Vuk Uskokovic

Materials scientist and educator, currently a lecturer in engineering at San Diego State University

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Science and Art
Physical Chemistry
Materials Science
Nanomedicine
Philosophy of Science
Biomaterials
Biomedical Engineering
Materials Chemistry
Condensed Matter Physics
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Surfaces and Interfaces
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Colloid and Surface Chemistry
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Education
Sociology and Political Science
Business and International Management
Polymers and Plastics
Ceramics and Composites
Metals and Alloys
Biophysics
Bioengineering
Pharmaceutical Science
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanics of Materials
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Process Chemistry and Technology
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry
Biotechnology
Infectious Diseases
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Organic Chemistry
Pharmacology
Drug Discovery
Otorhinolaryngology
Cell Biology
Waste Management and Disposal
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Marketing
Development
Inorganic Chemistry
Social Psychology
Management of Technology and Innovation
Media Technology
Endocrinology
Clinical Biochemistry
Molecular Medicine
Structural Biology
Philosophy
Language and Linguistics
Behavioral Neuroscience
History and Philosophy of Science
Linguistics and Language

About

**Vuk Uskoković, PhD, MSc, MS, BSc, is a Serbian-Slovenian-American scientist, educator and multimedia artist, currently a lecturer in engineering at San Diego State University, a visiting professor at University of Montenegro and the Cofounder and Chief Scientific Officer at TardigradeNano LLC, a zero-profit biotech startup, think tank and educational and social advocacy powerhouse, all under one hat, located in Irvine, California. Dr. Uskoković holds degrees in physical chemistry (BSc & MS), materials science and engineering (MSc), and nanoscience and nanotechnologies (PhD), and has completed postdoctoral trainings in colloid chemistry, fine particle synthesis, biomimetics, tissue engineering and controlled drug delivery. Prior to his current appointments, he was a professor in the schools of engineering, pharmacy and medicine at the University of California in Irvine, Chapman University and University of Illinois in Chicago, respectively, where he ran research labs and taught a variety of subjects, including biomaterials, nanophysics, medical devices, biologics, bio-optics, and other. He was also a principal investigator and a research scientist at University of California in San Francisco, Clarkson University in New York, Jožef Stefan Institute in Slovenia, and the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Dr. Uskoković’s research, which resulted in over 200 authored publications, provided major contributions to the scientific understanding of a number of critical phenomena from physical and biological sciences. Many of Dr. Uskoković’s discoveries have originated from the enthusiasm to address the pressing medical needs of humanity, particularly in the domains of targeted drug delivery, bone tissue engineering, and next-generation antimicrobial and anticancer therapies. Dr. Uskoković is the recipient of the prestigious Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institutes of Health and a prolific author of research papers, reviews and essays throughout his decades-long scientific career. A true renaissance scientist, Dr. Uskoković has also been a lifelong advocate of the union between natural sciences, arts and humanities. A quintessential contribution to this interdisciplinary venture came through his pioneering work on treating scientific paper as a medium for combined displays of analytical rigor, scientific novelty, humanistic values and artistic expression.**

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Publications

Nanosized hydroxyapatite and other calcium phosphates: Chemistry of formation and application as drug and gene delivery agents
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials
2010
SYNTHESIS OF MATERIALS WITHIN REVERSE MICELLES
Surface Review and Letters
2005
Reverse micelles: Inert nano-reactors or physico-chemically active guides of the capped reactions
Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
2007
Nanotechnologies: What we do not know
Technology in Society
2007
Dynamic Light Scattering Based Microelectrophoresis: Main Prospects and Limitations
Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology
2012
The role of hydroxyl channel in defining selected physicochemical peculiarities exhibited by hydroxyapatite
RSC Advances
2015
Phase composition control of calcium phosphate nanoparticles for tunable drug delivery kinetics and treatment of osteomyelitis. I. Preparation and drug release
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
2012
Nanoparticles of cobalt-substituted hydroxyapatite in regeneration of mandibular osteoporotic bones
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine
2012
In Vitro Analysis of Nanoparticulate Hydroxyapatite/Chitosan Composites as Potential Drug Delivery Platforms for the Sustained Release of Antibiotics in the Treatment of Osteomyelitis
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
2014
Complex relationship between alumina and selenium-doped carbonated hydroxyapatite as the ceramic additives to electrospun polycaprolactone scaffolds for tissue engineering applications
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2019
Nanostructured Platforms for the Sustained and Local Delivery of Antibiotics in the Treatment of Osteomyelitis
Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems
2015
The characterization of nanosized nickel-zinc ferrites synthesized within reverse micelles of CTAB/1–hexanol/water microemulsion
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
2004
Ion-doped hydroxyapatite: An impasse or the road to follow?
Ceramics International
2020
Chitosan-PLGA polymer blends as coatings for hydroxyapatite nanoparticles and their effect on antimicrobial properties, osteoconductivity and regeneration of osseous tissues
Materials Science and Engineering: C
2016
Entering the Era of Nanoscience: Time to Be So Small Vuk Uskokovíc
Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology
2013
Gold as a dopant in selenium-containing carbonated hydroxyapatite fillers of nanofibrous ε-polycaprolactone scaffolds for tissue engineering
International Journal of Pharmaceutics
2020
Self-Setting Calcium Phosphate Cements with Tunable Antibiotic Release Rates for Advanced Antimicrobial Applications
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2016
Nanotechnology in Dental Sciences: Moving towards a Finer Way of Doing Dentistry
Materials
2010
Brain and bone cancer targeting by a ferrofluid composed of superparamagnetic iron-oxide/silica/carbon nanoparticles (earthicles)
Acta Biomaterialia
2019
Rare-earth (Gd3+,Yb3+/Tm3+, Eu3+) co-doped hydroxyapatite as magnetic, up-conversion and down-conversion materials for multimodal imaging
Scientific Reports
2019
Effect of Calcium Phosphate Particle Shape and Size on Their Antibacterial and Osteogenic Activity in the Delivery of Antibiotics in Vitro
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2013
Zeta-potential and Particle Size Analysis of Human Amelogenins
Journal of Dental Research
2009
Multifunctional hydroxyapatite and poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles for the local delivery of cholecalciferol
Materials Science and Engineering: C
2013
One ion to rule them all: the combined antibacterial, osteoinductive and anticancer properties of selenite-incorporated hydroxyapatite
Journal of Materials Chemistry B
2017
Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles as Intrinsic Inorganic Antimicrobials: The Antibacterial Effect
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2018
A mechanism for the formation of nanostructured NiZn ferrites via a microemulsion-assisted precipitation method
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
2005
Gene delivery using calcium phosphate nanoparticles: Optimization of the transfection process and the effects of citrate and poly( l -lysine) as additives
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
2016
Protecting healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic with nanotechnology: A protocol for a new device from Egypt
Journal of Infection and Public Health
2020
Hydroxyapatite as a biomaterial – a gift that keeps on giving
Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy
2020
Physical and biological changes associated with the doping of carbonated hydroxyapatite/polycaprolactone core-shell nanofibers dually, with rubidium and selenite
Journal of Materials Research and Technology
2020
Dynamic light scattering and zeta potential of colloidal mixtures of amelogenin and hydroxyapatite in calcium and phosphate rich ionic milieus
Archives of Oral Biology
2011
Tuning the composition of new brushite/vivianite mixed systems for superior heavy metal removal efficiency from contaminated waters
Journal of Water Process Engineering
2020
The Bone Building Blues: Self-hardening copper-doped calcium phosphate cement and its in vitro assessment against mammalian cells and bacteria
Materials Science and Engineering: C
2017
Osteogenic and antimicrobial nanoparticulate calcium phosphate and poly-(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide) powders for the treatment of osteomyelitis
Materials Science and Engineering: C
2013
X-ray photoelectron and ion scattering spectroscopic surface analyses of amorphous and crystalline calcium phosphate nanoparticles with different chemical histories
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2020
Shape Effect in the Design of Nanowire-Coated Microparticles as Transepithelial Drug Delivery Devices
ACS Nano
2012
Nanofibrous ε-polycaprolactone scaffolds containing Ag-doped magnetite nanoparticles: Physicochemical characterization and biological testing for wound dressing applications in vitro and in vivo
Bioactive Materials
2021
PEGylated silicon nanowire coated silica microparticles for drug delivery across intestinal epithelium
Biomaterials
2012
Composites comprising cholesterol and carboxymethyl cellulose
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
2008
Preparation of Silica‐Coated Lanthanum–Strontium Manganite Particles with Designable Curie Point, for Application in Hyperthermia Treatments
International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology
2006
Is there a relationship between solubility and resorbability of different calcium phosphate phases in vitro ?
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects
2016
Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies: Approaching the Crest of this Big Wave
Current Nanoscience
2008
Factors influencing the drug release from calcium phosphate cements
Bioactive Materials
2022
Bisphosphonate-Functionalized Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles for the Delivery of the Bromodomain Inhibitor JQ1 in the Treatment of Osteosarcoma
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2017
Simultaneous bactericidal and osteogenic effect of nanoparticulate calcium phosphate powders loaded with clindamycin on osteoblasts infected with Staphylococcus aureus
Materials Science and Engineering: C
2014
Insights into the kinetics of thermally induced crystallization of amorphous calcium phosphate
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2018
A historical review of glassy carbon: Synthesis, structure, properties and applications
Carbon Trends
2021
Tuning the mechanical, microstructural, and cell adhesion properties of electrospun ε-polycaprolactone microfibers by doping selenium-containing carbonated hydroxyapatite as a reinforcing agent with magnesium ions
Journal of Materials Science
2019
Hydroxyapatite as a Vehicle for the Selective Effect of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles against Human Glioblastoma Cells
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2017
Why have nanotechnologies been underutilized in the global uprising against the coronavirus pandemic?
Nanomedicine
2020
Four novel co-precipitation procedures for the synthesis of lanthanum-strontium manganites
Materials & Design
2007
Amelogenin as a promoter of nucleation and crystal growth of apatite
Journal of Crystal Growth
2011
Calcium Phosphate as a Key Material for Socially Responsible Tissue Engineering
Materials
2016
Gold is for the mistress, silver for the maid: Enhanced mechanical properties, osteoinduction and antibacterial activity due to iron doping of tricalcium phosphate bone cements
Materials Science and Engineering: C
2019
Enzymatic processing of amelogenin during continuous crystallization of apatite
Journal of Materials Research
2008
Taking Hydroxyapatite-Coated Titanium Implants Two Steps Forward: Surface Modification Using Graphene Mesolayers and a Hydroxyapatite-Reinforced Polymeric Scaffold
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
2020
When 1 + 1 > 2: Nanostructured composites for hard tissue engineering applications
Materials Science and Engineering: C
2015
Silica-coated lanthanum–strontium manganites for hyperthermia treatments
Materials Letters
2006
Sic Parvis Magna: Manganese-Substituted Tricalcium Phosphate and Its Biophysical Properties
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
2019
Poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide)/hydroxyapatite core-shell nanospheres. Part 1: A multifunctional system for controlled drug delivery
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
2011
Disordering the Disorder as the Route to a Higher Order: Incoherent Crystallization of Calcium Phosphate through Amorphous Precursors
Crystal Growth & Design
2019
Chitosan oligosaccharide lactate coated hydroxyapatite nanoparticles as a vehicle for the delivery of steroid drugs and the targeting of breast cancer cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry B
2018
Crescit eundo : Nanotechnologies in preventive and regenerative medicine
Nanotechnologies in Preventive and Regenerative Medicine
2018
Hydrothermally processed 1D hydroxyapatite: Mechanism of formation and biocompatibility studies
Materials Science and Engineering: C
2016
Empirical and theoretical insights into the structural effects of selenite doping in hydroxyapatite and the ensuing inhibition of osteoclasts
Materials Science and Engineering: C
2020
Flipping the flipped: the co-creational classroom
Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning
2018
Composite PLGA/AgNpPGA/AscH Nanospheres with Combined Osteoinductive, Antioxidative, and Antimicrobial Activities
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2013
Insights into morphological nature of precipitation of cholesterol
Steroids
2008
On Grounds of the Memory Effect in Amorphous and Crystalline Apatite: Kinetics of Crystallization and Biological Response
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2018
Uniform particles of pure and silica-coated cholesterol
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
2007
Magnetic calcium phosphates nanocomposites for the intracellular hyperthermia of cancers of bone and brain
Nanomedicine
2019
Nanoparticulate drug delivery platforms for advancing bone infection therapies
Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery
2014
Synthesis of lanthanum–strontium manganites by oxalate-precursor co-precipitation methods in solution and in reverse micellar microemulsion
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
2006
Antibacterial and cell-friendly copper-substituted tricalcium phosphate ceramics for biomedical implant applications
Materials Science and Engineering: C
2021
A new, simple, green, and one-pot four-component synthesis of bare and poly(α,γ,l-glutamic acid)-capped silver nanoparticles
Colloid and Polymer Science
2011
Mechanism of formation governs the mechanism of release of antibiotics from calcium phosphate nanopowders and cements in a drug-dependent manner
Journal of Materials Chemistry B
2019
Isn't self-assembly a misnomer? Multi-disciplinary arguments in favor of co-assembly
Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
2008
High-Dose Vitamin C for Cancer Therapy
Pharmaceuticals
2022
Selective anticancer activity of hydroxyapatite/chitosan-poly(d,l)-lactide-co-glycolide particles loaded with an androstane-based cancer inhibitor
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
2016
Hydrolysis of amelogenin by matrix metalloprotease-20 accelerates mineralization in vitro
Archives of Oral Biology
2011
Comparative molecular dynamics study of the receptor-binding domains in SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV and the effects of mutations on the binding affinity
Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
2020
Bone Mineral Crystallinity Governs the Orchestration of Ossification and Resorption during Bone Remodeling
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
2019
Calcium phosphate nanoparticles as intrinsic inorganic antimicrobials: In search of the key particle property
Biointerphases
2019
Magnetic, microstructural and photoactivated antibacterial features of nanostructured Co–Zn ferrites of different chemical and phase compositions
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2021
Synthesis and Characterization of Hydroxyapatite-Collagen Biocomposite Materials
Materials Science Forum
2002
COVID-19 infection and nanomedicine applications for development of vaccines and therapeutics: An overview and future perspectives based on polymersomes
European Journal of Pharmacology
2021
Physical, electrochemical and biological evaluations of spin-coated ε-polycaprolactone thin films containing alumina/graphene/carbonated hydroxyapatite/titania for tissue engineering applications
International Journal of Pharmaceutics
2020
On Science of Metaphors and the Nature of Systemic Reasoning
World Futures
2009
Synthesis and characterization of nanoparticulate niobium- and zinc-doped bioglass-ceramic/chitosan hybrids for dental applications
Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology
2021
Antimicrobial hydroxyapatite–gelatin–silica composite pastes with tunable setting properties
Journal of Materials Chemistry B
2017
Altered self-assembly and apatite binding of amelogenin induced by N-terminal proline mutation
Archives of Oral Biology
2011
Challenges for the Modern Science in its Descend Towards Nano Scale
Current Nanoscience
2009
THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF COLLOID SCIENCE AND SELF-ASSEMBLY PHENOMENA REVISITED
Reviews in Chemical Engineering
2007
Synthesis of Lanthanum-Strontium Manganites by a Hydroxide-Precursor Co-Precipitation Method in Solution and in Reverse Micellar Microemulsion
Materials Science Forum
2005
Calcium phosphate nanoparticles: a future therapeutic platform for the treatment of osteomyelitis?
Therapeutic Delivery
2013
Nanomedicine for the poor: a lost cause or an idea whose time has yet to come?
Nanomedicine
2021
Amelogenin in Enamel Tissue Engineering
Engineering Mineralized and Load Bearing Tissues
2015
Co-creation of experiential qualities
Pragmatics and Cognition
2011
Applications of Alginate-Based Nanomaterials in Enhancing the Therapeutic Effects of Bee Products
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
2022
Gold nanoparticles conjugated with anti-CD133 monoclonal antibody and 5-fluorouracil chemotherapeutic agent as nanocarriers for cancer cell targeting
RSC Advances
2021

Education

Jožef Stefan Institute

PhD, Nanotechnologies/Materials Science / September, 2006

Ljubljana

University of Kragujevac

MSc, Materials science / July, 2003

Kragujevac

University of Belgrade

BSc, Physical chemistry / July, 2001

Belgrade

Experience

San Diego State University

Lecturer / July, 2021Present

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