Andre Francis Palmer Explained

Andre Francis Palmer
Birth Place:Port of Spain, Trinidad
Nationality:American
Trinidadian
Field:Chemical engineering
Biomolecular engineering
Workplaces:Howard University, University of Notre Dame, Ohio State University
Alma Mater:Howard University (B.S.)
Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D.)
Doctoral Advisor:Denis Wirtz (Ph.D.)
Awards:Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award

Andre Francis Palmer is an American engineer who is the Associate Dean for research in the College of Engineering and the Fenburr Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Ohio State University. He is an expert on hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers and biomaterials used in transfusion medicine.[1]

Biography

Palmer was born in Port of Spain on the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. He is fluent in English and became a U.S. citizen. Palmer earned a chemical engineering degree at Howard University in Washington D.C in 1993 and his doctorate in chemical and biomolecular engineering at Johns Hopkins University in 1998.[2] [3]

After completing postdoctoral work at Johns Hopkins University in 1999, Palmer joined the Chemistry Department faculty at Howard University. In 2001, he left for the University of Notre Dame to become assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering.[4] In 2006, after five years, he moved to Ohio State University to become associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and was promoted to full professor in 2012. He served as interim department chair in 2014–2015.[5] In 2015, he was named Chair of the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and served until 2019.[6]

In March 2020, the Ohio Board of Regents named Palmer, "Ohio Eminent Scholar," a statewide endowed chair.[7] In August 2021, Palmer was appointed Associate Dean for research, charged with directing the College of Engineering's $138 million research enterprise.[8]

Awards and distinctions

As of 2022, Palmer has four active RO1's from the National Institutes of Health for bioengineering research projects.[9] He has multiple collaborations from research labs across the U.S.[10]

In 2021, Palmer received the Gaden Award from the Biotechnology & Bioengineering (journal) in recognition for a truly outstanding paper.[11] [12]

In 2015, Palmer was inducted fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering "for pioneering advances in engineering novel hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers for use as red blood cell substitutes in transfusion medicine."[13]

In 2008, Palmer received the Lloyd Noel Ferguson Young Scientist award from the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCHE).[14]

In 2001, Palmer was a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award for "engineering artificial cells.” [15]

Research

Bridging the fields of chemical engineering, biochemistry, and biomaterials, Palmer's research focuses on the biophysical properties of hemoglobin, blood and plasma substitutes, and novel methods in protein purification, including interactions between adjacent cells [16]

Palmer currently holds several patents on his work.[17] [18] [19]

Hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs)Palmer's lab identifies new ways to build HBOCs. Their design strategy focus on increasing the molecular diameter of HBOCs so they're unable to traverse across blood vessel walls into the tissue space and limit negative side-effects.Supporting Publications:
Facilitated oxygen transport Palmer's research focuses on approaches to better improve oxygen storage and transport to cultured cells, especially cells grown in bioreactors. Supporting Publications:
Plasma substitutesPalmer's lab demonstrated that human serum albumin (PolyHSA) is able to resuscitate animals from hemorrhagic shock, endotoxemia, sepsis, and ischemia reperfusion injury. Supporting publications:
Detoxification of Hemoglobin(Hb), Heme and IronPalmer's lab developed a hemopexin mimetic apohemoglobin (apoHb) that can scavenge heme, and when bound to Hp as the apoHb-Hp complex can scavenge and detoxify both heme and cell-free Hb. Supporting Publications:

Publications

Palmer has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles in Neuron, Transfusion Medicine, Public Library of Science, Annual Review Biomed Eng, Langmuir, Lab On A Chip, Shock, Experimental Hematology, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Science Reports, and Journal of Applied Physiology.[20]

Palmer's research portfolio is among the "top 2% of highly-cited scientists"[21] in the world [22]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Passion for Teaching and Research . Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering . Johns Hopkins University . 2016-03-28.
  2. Palmer . Andre . Dynamics and kinetics of actin networks in the presence of auxiliary proteins . Johns Hopkins Libraries . 1998 . Johns Hopkins University . 2022-03-26.
  3. Web site: Andre Palmer . University Communications . Ohio State University . 2022-03-24.
  4. Web site: Rovner . Sophie . Where Are They Now ? . Chemical & Engineering News . Chemical & Engineering News . 2016-03-28.
  5. Web site: A Passion for Teaching and Research . Whiting School of Engineering . Johns Hopkins University . 2016-03-28.
  6. Web site: Andre Palmer named CBE Department Chair . Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering . 11 August 2015 . Ohio State University . 2016-03-28.
  7. Web site: Palmer named Ohio Eminent Scholar . College of Engineering . Ohio State University . 2016-03-28.
  8. Web site: Andre Palmer named COE Associate Dean for Research . College of Engineering . Ohio State University . 2016-03-28.
  9. Web site: Palmer Receives fourth New NIH RO1 in 2021 . Chemical and biomolecular Engineering . 21 December 2021 . Ohio State University . 2022-03-23.
  10. Web site: NIH Reporter Search Results . NIH Reporter . National Institutes of Health . 2022-03-22.
  11. Web site: Gaden Award, Past Recipients . Biotechnology and Bioengineering . John Wiley & Sons . 2022-03-25.
  12. Web site: Andre Palmer named COE Associate Dean for Research . College of Engineering . 16 August 2021 . Ohio State University . 2022-03-24.
  13. Web site: Andre Palmer, Ph.D. to be inducted into Medical and Biological engineering elite. 2022-03-24.
  14. Web site: Lloyd N Ferguson Young Scientist Award for Excellence in Research . NOBCCHE . NOBCCHE . 2016-03-28.
  15. Web site: National Science Foundation . Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards (FY 2001) . 2022-03-25.
  16. Web site: Monczunski . John . Building Better Blood . Notre Dame Magazine . University of Notre Dame . 2022-03-24.
  17. Web site: Novel Selected Protein Purification via tangential flow filtration . Office of Innovation and Economic Development . 25 February 2021 . Ohio State University . 2022-03-24.
  18. Web site: Apoprotein manufacturing and methods for protein purification . Office of Innovation and Economic Development . 30 June 2020 . Ohio State University . 2022-03-23.
  19. Web site: Therapeutic uses of the scavenging protein cocktail to treat plasma protein imbalances or depletion . Office of innovation and Economic Development . 31 March 2021 . Ohio State University . 2022-03-23.
  20. Web site: Google Scholar . Google Scholar . Google Scholar . 2016-03-28.
  21. Ioannidis . John . August 2021 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators . Elsevier BV . 2021 . 3 . Elsevier BV . 10.17632/btchxktzyw.3 . 2016-03-28.
  22. Web site: Dozens of Ohio State Engineering faculty among top 2% of highly-cited scientists . College of Engineering . Ohio State University . 2016-03-28.

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