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Efrosini Kokkoli

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Office:
Phone: 612-626-1185
Email: kokkoli@cems.umn.edu
Departmental Page ¦ Group Website

Professional Preparation:

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chemical Engineering, M.S., 1994
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 1998
University of Minnesota, Chemical Engineering/Biomaterials, 1998-1999
University of California at Santa Barbara, Chemical Engineering/Biomaterials, 1999-2001

Professional Appointments

Ray D. & Mary T. Johnson / Mayon Plastics Chair Professor, 2006-2009
McKnight Land-Grant Assistant Professor, 2006-2008
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, 2003-present
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst2001-2003


Selected Publications

A. Garg, A. Wedekind, E. Haidari, A. Mardilovich, and E. Kokkoli, "Integrin α5β1 Targeted Delivery to Colon Cancer Cells", Bioconjugate Chem., submitted (2007)

J. A. Craig, E. L. Rexeisen, and E. Kokkoli, "Effect of Linker and Spacer on the Design of a Fibronectin-Mimetic Peptide Evaluated at Different Length and Time Scales via Cell Studies and AFM Adhesion Forces" Biomaterials, submitted (2007)

A. Mardilovich, J. A. Craig, M. Q. McCammon, A. Garg, and E. Kokkoli, "Design of a Novel Fibronectin-Mimetic Peptide-Amphiphile for Functionalized Biomaterials", Langmuir, 22, 3259-3264 (2006)

E. Kokkoli, R. W. Kasinskas, A. Mardilovich, and A. Garg, "Fractalkine Targeting with a Receptor-Mimicking Peptide-Amphiphile", Biomacromolecules, 6, 1272-1279 (2005)

A. Mardilovich, and E. Kokkoli, "Biomimetic Peptide-Amphiphiles for Functional Biomaterials: The Role of GRGDSP and PHSRN", Biomacromolecules, 5, 950-957 (2004).

E. Kokkoli, A. Mardilovich, A. Wedekind, E. L. Rexeisen, A. Garg, and J. A. Craig, "Self-Assembly and Applications of Biomimetic and Bioactive Peptide-Amphiphiles", Soft Matter, 2, 1015-1024 (2006)

T. M. Davis, T. O. Drews, H. Ramanan, C. He, J. Dong, H. Schnablegger, M. A. Katsoulakis, E. Kokkoli, A. V. McCormick, R. L. Penn, and M. Tsapatsis, "Mechanistic Principles of Nanoparticle Evolution to Zeolite Crystals", Nature Materials, 5, 400-408 (2006)

A. Mardilovich, and E. Kokkoli, "Patterned Biomimetic Membranes: Effect of Concentration and pH", Langmuir, 21, 7468-7475 (2005)

E. Kokkoli, S. E. Ochsenhirt, and M. Tirrell, "Collective and Single-Molecule Interactions of α5β1 Integrins", Langmuir, 20, 2397-2404 (2004)

Z. Lai, G. Bonilla, I. Diaz, G. Nery, K. Sujaoti, M. A. Amat, E. Kokkoli, O. Terasaki, R. W. Thompson, M. Tsapatsis, and D. G. Vlachos, "Microstructural Optimization of a Zeolite Membrane for Organic Vapor Separation", Science, 300, 456-460 (2003).