Sarah M. Richardson-Burns: Senior Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

sarahmr@umich.edu

Research Summary:

My laboratory research focuses on the development of electrically conductive and bioactive materials for use in biomedical devices, biosensors, and future bioprosthetics.

Education:

• BS, Cell and Molecular Biology; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 1994-1998.


• PhD, Neuroscience; University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO; 1999-2003.


• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Materials Science & Engineering; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 2004-present.



Affiliations:

• 1999-2003: Doctoral Thesis Advisor: Kenneth L. Tyler, Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Immunology, and Microbiology, and Neuroscience Training Program at The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver CO and Reuler-Lewin Endowed Chair of Neurology at the Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, CO.


• 2003-2004: Postdoctoral Advisor and Chair of Thesis Committee: Diego Restrepo, Departments of Cellular, Structural and Developmental Biology and Physiology and Director of Neuroscience Training Program at The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver CO.


• 2004-2007: Postdoctoral Advisor: David C. Martin, Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering at University of Michigan. NINDS/NIBIB NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship; University of Michigan Regenerative Sciences Training Program, Postdoctoral Fellowship.


• 2007-present: Director of Life Sciences for Biotectix, LLC, a University of Michigan spin-off company.


• 2007-present: Senior Research Fellow in the Martin Research Group.

Scientific Society Memberships:

• Society for Biomaterials
• Materials Research Society
• Society for Neuroscience
• Society for Virology

Recent Abstracts:

1. SM Richardson-Burns, C Dove, D Margul, A Peramo, JL Hendricks, M Urbanchek, P Cederna, A Thornton, S Goldstein, and DC Martin, Conducting polymers to improve and stabilize the electrode-tissue interface for development of biologically-integrated prosthetic devices, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting 2007
2. MR Abidian, SM Richardson-Burns, JM Corey, D Turer, DC Martin, DR Kipke, Bioactive Conducting Polymer Nanotubes for Neurite Outgrowth in Nerve Regeneration Applications, Annual Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Conference October 2007
3. JL Hendricks, J Chikar, SM Richardson-Burns, Y Raphael, B Pfingst, DC Martin, PEDOT-coated, BDNF-secreting cochlear implants for improved spiral ganglion stimulation, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting 2007
4. DC Martin, LK Povlich, MR Abidian, JL Hendricks, SA Spanninga, R Axelsson, SM Richardson-Burns, JC Cho, and J Kim, Biologically-Functionalized and Biologically-Derived Conducting Polymers for Interfacing Biomedical Devices with Living Tissue, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting 2007

Recent Publications:

1. Richardson-Burns SM, Hendricks JL, Martin DC, Electrochemical polymerization of conducting polymers in living neural tissue, Journal of Neural Engineering 4 (2), L6-L13, 2007
2. Richardson-Burns SM, Hendricks JL, Foster B, et al., Polymerization of the conducting polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) around living neural cells, Biomaterials 28 (8), 1539-1552, 2007
3. Kim DH, Richardson-Burns SM, Hendricks JL et al., Effect of immobilized nerve growth factor on conductive polymers: Electrical properties and cellular response, Advanced Functional Materials 17 (1), 79-86, 2007
4. Sharp AA, Panchawagh HV, Ortega A et al., Toward a self-deploying shape memory polymer neuronal electrode, Journal of Neural Engineering 3 (4), L23-L30, 2006
5. Clarke P, Richardson-Burns SM, DeBiasi RL, et al., Mechanisms of apoptosis during reovirus infection, Current Topics In Microbiology and Immunology 289, 1-24, 2005

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