Rachael Floreani
| Rachael Floreani | |
| Occupation | Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
|---|---|
Rachael Floreani is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Vermont.[1] Her research addresses biomaterials, tissue scaffolds, and hydrogel systems, including applications in cultivated meat production and therapeutic tissue sealants.[2]
Career
Floreani holds the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Vermont.[3]
Research
Floreani's publication record includes 11 papers indexed by Semantic Scholar, with a combined total of 170 citations and an h-index of 6.[4] Her most cited work, published in 2012 in the Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, examined the antimicrobial effects of nanofiber poly(caprolactone) tissue scaffolds releasing rifampicin and has been cited 69 times.[5]
Her more recent work has focused on alginate-based and whey protein-modified hydrogel scaffolds for cultivated meat applications, as well as bio-inspired hydrogels for vascular tissue engineering.[6]
Floreani has received funding from the National Institutes of Health for a project titled "Development of a Polysaccharide-Based Patch for Use as a Therapeutic Lung Sealant," conducted at the University of Vermont & State Agricultural College. NIH records list four awards under this project totaling $1,504,690, including individual awards of $386,149, $386,261, and $386,370.[7]
Selected publications
- Antimicrobial effects of nanofiber poly(caprolactone) tissue scaffolds releasing rifampicin (2012), Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine[8]
- Dual-Crosslinked Alginate-Based Hydrogels with Tunable Mechanical Properties for Cultured Meat (2022), Foods[9]
- Bio-inspired green light crosslinked alginate-heparin hydrogels support HUVEC tube formation (2021), Journal of The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials[10]
- The Effect of Pulp Production Times on the Characteristics and Properties of Hemp-Based Paper (2022), Materials Today Communications[11]
- Whey Protein Isolate and β-Lactoglobulin-Modified Alginate Hydrogel Scaffolds Enhance Cell Proliferation for Cultivated Meat Applications (2025), Foods[12]
- Whey Protein Isolate Composites as Potential Scaffolds for Cultivated Meat (2024), ACS Applied Bio Materials[13]
- Physico-mechanical Characterization of Liquid versus Solid Applications of Visible Light Cross-Linked Tissue Sealants (2019), ACS Applied Bio Materials[14]
- Physico-mechanical and ex vivo analysis of aloe-alginate hydrogels for cervical cancer treatment (2023), Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers[15]
- Impact of Whey Protein on the Physico-Mechanical Properties of Alginate Dialdehyde Scaffolds and Cell Adhesion for Cultivated Meat Applications (2025), Food Hydrocolloids[16]
- Multi-layer encapsulation of plant protoplasts (2025), bioRxiv[17]
External links
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