Krishnendu Roy
Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor
Biomedical Engineering
General Dynamics Endowed Faculty Fellowship
Phone: (512) 232-3477
Fax: (512) 471-0616
Email: kroy@mail.utexas.edu
Dr. Krishnendu Roy earned his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 2000 and joined the Cockrell School of Engineering faculty in 2002.
Dr. Roy researches the areas of drug delivery and stem cell bioengineering. He specifically works in developing biomaterials and engineering techniques to manipulate cells and tissues and understand the fundamental processes of immune response and immune system development. By understanding these processes, scientists could eventually use genetic materials and stem cell-derived immune cells to treat incurable cancers and deadly infectious diseases. Roy’s lab develops biomaterials and nanodevices for delivery of drugs and genes, and studies tiny, three-dimensional polymer structures to understand how cells differentiate into complex tissues.
Research Interests:
- Gene manipulation and cancer vaccines
- Drug and gene delivery techniques
- Nanodevices and nanotechnology
- Stem cell engineering
- Development of 3D polymer structures for cell differentiation research
- Tissue engineering