Rena Bizios

American bioengineer

Rena Bizios

Academic background
Education| BSc, chemical engineering, 1968, University of Massachusetts Amherst
MSc, chemical engineering, California Institute of Technology
PhD, biomedical engineering, 1979, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis| Metabolism of arachidonic acid by platelets in hyperlipoproteinemia (1979)
Academic work
Institutions| University of Texas at San Antonio
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Irene Rena Bizios is an American bioengineer. She is the Peter Flawn Professor at University of Texas at San Antonio and the Lutcher Brown Chair Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Bizios is an Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medicine, National Academy of Inventors, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Her current interests are cellular and tissue engineering, biocompability and tissue-biomaterial relationships.

## Early life and education[edit]

Bizios is of Greek descent.[1] She completed her bachelor in chemical engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst before enrolling at California Institute of Technology for her masters in chemical engineering and Massachusetts Institute of Technology for her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering.[2] Bizios became the first female chemical engineer to receive a Ph.D. in the biomedical engineering program from MIT.[3]

## Career[edit]

Upon completing her PhD, Bizios accepted a faculty position in the Biomedical Engineering department of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 1981.[4] During her tenure at RPI, Bizios found a way of using electricity to grow artificial bones and make them deposit proteins and calcium. She did this by using carbon nanotubes-tubular molecules as electrical conductors to deliver electricity to bone-forming rat cells deposited on a piece of polymer.[5] In 1999, Bizios was elected a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering for "outstanding contributions in biomaterials aspects of tissue engineering and for excellent service in biomedical engineering education."[6] The following year, she was inducted as an International Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering of the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering.[7] In 2002, she took a sabbatical leave to serve as the Chalmers Jubileums Professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden.[4]

Bizios left RPI in 2006 to become the Peter T. Flawn Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).[3][7] During her first three years at UTSA, Bizios was also the Hunter Distinguished Lecturer at Clemson University and the Myrle E. and Verle D. Nietzel Visiting Distinguished Faculty Lecturer at the University of Kentucky.[8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Rena Bizios: One of the most important scientists in the field of biomedical engineering". Ellines.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
2. ^ "Rena Bizios, Ph.D." University of Texas at San Antonio. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
3. ^ a b Fish, Christi (March 8, 2022). "Biomedical engineer Rena Bizios elected by peers to join National Academy of Engineering". University of Texas at San Antonio. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
4. ^ a b "Rena Bizios". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Archived from the original on December 24, 1996. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
5. ^ Stikeman, Alexandra (April 1, 2002). "Skeleton Recharge". MIT Technology Review. Archived from the original on August 15, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
6. ^ "RENA BIZIOS, PH.D." American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
7. ^ a b Brownlee, Tim (May 4, 2006). "UTSA Faculty Honors Convocation salutes 12 professors". University of Texas at San Antonio. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
8. ^ "Distinguished ChE Alumna Lectures on Campus". University of Massachusetts Amherst. May 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2022.

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