Lakshmi Nair Ph.D

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Orthopaedic Surgery; Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering
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University of Connecticut Nanobiotechnology Nanomedicine
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Dr. Lakshmi S. Nair is Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering Departments at the University of Connecticut.

Dr. Nair's laboratory at the University of Connecticut Health Center is engaged in developing a range of novel stimuli sensitive hydrogel based biomaterials for soft tissue regeneration and novel fabrication techniques to form nanostructures for a variety of biomedical applications. She has more than 80 publications and several patents in the area of biomaterials, nanotechnology and tissue engineering and has edited two books on biomedical nanotechnology.

Dr. Nair received her graduate training in the area of biomaterials and post doctoral training on developing novel polymeric biomaterials as well as nanostructured materials for tissue engineering.

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