Ali Salifu
Email
aasalifu@wpi.edu
Office
Gateway Park 3205
Affiliated Department or Office
Biomedical Engineering
Education
BS Biochemistry University of Ghana 2005
MS Biomedical Engineering University of Surrey 2007
PhD Biomedical Engineering University of Surrey 2015
Postdoc Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2017 - 2018
Ali Salifu
Email
aasalifu@wpi.edu
Office
Gateway Park 3205
Owner
Research Interests
Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering
Drug Delivery Systems
Cell-Surface Interactions

Scholarly Work

Danyuo Y, Ani CJ, Salifu AA, Obayemi JD, Dozie-Nwachukwu S, Obanawu VO, Akpan UM, Odusanya OS, Abade-Abugre M, McBagonluri F, Soboyejo WO. Anomalous release kinetics of prodigiosin from poly-N-isopropyl-acrylamide-based hydrogels for the treatment of triple negative breast cancer. Sci Rep, 9:3862 (2019). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39578-4
Nigay PM, Salifu AA, Obayemi JD, White CE, Nzihou A, Soboyejo WO. Ceramic water filters for the removal of bacterial, chemical and viral contaminants. J Environ Eng, 145(10): 04019066 (2019). DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001579
Shumbayawonda E, Salifu AA, Lekakou C, Cosmas JP. Numerical and experimental simulations of the wireless energy transmission and harvesting by a camera pill. J Med Devices, 12(2), 021002-021002-9 (2018). DOI: 10.1115/1.4039390
Salifu AA, Lekakou C, Labeed F. Electrospun oriented gelatin-hydroxyapatite fiber scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. J Biomed Mater Res Part A, 105(7), 1911-1926 (2017). DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.36058.
Salifu AA, Elsayed YA, Lekakou C, Labeed F, Tomlins P. Cell dynamics of smooth muscle cells and osteoblasts for tissue engineering applications. J Biomater Tissue Eng, 7, 504-510 (2017). DOI: 10.1166/jbt.2017.1595
Salifu AA, Nury BD, Lekakou C. Electrospinning of nanocomposite fibrillar tubular and flat scaffolds with controlled fiber orientation. Ann Biomed Eng, 39(10), 2510-2520 (2011). DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0350-1
Professional Affiliations
Society for Biomaterials (SFB)
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)
Materials Research Society (MRS)

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Researchers find ways to turn bamboo into biofuel

Newsy spoke with Chemical Engineering Professor Mike Timko and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Ali Salifu about their research that found bamboo can be converted into biofuel to power vehicles and generators.