Primary Research Area:

Biomedical Engineering including Biochemical Engineering, Biomaterials

Research Interests:

Protein and biomolecular engineering; Cell-specific targeting for therapeutic angiogenesis and neovascularization; Artificial blood vessels; Blood-material interactions.

Education:

M.A. in Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Ph.D. in Chem. Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, BG
Post-Doc in Bioengineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Recent Publications:

1. A. N. Veleva, D. E. Heath, J. K. Johnson, J. Nam, C. Patterson, J. J. Lannutti, S. L. Cooper, Interactions between Endothelial Cells and Electrospun Methacrylic Terpolymer Fibers for Engineered Vascular Replacements, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A (2009) in press, DOI 10.1002/jbm.a. 32276
2. S. Srivastava, P. Charles, X. Pi, I. Moreno, A. N. Veleva, E. Hilliard, P. Lockyer, C. Patterson, J. Aitsebaomo, Interleukin-11 has a Novel Role in Proliferation and Migration of Cultured Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Vitro and Mobilization of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Vivo, Circulation, 118 (2008) S480.
3. A. N. Veleva, D. E. Heath, S. L. Cooper, C. Patterson, Selective Endothelial Cell Attachment to Peptide-Modified Terpolymers, Biomaterials, 29 (2008) 3656.
4. A. N. Veleva, S. L. Cooper, C. Patterson, Identification and Initial Characterization of Novel Peptide Ligands that Bind Specifically to Human Blood Outgrowth Endothelial Cells, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 98 (2007) 306.
   
5. A. N. Veleva, S. A. Khan, S. L. Cooper, Oxidative and Hydrolytic Stability of a Novel Acrylic Terpolymer for Biomedical Applications, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A, 74A (2005) 117.

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