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Manitha  Nair, Ph.D.

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Email: Manitha.B.Nair [at] rice.edu

Manitha started her postdoctoral research in Professor Mikos’ laboratory in September 2009. She received her M.Sc. in Biotechnology from the University of Kerala, India (2003) with emphasis on cancer therapy using NF-kB signaling. From 2004-2009, she studied the regeneration of segmental bone defects using tissue-engineered bioceramic scaffolds and earned her Ph. D from the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum, India in 2009. In addition, she has also worked in The Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, Technical University Dresden, Germany for 6 months as part of DST-DAAD Personal Exchange Program. Manitha’s current research focuses on bone tissue engineering using poly(propylene fumarate) scaffolds.