Juan Pablo Marquez

Graduate Research Assistant in Mechanical Engineering

Research Interests:

• Biomechanics: Mechanical and biochemical studies of tissues
• Solid Mechanics: Nonlinear time-dependent materials, micromechanics
• Fluid Mechanics: Aerodynamics and rheology
• Finite Element Modeling: Algorithm development and coding

Contact Information:

• Office: Graduate Student Office - Jolley Hall 217A
• E-mail address: jpm2@cec.wustl.edu
• Phone: (314) 935-7563
• Schedule: 8:00AM-12:00PM and 1:00PM-6:00PM
• Advisor: Guy M. Genin
• Former Advisor: George I. Zahalak

Research Collaborators:

• Prof. Elliot L. Elson
• M.S. Ali Nekouzadeh
• Dr. Kenneth M. Pryse (Tony)
• Dr. Tetsuro Wakatsuki

Titles:

• B. Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering at Departamento de Aeronautica-Universidad Nacional de La Plata
• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering-Washington University in St. Louis
• D.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering at Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering-Washington University in St. Louis

Master Thesis:

• Thin Bio-Artificial Tissues in Plane Stress:
  The Relationship Between Cell and Tissue Strain, and an Improved Constitutive Model

Doctoral Thesis:

• The Mechanics and Biophysics of Bio-Artificial Tissue Constructs

Publications:

• Marquez, J. P., Genin, G. M., Zahalak, G.I., Elson, E. L. 2005. Thin Bio-artificial Tissues in Plane Stress: the Relationship between Cell and Tissue Strain, and an Improved Constitutive Model. Biophysical Journal 88:765-777.
• Marquez, J. P., Genin, G. M., Zahalak, G.I., Elson, E. L. 2005. The Relationship between Cell and Tissue Strain in Three-dimensional Bio-artificial Tissues. Biophysical Journal 88:778-789.
• Thomopoulos S., Marquez J. P., Weinberger B., Birman V., Genin G.M. 2005. Structural mechanisms for reducing stress concentrations at the tendon to bone insertion. Journal of Biomechanics (doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.05.021).
• Marquez, J. P., Genin, G. M., Elson, E. L. 2005. On the Application of Strain Factors for Approximation of the Contribution of Anisotropic Cells to the Mechanics of a Tissue Construct. Journal of Biomechanics (doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.06.010).
• Marquez, J. P. 2005. Fourier analysis of cell and fiber angular orientation distributions. International Journal of Solids and Structures (doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2005.11.003).
• Marquez, J. P., Genin, G. M., Elson, E. L. 2006. Cellular and Matrix Contributions to Tissue Construct Stiffness Increase with Cellular Concentration. To appear in Annals of Biomedical Engineering.
• Asnes, Clara F., Marquez, J. P., Elson, E. L. and Wakatsuki, T. 2006. Reconstitution of Frank-Starling Mechanism in Engineered Heart Tissues. To appear in Biophysical Journal.

Vita:

• vita.pdf

Research sites:

• PubMed
• PubMed central
• ScienceDirect(R)
• NCBI-National Center for Biotechnology Information

Other Interests:

• Airplanes.
• Biking.
• Camping.
• Computers.
• Running.
• Tae-kwon-do.

School of Engineering and Applied Science
Washington University in St. Louis