Professional Preparation:

Professional Appointments

Distinguished McKnight University Professor, 2006-present
Professor, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, UMN, 2002-present
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UMN, 1998 -2002
Nelson Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UMN, 1993-1998

Selected Publications

Kalambur VS, Han B, Hammer BE, Shield TW, and Bischof JC. In vitro characterization of movement heating and visualization of magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications. Nanotechnology 16: 1221-1233 (2005)

Kalambur, V.S., Longmire, E.K. and Bischof, J.C. Cellular level loading and heating of superparamagentic iron oxide nanoparticles. Langmuir (In Press) 2007

Visaria R, Griffin R, Williams B, Ebbini E, Paciotti G, Bischof JC. Enhancement of Thermal Therapy of Tumors Using Gold Nanoparticle Assisted TNF-alpha Delivery. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 5: 1014-1020 (2006) (cover article)

Goel,, R. Swanlund, D., Coad, J., Paciotti, G.F., Bischof, J.C. TNF-alpha based accentuation in cryoinjury Ð dose, delivery and response. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 6(7): 2039-2047 (2007)

Bischof JC. Micro and Nanoscale Phenomenon in Bioheat Transfer. Heat and Mass Transfer (Springer Verlag) 42 (10): 955 Ð 966 (2006)

He X, Bischof JC. Bioheat transfer processes and thermal therapies. Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering 2003; 31(5&6) 355-422

Han B, Bischof JC. Engineering challenges in tissue preservation. Cell Preservation Technologies 2004; 2(2) 91-112

Bischof JC, Mahr B, Behling M, Mewes D. Use of X-ray Tomography to Map Crystalline and Glassy Phase Microstructure in Bulk Frozen Biomaterials. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 35(2): 292-304 (2007)

Wolkers, W.F., Balasubramanian, S.K., Ongstad, E.L., Bischof, J.C. Effect of freezing on membranes and proteins in LNCaP prostate tumor cells. Biochimica Biophysica Acta 1768: 728-736 (2007)

Choi, JW and Bischof, JC. Subzero thermal properties of cryobiologically relevant solutions. Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer (In Press) 2007.