Emmanuel C. Opara, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Office: Engineering 1 Building, Room 116
10 West 32nd Street
Chicago, IL 60616-3793
Phone: 312.567.3858
Fax: 312. 567.5707
Email:
opara@iit.edu
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Expertise
Education
- Ph.D., University of London, England
Research
Current Projects
- Encapsulated islet function in vitro and in vivo
- Drug delivery for neovascularization of encapsulated islet cells
- Biomaterials for cell encapsulation
- Massively parallel concepts in cell microencapsulation
- Anti-obesity drug delivery systems
Awards/Honors
Patents
- U.S Patent # US 6,303355 B1: Method of culturing, cryopreserving and encapsulating pancreatic islet cells, issued on October 16, 2001.
- U.S. Patent # US 6,365,385: Method of culturing and encapsulating pancreatic islet cells, issued on May 21, 2002.
- U.S. Patent #US 6,783,964. Method of encapsulating cells, issued on August 31, 2004.
Books
- Opara EC (editor). Nutrition & Diabetes: Pathophysiology and Management. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL (2005).
