Malisa Sarntinoranont

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Malisa Sarntinoranont is an American biomechanical engineer whose research focuses on medical implants, drug delivery, and the computational analysis of soft tissue needed to guide drug delivery. She is a professor in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida, and associate department chair for academic affairs. [1]

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Education and career

Sarntinoranont is originally from Florida, and grew up in Starke, Florida, Clermont, Florida, and Gainesville, Florida. [1] After studying mechanical engineering as an undergraduate at Georgia Tech, she went to the University of California, Berkeley for graduate study, focusing there on the biomechanics of cancer tumor tissue. She has a master's degree and Ph.D. from Berkeley, [2] completed in 1999. [1]

After post-doctoral research, she joined the University of Florida in 2003. [2]

Recognition

Sarntinoranont was named as an ASME Fellow in 2017. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dr. Malisa Sarntinoranont", People, University of Florida Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, retrieved 2025-01-09
  2. 1 2 "Malisa Sarntinoranont", NIMET: Nanoscience Institute for Medical & Engineering Technology, retrieved 2025-01-09
  3. All Fellows (PDF), ASME, March 2024, retrieved 2025-01-09