EFROSINI KOKKOLI

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Contact Info: Phone: (612) 626-1185 Office: 306 Amundson Hall Email: mailto:kokkoli@cems.umn.edu

Professional Preparation Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Chemical Engineering, Diploma, 1992 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, Postdoctoral Associate, 1998-1999 University of California, Santa Barbara, Postdoctoral Associate, 1999-2001 Professional Appointments Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 2003-present. Graduate Faculty, Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2003-present. Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2001-2003. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2001-2003. Selected Publications · Mardilovich, A., Craig, J.A., McCammon, M.Q., Garg, A., and Kokkoli, E., “Design of a novel fibronectin-mimetic peptide-amphiphile for functionalized biomaterials,” Submitted (2005). · Ochsenhirt, S.E., Kokkoli, E., McCarthy, J.B., and Tirrell, M., “Effect of RGD Secondary Structure and the Synergy Site PHSRN on Cell Adhesion, Spreading and Specific Integrin Engagement,” Submitted (2005). Mardilovich, A., and Kokkoli, E., “Patterned Biomimetic Membranes: Effect of Concentration and pH,” Langmuir 21, 7468 (2005). Kokkoli, E., Kasinskas, R.W., Mardilovich, A. and Garg, A., “Fractalkine Targeting with a Receptor-Mimicking Peptide-Amphiphile,” Biomacromolecules 6, 1272 (2005). Garg, A., and Kokkoli, E., “Characterizing Particulate Drug Delivery Carriers with Atomic Force Microscopy” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine 24, 87 (2005). Diaz, I., Kokkoli, E., Terasaki, O., and Tsapatsis, M., “Surface Structure of Zeolite (MFI) Crystals,” Chem. Mater. 16, 5226 (2004). Ramanan, H., Kokkoli, E. and Tsapatsis, M., “On the TEM and AFM Evidence of Zeosil Nanoslabs Present during the Synthesis of Silicalite-1,” Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 43, 4558 (2004). Mardilovich, A., and Kokkoli, E., “Biomimetic Peptide-Amphiphiles for Functional Biomaterials: The Role of GRGDSP and PHSRN,” Biomacromolecules 5, 950 (2004). Kokkoli, E., Ochsenhirt, S.E., and Tirrell, M., “Collective and Single-Molecule Interactions of a5b1 Integrins,” Langmuir 20, 2397 (2004). Lai, Z., Bonilla, G., Diaz, I., Nery, G., Sujaoti, K., Amat, M.A., Kokkoli, E., Terasaki, O., Thompson, R.W., Tsapatsis, M., and Vlachos, D.G., “Microstructural Optimization of a Zeolite Membrane for Organic Vapor Separation,” Science 300, 456 (2003). Tirrell, M., Kokkoli, E., and Biesalski, M., “The Role of Surface Science in Bioengineered Materials,” Surf. Sci. 500, 61 (2002). Selected Awards American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund New Faculty Grant, 2003. Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemical Society, 1994. Excellent Teaching Assistant, ranked by Chemical Engineering undergraduate students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1994. Award of Excellence (Awarded by the Technical Chamber of Greece to Engineers that graduated with Highest Distinctions on a National level), 1992. Fellowship from the National Fellowship Foundation of Greece (Awarded to top 5% undergraduate students), 1989-1992. Synergistic Activities Symposium Co-Organizer of “Imaging and Manipulation of Biological Nanostructures", ACS Pacifichem 2005, Honolulu, HI, 2005. Session Chair of “Nanostructured Biomaterials”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, 2005. Session Chair of “Biomimetic Interfaces”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, 2004. Session Chair of “Nanoscale Probing of Intermolecular Interactions: Forces in Chemical and Biological Systems”, ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 2004. Session Chair of “Biomimetics I & III”, AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2003. Session Chair of “Biomimetic Approaches to Materials Design”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, 2002. Session Vice-Chair of “Biomimetic Approaches to Materials Design”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, 2001. Organizing Committee, Second UC System-wide Bioengineering Symposium, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 2001. Session Vice-Chair of “Functional Biomaterials”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 2000.