Ravi Bellamkonda, PhD
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Biography
Ravi V. Bellamkonda, PhD, serves as Emory's provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. He is the chief academic officer of Emory University and is responsible for ensuring the quality of undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and enhancing Emory's role as an eminent research university through excellence in faculty research, teaching and scholarship.
Prior to becoming provost at Emory, Bellamkonda served as dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University. Previously, he was Wallace H. Coulter Professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University.
Dr. Bellamkonda is a member of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute.
Education
Dr. Bellamkonda received his PhD from Brown University. He then attended MIT as a Markey Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.
Titles & Roles
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Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic AffairsEmory University
Research
A trained bioengineer and neuroscientist, Dr. Bellamkonda's current research explores the interplay of biomaterials and the nervous system for neural interfaces, nerve repair, and brain tumor therapy.
Grants
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Grant Number Title 1R01CA271304-01 Tumor 'tractor beam' for diffuse cancers 1R01CA271304-01 Tumor 'tractor beam' for diffuse cancers 5R01CA271304-02 Tumor 'tractor beam' for diffuse cancers 5R01CA271304-03 Tumor 'tractor beam' for diffuse cancers Publications
Title/Journal Authors Publication Date Device-assisted strategies for drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier to treat glioblastoma.
Communications materials
N Mokarram, A Case, NN Hossainy, JG Lyon, TJ MacDonald, R Bellamkonda 01/01/2025 A neural tract-inspired conduit for facile, on-demand biopsy of glioblastoma.
Neuro-oncology advances
MI Betancur, A Case, E Ilich, N Mehta, S Meehan, S Pogrebivsky, ST Keir, K Stevenson, B Brahma, S Gregory, W Chen, DM Ashley, R Bellamkonda, N Mokarram 01/01/2024 Frontiers in immunology
SL Swan, N Mehta, E Ilich, SH Shen, DS Wilkinson, AR Anderson, T Segura, L Sanchez-Perez, JH Sampson, RV Bellamkonda 01/01/2023 Cytostatic hypothermia and its impact on glioblastoma and survival.
Science advances
SF Enam, CY Kilic, J Huang, BJ Kang, R Chen, CS Tribble, E Ilich, MI Betancur, SJ Blocker, SJ Owen, AF Buckley, JG Lyon, RV Bellamkonda 11/25/2022 Neuromechanobiology: An Expanding Field Driven by the Force of Greater Focus.
Advanced healthcare materials
CT Motz, V Kabat, T Saxena, RV Bellamkonda, C Zhu 10/01/2021 Journal of neuroscience research
E Park, JG Lyon, M Alvarado-Velez, MI Betancur, N Mokarram, JH Shin, RV Bellamkonda 07/01/2021 Liposome-Imipramine Blue Inhibits Sonic Hedgehog Medulloblastoma In Vivo.
Cancers
TJ MacDonald, J Liu, B Yu, A Malhotra, J Munson, JC Park, K Wang, B Fei, R Bellamkonda, J Arbiser 03/11/2021 Science advances
CV Latchoumane, MI Betancur, GA Simchick, MK Sun, R Forghani, CE Lenear, A Ahmed, R Mohankumar, N Balaji, HD Mason, SA Archer-Hartmann, P Azadi, PV Holmes, Q Zhao, RV Bellamkonda, L Karumbaiah 03/01/2021 Biomaterials
M Alvarado-Velez, SF Enam, N Mehta, JG Lyon, MC LaPlaca, RV Bellamkonda 01/01/2021 Journal of neuroinflammation
SF Enam, SR Kader, N Bodkin, JG Lyon, M Calhoun, C Azrak, PM Tiwari, D Vanover, H Wang, PJ Santangelo, RV Bellamkonda 06/20/2020 Journal of neural engineering
JD Falcone, HS Sohal, TR Kyriakides, RV Bellamkonda 08/01/2019 Engineering Controlled Peritumoral Inflammation to Constrain Brain Tumor Growth.
Advanced healthcare materials
T Saxena, JG Lyon, SB Pai, D Pare, J Amero, L Karumbaiah, SL Carroll, E Gaupp, RV Bellamkonda 02/01/2019 Neurosurgery
MO Krucoff, JP Miller, T Saxena, R Bellamkonda, S Rahimpour, SC Harward, SP Lad, DA Turner 01/01/2019 In Vitro Transcribed mRNA Vaccines with Programmable Stimulation of Innate Immunity.
Bioconjugate chemistry
KH Loomis, KE Lindsay, C Zurla, SM Bhosle, DA Vanover, EL Blanchard, JL Kirschman, RV Bellamkonda, PJ Santangelo 09/19/2018 Discovery of Lipidome Alterations Following Traumatic Brain Injury via High-Resolution Metabolomics.
Journal of proteome research
SR Hogan, JH Phan, M Alvarado-Velez, MD Wang, RV Bellamkonda, FM Fernández, MC LaPlaca 06/01/2018 Scientific reports
YA Patel, T Saxena, RV Bellamkonda, RJ Butera 06/07/2017 Engineering challenges for brain tumor immunotherapy.
Advanced drug delivery reviews
JG Lyon, N Mokarram, T Saxena, SL Carroll, RV Bellamkonda 05/15/2017 ACS biomaterials science & engineering
MI Betancur, HD Mason, M Alvarado-Velez, PV Holmes, RV Bellamkonda, L Karumbaiah 03/13/2017 Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
S Gujjala, M Putakala, V Gangarapu, S Nukala, R Bellamkonda, R Ramaswamy, S Desireddy 10/01/2016 Journal of neurophysiology
CA Gollnick, DC Millard, AD Ortiz, RV Bellamkonda, GB Stanley 06/01/2016 Journal of materials chemistry. B
KH Loomis, JL Kirschman, S Bhosle, RV Bellamkonda, PJ Santangelo 03/07/2016 The European journal of neuroscience
A Srinivasan, J Tipton, M Tahilramani, A Kharbouch, E Gaupp, C Song, P Venkataraman, J Falcone, SP Lacour, GB Stanley, AW English, RV Bellamkonda 02/01/2016 Chondroitin Sulfate Glycosaminoglycan Hydrogels Create Endogenous Niches for Neural Stem Cells.
Bioconjugate chemistry
L Karumbaiah, SF Enam, AC Brown, T Saxena, MI Betancur, TH Barker, RV Bellamkonda 12/16/2015 Implantable electronics: A sensor web for neurons.
Nature materials
T Saxena, RV Bellamkonda 12/01/2015 Biomaterials
S Lee, CM Valmikinathan, J Byun, S Kim, G Lee, N Mokarram, SB Pai, E Um, RV Bellamkonda, YS Yoon 09/01/2015 Evans blue nanocarriers visually demarcate margins of invasive gliomas.
Drug delivery and translational research
BT Roller, JM Munson, B Brahma, PJ Santangelo, SB Pai, RV Bellamkonda 04/01/2015 Biomaterials
SM Gutowski, JT Shoemaker, KL Templeman, Y Wei, RA Latour, RV Bellamkonda, MC LaPlaca, AJ García 03/01/2015 ACS nano
T Saxena, KH Loomis, SB Pai, L Karumbaiah, E Gaupp, K Patil, R Patkar, RV Bellamkonda 02/24/2015 Microchannel-based regenerative scaffold for chronic peripheral nerve interfacing in amputees.
Biomaterials
A Srinivasan, M Tahilramani, JT Bentley, RK Gore, DC Millard, VJ Mukhatyar, A Joseph, AS Haque, GB Stanley, AW English, RV Bellamkonda 02/01/2015 Journal of neural engineering
RK Gore, Y Choi, R Bellamkonda, A English 02/01/2015 Intracortical recording interfaces: current challenges to chronic recording function.
ACS chemical neuroscience
B Gunasekera, T Saxena, R Bellamkonda, L Karumbaiah 01/21/2015 Microsystems & nanoengineering
W Shen, L Karumbaiah, X Liu, T Saxena, S Chen, R Patkar, RV Bellamkonda, MG Allen 01/01/2015 Biomaterials
AJ Sawyer, W Tian, JK Saucier-Sawyer, PJ Rizk, WM Saltzman, RV Bellamkonda, TR Kyriakides 08/01/2014 Molecular sequelae of topographically guided peripheral nerve repair.
Annals of biomedical engineering
V Mukhatyar, B Pai, I Clements, A Srinivasan, R Huber, A Mehta, S Mukhopadaya, S Rudra, G Patel, L Karumbaiah, R Bellamkonda 07/01/2014 Characterization of a composite injury model of severe lower limb bone and nerve trauma.
Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
BA Uhrig, IP Clements, JD Boerckel, N Huebsch, RV Bellamkonda, RE Guldberg 06/01/2014 Hydrogels as carriers for stem cell transplantation.
IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
M Alvarado-Velez, SB Pai, RV Bellamkonda 05/01/2014 Host response to microgel coatings on neural electrodes implanted in the brain.
Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A
SM Gutowski, KL Templeman, AB South, JC Gaulding, JT Shoemaker, MC LaPlaca, RV Bellamkonda, LA Lyon, AJ García 05/01/2014 Nature materials
A Jain, M Betancur, GD Patel, CM Valmikinathan, VJ Mukhatyar, A Vakharia, SB Pai, B Brahma, TJ MacDonald, RV Bellamkonda 03/01/2014 A perspective on immunomodulation and tissue repair.
Annals of biomedical engineering
N Mokarram, RV Bellamkonda 02/01/2014 Noninvasive imaging of peripheral nerves.
Cells, tissues, organs
G Rangavajla, N Mokarram, N Masoodzadehgan, SB Pai, RV Bellamkonda 01/01/2014 Chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans for CNS homeostasis-implications for material design.
Current medicinal chemistry
L Karumbaiah, T Saxena, M Betancur, RV Bellamkonda 01/01/2014 Relationship between intracortical electrode design and chronic recording function.
Biomaterials
L Karumbaiah, T Saxena, D Carlson, K Patil, R Patkar, EA Gaupp, M Betancur, GB Stanley, L Carin, RV Bellamkonda 11/01/2013 Identifying new small molecule anti-invasive compounds for glioma treatment.
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)
J Munson, M Bonner, L Fried, J Hofmekler, J Arbiser, R Bellamkonda 07/15/2013 The impact of chronic blood-brain barrier breach on intracortical electrode function.
Biomaterials
T Saxena, L Karumbaiah, EA Gaupp, R Patkar, K Patil, M Betancur, GB Stanley, RV Bellamkonda 07/01/2013 Regenerative scaffold electrodes for peripheral nerve interfacing.
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
IP Clements, VJ Mukhatyar, A Srinivasan, JT Bentley, DS Andreasen, RV Bellamkonda 07/01/2013 Interstitial flow in a 3D microenvironment increases glioma invasion by a CXCR4-dependent mechanism.
Cancer research
JM Munson, RV Bellamkonda, MA Swartz 03/01/2013 Effect of modulating macrophage phenotype on peripheral nerve repair.
Biomaterials
N Mokarram, A Merchant, V Mukhatyar, G Patel, RV Bellamkonda 12/01/2012 Biomaterials
L Karumbaiah, SE Norman, NB Rajan, S Anand, T Saxena, M Betancur, R Patkar, RV Bellamkonda 09/01/2012 Science translational medicine
JM Munson, L Fried, SA Rowson, MY Bonner, L Karumbaiah, B Diaz, SA Courtneidge, UG Knaus, DJ Brat, JL Arbiser, RV Bellamkonda 03/28/2012 Toward a convergence of regenerative medicine, rehabilitation, and neuroprosthetics.
Journal of neurotrauma
S Aravamudhan, RV Bellamkonda 11/01/2011 Overcoming endogenous constraints on neuronal regeneration.
IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
N Mokarram, RV Bellamkonda 07/01/2011 ACS nano
A Agarwal, MA Mackey, MA El-Sayed, RV Bellamkonda 06/28/2011 Role of fibronectin in topographical guidance of neurite extension on electrospun fibers.
Biomaterials
VJ Mukhatyar, M Salmerón-Sánchez, S Rudra, S Mukhopadaya, TH Barker, AJ García, RV Bellamkonda 06/01/2011 Glia
L Karumbaiah, S Anand, R Thazhath, Y Zhong, RJ McKeon, RV Bellamkonda 06/01/2011 The use of lipid microtubes as a novel slow-release delivery system for laryngeal injection.
The Laryngoscope
VL Kolachala, EE Berg, S Shams, V Mukhatyar, V Sueblinvong, RV Bellamkonda, MM Johns 06/01/2011 Highly-compliant, microcable neuroelectrodes fabricated from thin-film gold and PDMS.
Biomedical microdevices
MA McClain, IP Clements, RH Shafer, RV Bellamkonda, MC LaPlaca, MG Allen 04/01/2011 Advances in bioengineered conduits for peripheral nerve regeneration.
Atlas of the oral and maxillofacial surgery clinics of North America
MB Steed, V Mukhatyar, C Valmikinathan, RV Bellamkonda 03/01/2011 PloS one
A Jain, RJ McKeon, SM Brady-Kalnay, RV Bellamkonda 01/24/2011 Academic radiology
KB Ghaghada, CT Badea, L Karumbaiah, N Fettig, RV Bellamkonda, GA Johnson, A Annapragada 01/01/2011 Topography, cell response, and nerve regeneration.
Annual review of biomedical engineering
D Hoffman-Kim, JA Mitchel, RV Bellamkonda 08/15/2010 Sustained VEGF delivery via PLGA nanoparticles promotes vascular growth.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology
JS Golub, YT Kim, CL Duvall, RV Bellamkonda, D Gupta, AS Lin, D Weiss, W Robert Taylor, RE Guldberg 06/01/2010 Slow-release nanoparticle-encapsulated delivery system for laryngeal injection.
The Laryngoscope
VL Kolachala, OA Henriquez, S Shams, JS Golub, YT Kim, H Laroui, E Torres-Gonzalez, KL Brigham, M Rojas, RV Bellamkonda, MM Johns 05/01/2010 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
H Lee, RJ McKeon, RV Bellamkonda 02/23/2010 Selective targeting of nanocarriers to neutrophils and monocytes.
Annals of biomedical engineering
E Karathanasis, CM Geigerman, CA Parkos, L Chan, RV Bellamkonda, DL Jaye 10/01/2009 Bioimpedance modeling to monitor astrocytic response to chronically implanted electrodes.
Journal of neural engineering
GC McConnell, RJ Butera, RV Bellamkonda 10/01/2009 Journal of neural engineering
GC McConnell, HD Rees, AI Levey, CA Gutekunst, RE Gross, RV Bellamkonda 10/01/2009 Thin-film enhanced nerve guidance channels for peripheral nerve repair.
Biomaterials
IP Clements, YT Kim, AW English, X Lu, A Chung, RV Bellamkonda 08/01/2009 PloS one
E Karathanasis, L Chan, L Karumbaiah, K McNeeley, CJ D'Orsi, AV Annapragada, I Sechopoulos, RV Bellamkonda 06/09/2009 Nanoparticle-mediated local delivery of Methylprednisolone after spinal cord injury.
Biomaterials
YT Kim, JM Caldwell, RV Bellamkonda 05/01/2009 Image-based determination of 'physiomarkers' for personalized cancer therapy.
Future oncology (London, England)
A Annapragada, RV Bellamkonda 05/01/2009 Imaging nanoprobe for prediction of outcome of nanoparticle chemotherapy by using mammography.
Radiology
E Karathanasis, S Suryanarayanan, SR Balusu, K McNeeley, I Sechopoulos, A Karellas, AV Annapragada, RV Bellamkonda 02/01/2009 Sustained release of BMP-2 in a lipid-based microtube vehicle.
Acta biomaterialia
MR Johnson, HJ Lee, RV Bellamkonda, RE Guldberg 01/01/2009 Implanted neural interfaces: biochallenges and engineered solutions.
Annual review of biomedical engineering
WM Grill, SE Norman, RV Bellamkonda 01/01/2009 Biomaterials
E Karathanasis, L Chan, SR Balusu, CJ D'Orsi, AV Annapragada, I Sechopoulos, RV Bellamkonda 12/01/2008 Rational identification of a novel peptide for targeting nanocarriers to 9L glioma.
Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A
A Agarwal, DL Jaye, CM Giegerman, RV Bellamkonda 12/01/2008 Biomaterials for the central nervous system.
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
Y Zhong, RV Bellamkonda 09/06/2008 MRI mediated, non-invasive tracking of intratumoral distribution of nanocarriers in rat glioma.
Nanotechnology
E Karathanasis, J Park, A Agarwal, V Patel, F Zhao, AV Annapragada, X Hu, RV Bellamkonda 08/06/2008 The role of aligned polymer fiber-based constructs in the bridging of long peripheral nerve gaps.
Biomaterials
YT Kim, VK Haftel, S Kumar, RV Bellamkonda 07/01/2008 Biomimetic materials: marine inspiration.
Nature materials
RV Bellamkonda 05/01/2008 Biomaterials
SA Chvatal, YT Kim, AM Bratt-Leal, H Lee, RV Bellamkonda 04/01/2008 Biomaterials
MC Dodla, RV Bellamkonda 01/01/2008 Indwelling Neural Implants: Strategies for Contending with the In Vivo Environment
W He, RV Bellamkonda 01/01/2008