivery awarded by National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States) 2017 - 2020
co-principal investigator on Decision-making and Development of A 3D Printing-based Meniscus Transplantation System awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2016 - 2020
investigator on Neurobiological Control of Periodontal Homeostasis through MicroRNA, TGF-beta, and Wnt Signaling awarded by National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States) 2018 - 2023
teaching activities BIOT684 Directed Pro Internship: In-ab Instructor BIOT685 Directed Studies Instructor BMEN291 Hnr-research Instructor BMEN344 Bio Response Med Devices Instructor BMEN344 Biol Interactions & Testing Instructor BMEN483 Polymeric Biomatrl Synth Instructor BMEN487 Drug Delivery Instructor BMEN491 Hnr-research Instructor BMEN635 Biomtrls Compatibility Instructor BMEN683 Polymeric Biomatrl Synth Instructor BMEN684 Professional Internship Instructor BMEN685 Directed Studies Instructor BMEN687 Drug Delivery Instructor BMEN689 Sptp: Immun Implant Biomat Instructor BMEN691 Research Instructor ENGR491 Hnr-research Instructor MSEN491 Hnr-research Instructor MSEN691 Research Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations Cereceres, Stacy Nicole (2018-08). Development of Hydrogel Wound Dressings for Chronic Wound Healing. Jivan, Faraz (2019-11). Sequential Click Reactions To Synthesize And Functionalize Hydrogel Biomaterials. Xin, Shangjing (2019-11). Assembly of Microgel Building Blocks into Cell-instructive Microporous Annealed Particle Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering.
education and training Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University - (West Lafayette, Indiana, United States) 2010 B.S. in Biosystems Engineering, Clemson University - (Clemson, South Carolina, United States) 2006 University of Colorado Boulder - (Boulder, Colorado, United States) , Postdoctoral Training 2014
awards and honors Association of Former Students University-Level Distinguished Achievement Award, The, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 2022
mailing address Texas A&M University Biomedical Engineering 3120 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3120 USA
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