Ali Azeko Salifu

Ali Azeko Salifu

Academic & Corporate Engagement

Assistant Research Professor-Engineering

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

Email

aasalifu@wpi.edu

Office Location

Gateway Park 3205

Research Lab

Research Interests

Research Interests:

Biomaterials

Tissue Engineering

Drug Delivery Systems

Cell-Surface Interactions

Scholarly Work

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 - 2019

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 - 2019

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 - 2018

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. - 2017

Salifu AA, Lekakou C, Labeed F. Multilayer cellular stacks of gelatin-hydroxyapatite fiber scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. J Biomed Mater Res Part A, 105(3), 779-789 (2017). DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.35954. - 2017

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 - 2017

Professional Affiliations

Professional Affiliations:

Society for Biomaterials (SFB)

Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)

Materials Research Society (MRS)

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