Nazarbayev University

GRANTS/AWARDS

GRANTS:

2021-2023   Performance Evaluation of Nanofiber Grafts with Bimodal and Unimodal Fiber Diameter Distribution for ACL Reconstruction Surgery in a Rat Model, Nazarbayev University Competitive Grant, Grant No 021220FD1951, PI: C. Erisken ($150K/3yr).

2018-2020   Fibrochondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells through chemical stimulation, Nazarbayev University Competitive Grant, Grant No 090118FD5325, PI: C. Erisken ($100K/2yr).

2019-2020   Investigation of collagen fiber diameter in cow/bovine Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Nazarbayev University Social Policy Grant, SPG2019, PI: C. Erisken ($10K/yr).

2017-2020   Biological regeneration of osteochondral defect in a rabbit knee model using cell recruitment approach, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Grant No 116M321, PI: C. Erisken ($100K/3yr). Declined due to change of duty station to another country.

2014-2016   Design and fabrication of biomimetic scaffolds for tendon-bone interface regeneration, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Grant No: 115C001, PI: C. Erisken ($5K).

2012-2014   Tracking stem cells in engineered tissue and organs in vivo and in real time, National Institutes of Health, USA, Grant No: GG005340-01, PI: Jeremy Mao (Columbia University), Researcher: C. Erisken.

2012-2014   Engineering of Vascularized Bone, National Institutes of Health, USA, Grant No: GG005421-01, PI: Jeremy Mao (Columbia University), Researcher: C. Erisken.

2008-2012   Nanofiber scaffolds for interface tissue engineering, National Institutes of Health, USA, Grant No: AR052402, PI: Helen H. Lu (Columbia University), Researcher: C. Erisken.

HONORS AND AWARDS:

2018-2020              

Invited expert evaluator and rapporteur in Brussels for NMBP-22- 2018: Osteoarticular tissues regeneration (RIA), a topic within Horizon 2020 program.

2017             

Outstanding Reviewer Award, Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express: 2017 Reviewer Awards. (https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/questions/biomedical-physics-engineering-express-2017-reviewer-awards/)

2016             

2016 Journal of Endodontics Awards: Honorable Mention as the corresponding-author of the article “Viscoelastic properties of dental pulp tissue and ramifications on biomaterial development for pulp regeneration” Journal of Endodontics 2015, 41(10): 1711-1717. (https://www.aae.org/specialty/2016/03/18/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2016-joe-awards/)

2009             

Davis Memorial Award for Research Excellence at Stevens Institute of Technology for the development of a novel extrusion/electrospinning technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA

2008             

Ph.D. Achievement Award of Excellence by Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ

2005             

Ph.D. Scholarship by Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ

2004             

European Commission (Jean Monnet) award for a Master’s degree in the Department of Economics at City University of London, UK

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