Vivek Kumar

Employment

• University of Houston Associate Professor
  2025 - Present
• New Jersey Institute of Technology Assistant Professor
  2016 - 2025
• Rice University NRSA Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
  2012 - 2016
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Post-Doctoral Research Associate
  2011 - 2012

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology PhD
  2006 - 2011
• Northwestern University BSc
  2003 - 2006

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (57)

• Nano-layered tendon patch to orchestrate timely interactions between tendon stem/progenitor cells and macrophages
  Biomaterials 2027 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2026.124580
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• Programming Angiogenesis with Tunable Assemblies of Multi-functional Peptides
  Science Advances 2026 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aef5064
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• Development of Insulin‐Like Growth Factor Mimetic Materials
  Advanced Biology 2025 DOI: 10.1002/adbi.202500327
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• Proof of concept design for a toothbrush with on‐board vacuum to reduce oral aspirates
  Gerodontology 2024 DOI: 10.1111/ger.12730
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• Structural Consequences of Introducing Bioactive Domains to Designer β-Sheet Peptide Self-Assemblies
  Biomacromolecules 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00962
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• Point-of-care diagnostic devices for periodontitis – current trends and urgent need
  Sensors & Diagnostics 2024 DOI: 10.1039/D3SD00317E
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• Comparison of SGLT1, SGLT2, and Dual Inhibitor Biological Activity in Treating Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  Advanced Therapeutics 2023 DOI: 10.1002/adtp.202300143
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• Rational Design of De Novo CCL2 Binding Peptides
  Advanced Theory and Simulations 2023 DOI: 10.1002/adts.202200810
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• Alternative Antibiotics in Dentistry: Antimicrobial Peptides
  Pharmaceutics 2022 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14081679
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• Cells and material-based strategies for regenerative endodontics
  Bioactive Materials 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.11.015
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