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Dr. Roche C. de Guzman
Assistant Professor
203 Weed Hall, Department of Engineering, Hofstra University
133 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549
E-mail: roche.c.deguzman@hofstra.edu
Phone: (516) 463-7058

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Previous Affiliations:

School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Virginia Tech

Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM)

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University

Philippine Ozone Desk, Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Research and Biotechnology Division, St. Luke's Medical Center

National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Diliman

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Research Interests:

• Elucidation of cellular & molecular events following tissue injury and repair
• Artificial modification and assembly of extracellular matrix molecules and structural proteins
  
• Development of biomaterial & stem cell constructs for replacement of damaged body structures
• Medical device design, development, and testing
• Renewable energy
• Natural products
• Space exploration
• Light and particle physics
• Plasma and Nikola Tesla technology
• Cyborg technology: Integration of metals with living structures

Recent Publications (not yet Updated):

• de Guzman RC, Saul JM, Ellenburg MD, Merrill MR, Coan HB, Smith TL, Van Dyke ME. Bone regeneration with BMP-2 delivered from keratose scaffolds. Biomaterials (2013) accepted.
• de Guzman RC, Van Dyke ME. Incorporation of active factors (pharmacological substances) in biomaterials for tissue engineering. In: Christ GJ, Andersson KE, editors. Regenerative Pharmacology (2013) in press.
• Richter JR, de Guzman RC, Greengauz-Roberts OK, Van Dyke ME. Structure-property relationships of meta-kerateine biomaterials derived from human hair. Acta Biomaterialia (2012) 8:274-281.
• de Guzman RC, Merrill MR, Richter JR, Hamzi RI, Greengauz-Roberts OK, Van Dyke ME. Mechanical and biological properties of keratose biomaterials. Biomaterials (2011) 32:8205-8217.
• Richter JR, de Guzman RC, Van Dyke ME. Mechanisms of hepatocyte attachment to keratin biomaterials. Biomaterials (2011) 32:7555-7561.
• Saul JM, Ellenburg MD, de Guzman RC, Van Dyke ME. Keratin hydrogels support the sustained release of bioactive ciprofloxacin. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A (2011) 98:544-553.
• de Guzman RC, Loeb JA, VandeVord PJ. Electrospinning of matrigel to deposit a basal lamina-like nanofiber surface. Journal of Biomaterials Science. Polymer Edition (2010) 21:1081-1101.
• de Guzman RC, Ereifej ES, Broadrick KM, Rogers RA, VandeVord PJ. Alginate-matrigel microencapsulated Schwann cells for inducible secretion of glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor. Journal of Microencapsulation (2008) 25:487-498.
• de Guzman RC, VandeVord PJ. Variations in astrocyte and fibroblast response due to biomaterial particulates in vitro. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A (2008) 85:14-24.

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Patent Application:

Van Dyke ME, Saul JM, Smith TL, de Guzman RC. Title of invention: Controlled delivery system. Application number: 13/042,126. Publication number: US 2011/0217356 A1. Filing date: March 7, 2011.

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