• Gender: Male
• Age: 44
• Designation: Executive
• Highest Education Level: Post Graduate Diploma
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 15.2 Year(s)

Education

Ph.D. Materials and Nanotechnology Program From North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND in 2014 with G.P.A. 3.89/4

M.Tech. From Polymer Engineering and Technology, University Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (formerly UDCT, Mumbai)in 2006

B.E. From Chemical Engineering, University of Pune, Pune, India in 2002.

Skill Sets

Experience including research experience during doctoral studies

Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, Polymer Processing, Polymer Characterization, Polymer Nanocomposites, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, Nanoindentation, Cell Culture (bone cells, mesenchymal stem cells, cancer cells), Cell Culture Assays (proliferation and differentiation), Scaffold Fabrication and their Characterization, Mechanical Testing (Tensile, Compression testing)

Work Experience

Teaching Assistant: 2010 to Dec 2014
Research Assistant-Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites for Bone Tissue Engineering: Aug 2008 to 2010
Company Profile: Leading University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences.
Job Profile:
Designed and developed polymer/nanoclay nanocomposite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering using natural (chitosan/polygalacturonic acid) and synthetic (polycaprolactone) polymers
Designed a unique three-component organic-inorganic (nanoclay/amino acid/apatite) hybrid filler as a component for polymer nanocomposite biomaterials
Maintained human cells (mesenchymal stem cells, osteoblasts, cancer cells) and further used them for conducting experiments
Conducted experiments (biological assays) to study the behavior of relevant human cells (osteoblasts and mesenchymal stem cells) on polymer/inorganic nanocomposite scaffolds
Set-up cell culture experiments involving the use of polymer nanocomposite scaffolds for studying the behavior/response of co-cultured cancer cells and osteoblasts
Conducted characterization of developed polymer/inorganic nanocomposites using infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), compression testing machine (MTS), nanoindentation, atomic force microscopy (imaging).
Research work also involved analysis of X-ray diffraction data, scanning electron microscopy data (images and EDS)

Research Fellow
2007 to 2008
Company Profile: Is an small scale R & D Institute, expertise in the fields of Testing and Investigations, Research and Products / Compound development, training & manpower development and consultancy services 
Job Profile:
Utility of electron beam radiation for pre-curing of rubber tire compounds.
Development of thermoplastic elastomers meeting specific requirements using melt-processing techniques.
These projects hands-on experience with thermal characterization instruments such as TGA, DSC and equipment such as twin screw extruder, two-roll mill, Brabender plasticorder, compression molding machines.

Awards and Honors:
Received nomination for best poster in symposium titled Micro and Nanoscale Processing of Biomedical Materials at Materials Research Society (MRS) 2011 Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA ND EPSCoR Doctoral Dissertation Assistantship Award, 2010

Publications:
Journal papers:
K.S. Katti, S. Payne, D.R. Katti (2015) Vesicular delivery of crystalline calcium minerals to ECM in biomineralized nanoclay composites, Mater. Res. Express, 2, 045401

D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti (2015) Biomineralized Hydroxyapatite Nanoclay Composite Scaffolds with Polycaprolactone for Stem Cell Based Bone Tissue Engineering, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part A, 103, 2077-2101

P.S. Kulkarni, M.K. Haldar, R.Nahire, P.Katti, W.W. Muhonen, J.B. Shabb, S.K.R.Padi, R.K. Singh, P.P.Borowicz, D.K.Shrivastava, K.S.Katti, K. Reindl, B.Guo, S.Mallik (2014) MMP-9 Responsive PEG Cleavable Nanovesicles for Efficient Delivery of Chemotherapeutics to Pancreatic Cancer, Molecular Pharmaceutics, 11, 2390-2399

R.Nahire, M.K.Haldar, S.Paul, A.H.Ambre, V. Meghnani, B.Layek, K.S.Katti, K.N.Gange, J.Singh, K. Sarkar, S.Mallik (2014) Multifunctional Polymersomes for Cytosolic Delivery of Gemcitabine and Doxorubicin to Cancer Cells, Biomaterials, 35, 6482-6497

D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti (2013) Nanoclays Mediate Stem Cell Differentiation and Mineralized ECM formation on Biopolymer scaffolds, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part A, 101A, 2644-2660

R.Nahire, M.K. Haldar, S.Paul, A.Mergoum, K.S.Katti, K.N.Gange, D.K.Srivastava, K. Sarkar, S.Mallik (2013) Polymer Coated Echogenic Lipid Nanoparticles with Dual Release Triggers, Biomacromolecules, 14, 841-853

S.Paul, D.Russakow, R.Nahire, T.Nandy, K. S.Katti, S.Mallik, K.Sarkar (2012) In vitro measurement of attenuation and nonlinear scattering from echogenic liposomes, Ultrasonics, 52 (7), 962-969

K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2011) In situ Mineralized Hydroxyapatite on Amino Acid modified Nanoclays as Novel Bone Biomaterials, Mater. Sci. and Eng. C, 31(5), 1017-1029

K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2010) Nanoclay Based Composite Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering Applications, ASME J. of Nanotech. for Engineering and Medicine, 1, 031013

K. S. Katti, N. Peterka, D. R. Katti (2010) Use of unnatural amino acids for design of novel organomodified clays as components of nanocomposite biomaterials, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 368, 1963-1980

R. N. Jagtap, B. Dewangan (2009) ABS nanocomposites containing modified clay, J. of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 28, 343-352

S. Sahoo, R. N. Jagtap (2008) Effect of Functionality and Melt Flow Index of Maleic Anhydride Grafted Polypropylene on Polypropylene Clay Nanocomposites, J. of Polymer Materials, 25 (4), 601-612

R. N. Jagtap, Overview literature on Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM):
Basics and its important applications for Polymer Characterization, Indian J. of Engg. and Mater. Sci., NISCAIR, 13 (4), 368-384

R. N. Jagtap, Overview literature on matrix assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectroscopy (MALDI MS), basics and its applications in characterizing
polymeric materials, Bull. Mater. Sci., 28 (6), 515-528

Book Chapters:
K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, Nanocomposites for Bone Tissue Engineering, Book Series on Nanomaterials for Life Sciences, Wiley Publishers

K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti (2012) Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Tissue Regeneration,
Integrated Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering, Wiley-Scrivener Publishing, USA

Conference Presentations (Speaker In Bold Italics)
D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, Oral presentation: Nanoclays with Biomineralized
Hydroxyapatite for Design of Biodegradable Polymeric Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration, at
symposium H Advanced Composites and Structures for Tissue Engineering, MRS Fall 2013
meeting, Boston

D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, Poster presentation: In situ Mineralization of hydroxyapatite using amino acid modified clay for bone tissue engineering at symposium MM Micro and nanoscale processing of biomedical materials, MRS Fall 2011 meeting, Boston

D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, Nanoclays in bone tissue engineering scaffolds, at symposium MM Micro and nanoscale processing of biomedical materials MRS Fall 2011 meeting, Boston

K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, Poster Presentation: Nanoclays in Biomedical Applications for Bone Tissue Engineering Frontiers in Biomedical Research Symposium, 2010,
Center for Protease Research, NDSU, Fargo

K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti Use of modified clays with unnatural amino acids for bone tissue engineering at ASME 2010 First Global Congress on Nano Engineering for Medicine and Biology NEMB 2010

K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, Novel Amino Acid Modified Clays as Tissue Engineering Biomaterials ND EPSCoR State Conference, 2009, NDSU, Fargo

K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, R. Khanna, Mechanics of the Molecular Response in Synthetic Bone Tissue Engineering Biomaterials at EUROMAT 2009, Glasgow, Scotland

Future Goals

Growth