Kacey G. Marra
Research Scientist
Institute for Complex Engineered Sytems and Biomedical and Health Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University

Research Interests
Kacey's research interests include polymer and ceramic biomaterials for tissue engineering applications such as bone and blood vessels, and microsphere encapsulation for drug and growth delivery. Other research interests include gene therapy applications such as plasmid DNA delivery from polymer scaffolds.

Sample Publications
   Dunn, A.S.; Campbell, P.G.; Marra, K.G. "The Influence of Polymer Blend Composition on the Degradation of Polymer/Hydroxyapatite Biomaterials," J. Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, In Press.
   Calvert, J.W.; Marra, K.G.; Weiss, L.E.; Cook, L.A.; Kumta, P.N.; DiMilla, P.A. "Characterization of Osteoblast-like Behavior of Cultured Bone Marrow Stromal Cells on Various Polymer Surfaces," J. Biomed. Mat. Res., 2000, 52, 279-284.
   Marra, K.G.; Szem, J.W.; Kumta, P.N.; DiMilla, P.A.; Weiss, L.E. "In Vitro Analysis of Biodegradable Polymer Blend/Hydroxyapatite Composites for Bone Tissue Engineering," J. Biomed. Mat. Res. 1999, 47, 324-335.