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Home / Faculty & Staff / Faculty / Mark Van Dyke
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  • mvandyke@arizona.edu
    520.621.4737

    Civil Engineering 303A

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Mark Van Dyke

  • Associate Dean, Research
  • Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Mark Van Dyke was born and raised in Michigan and graduated from Central Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science degree (chemistry, biology) in 1988.  He began his professional career as an analytical chemist at the Dow Chemical Company in Midland, MI.  As part of the Environmental Sciences Department, he served as a study director for research programs supporting US Environmental Protection Agency approval of new herbicides.  In 1991, he moved to the Dow Corning Corporation and began work in toxicology, silicone biomaterials, and medical devices.  After receiving the Dow Corning Fellowship, he attended graduate school at the University of Cincinnati in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, earning his PhD in 1998.  That same year, Dr. Van Dyke joined Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio, TX, the largest independent non-profit research and development lab in the US.  During his tenure with SwRI, Dr. Van Dyke was a principal investigator and study director for several large biomaterial development programs.  His primary area of interest was in the development of naturally-derived biomaterials and their application to wound healing and tissue engineering.  In 2004, Dr. Van Dyke joined the faculty of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine where he expanded his investigations into the use of keratin biomaterials for regenerative medicine applications.  In 2012 he joined the faculty of Virginia Tech in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics where his research included investigation of the solution behavior and self-assembly of keratin nanomaterials and their development into products for medical devices, tissue engineering, drug and cell delivery, and trauma applications.  In 2020, Dr. Van Dyke joined the University of Arizona as the Associate Dean of Research in the College of Engineering, and a Tenured Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.  Dr. Van Dyke has published more than 80 papers and book chapters, is an inventor or co-inventor on 34 issued US patents and more than 80 US and international patents pending, many related to keratin biomaterials and their application to tissue engineering and trauma, and a co-founder of three startup companies.  His teaching interests include regenerative medicine, biomaterials and healthcare entrepreneurship.

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Materials Science
    • University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    • Synthesis and Characterization of Silicon-Containing Monomers, Polymers and Copolymers
  • B.S. Chemistry
    • Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, United States

Work Experience

  • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2020 - Ongoing)
  • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2020 - Ongoing)
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (2012 - 2020)
  • KeraNetics LLC (2008 - 2012)
  • Wake Forest School of Medicine (2004 - 2012)
  • Southwest Research Institute (1998 - 2004)
  • Dow Corning Corporation (1992 - 1994)
  • The Dow Chemical Company (1988 - 1991)

Interests

Teaching

Regenerative Medicine;Tissue Engineering;Biomaterials;Medical Devices;Healthcare Regulation;Intellectual Property Strategy;Entrepreneurship

Research

Biomaterials;Medical Devices;Prosthetics;Regenerative Medicine;Tissue Engineering;Entrepreneurial Ecosystems;

Selected Publications

Journals/Publications

  • Asthana, A., Tamburrini, R., Chaimov, D., Gazia, C., Walker, S. J., Van Dyke, M., Tomei, A., Lablanche, S., Robertson, J., Opara, E. C., Soker, S., & Orlando, G. (2021). Comprehensive characterization of the human pancreatic proteome for bioengineering applications. Biomaterials, 270, January. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120613
  • Parker, R. N., Alexis, T., Stefaniak, K. L., Van Dyke, M. E., & Grove, T. Z. (2020). A comparative study of materials assembled from recombinant K31 and K81 and extracted human hair keratins. Biomedical Materials, 15, 065006. doi:10.1088/1748-605X/ab98e8
  • Thompson, M., Giuffre, A., McClenny, C., & Van Dyke, M. E. (2021). A keratin-based microparticle for cell delivery. Journal of Biomaterial Applications, 35(6), 579-91. doi:10.1177/0885328220951892
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