Dr. Shiva Kotha
Dr. Shiva Kotha previously was an assistant professor in the School of Dentistry at the University of Missouri -Kansas City. He obtained his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Rutgers University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 2000. Dr. Kotha conducted post-doctoral research in aerospace/mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, and in orthopaedic surgery at Washington University of St. Louis, MO. His research interests include scale-dependent tissue mechanics, bone adaptation to mechanical loading, devices and materials for improving chronic health problems, non- and minimally- invasive tissue engineering, and development of novel composites for use in prosthetics. Dr. Kotha's current research focuses on evaluating the molecular profiles underlying bone adaptation to mechanical loading in non-invasive regeneration/shaping of bone, and in the development of novel devices and materials for improving chronic health issues. He has published more than 20 scholarly papers in prestigious scientific journals.
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