Prof. Hu's Research
Group
News
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Conference Program Chair, 45th North American
Thermal Analysis Society Annual Conference, University of Pennsylvania (Aug
2018, PA) (Link)
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Guest Editor, Polymers (2017-2018), Special
Issue "Protein Biopolymer" (Link)
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Congratulations to Kelsey DeFrates,
who was awarded the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship 2017-18 (Link)
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Session Chair: Biocalorimetry,
Biomaterial and Biopolymer session, 44th North American Thermal Analysis
Society Annual Conference (Aug 2017, DE) (Link)
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2016 - 2017 President/Vice President, The
Thermal Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley (TAFDV)
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Symposium Organizer, 2017 Thermal Analysis Forum
of Delaware Valley (TAFDV) Spring Symposium at Rowan University (Topic:
Advancing Materials Science and Engineering, March 21-22, in conjugation with
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E37 Meeting) (Link)
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Guest Editor, Journal of Functional
Biomaterials (2015-2017), Special Issue "Silk Proteins for Biomedical
Applications"
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Rowan University Rising Innovator Award (2016)
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PhD Thesis Defense Committee External Examiner:
Institute For Frontier Materials, Deakin University,
Australia (2016)
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Master Thesis Defense Committee External
Examiner: Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, Camden (2015-2016)
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Session Presider: PMSE-General Papers/New
Concepts in Polymeric Materials session, 252nd American Chemical
Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (Aug 2016).
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Best General Poster Award, North American
Thermal Analysis Society, Santa Fe (Sept 2014)
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Session Chair: Biomaterial and Bio-inspired
Materials session, 41th North American Thermal Analysis Society Annual
Conference (Aug 2013, KY)
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PhD Thesis Defense Committee External Examiner:
College of Medicine, Environment, The Australian National University (2013)
Presentations Since Fall 2012
1. (Talk) Xiao Hu; Protein-based Biomaterials and Tissue Regeneration. 1st Annual Retreat of Center for Computational & Integrative Biology, Rutgers University-Camden Campus, Camden, NJ, September 7th, 2012.
2. (Poster) Xiao Hu; Protein-based Biomaterials for Medical Applications. Fall Research Retreat For Cell and Molecular Biology. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the School of Osteopathic Medicine (UMDNJ-GSBS at SOM). Trump National Golf Club Philadelphia, Pine Hill, NJ, October 25, 2012.
3. (Invited speaker) Xiao Hu; Protein-based Biomaterials: Self-assembly and Medical Applications. Biopolymers, Bio-based Polymers Session, ACS Northeast Regional Meeting, Rochester, NY, October 2012.
4. (Invited speaker) Xiao Hu; Protein-based Biomaterials: Self-assembly and Medical Applications. BME Friday Seminar, New Jersey Institute of Technology, October 2012.
5. (Invited talk and visit) Xiao Hu; Protein-based Biomaterials: Self-assembly and Medical Applications. Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Drexel University, December 2012.
6. (Invited Talk) Xiao Hu; Protein-based Biomaterials for Medical Applications. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, Rowan University, March 8, 2013.
7. (Talk) Xiao Hu, Solomon Duki. Dynamic Elasticity Model of Resilin Proteins. American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, March 18-22th, 2013.
8. (Poster) Eric Kaiser,John Bonini, William Fordham, Matthew Long, Joseph Natale, Sean Redmond, Adam Westerland, Michael Yanakas, Xiao Hu, Samuel Lofland, Robert Krchnavek, Jeffrey Hettinger Synthesis of Ag2O Films using RF Magnetron Sputtering. American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, March 18-22th, 2013.
9. (Poster) Joseph Forys, Xiao Hu. Silk-Zein Protein Alloy Materials for Biomedical Applications. The 24th Annual Saint Joseph's University Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, April 2013.
10. (Poster) Joseph Forys, Xiao Hu. Silk-Zein Protein Alloy Materials for Biomedical Applications. Rowan University 2013 STEM Student Research Symposium, Glassboro, NJ, April 2013.
11. (Poster) Xiao Hu, Joseph Forys. Silk-Zein Protein Alloy Materials for Biomedical Applications. The 17th Annual UMDNJ-Stratford Campus Research Day, Stratford, NJ, May 2013.
12. (Talk) Xiao Hu; Protein-based Biomaterials. SOM/Rowan Basic Science Retreat, Williamstown, NJ, May 2013.
13. (Poster) Xiao Hu, Guokui Qin, Peggy Cebe, David Kaplan; Dynamic Mechanism of Resilin Elasticity. 40th North American Thermal Analysis Society Conference, Orlando, Aug. 2012.
14. (Talk) Xiao
Hu, Wenwen Huang, Anthony S. Weiss, David L. Kaplan; Silk-Tropoelastin Biomaterial Alloys. 40th North American
Thermal Analysis Society Conference, Orlando, Aug. 2012.
15. (Poster)
Xiao Hu, Joseph Forys; Multifunctional Silk-Zein Protein
Alloy Biomaterials. 41th North
American Thermal Analysis Society
Annual Conference, Bowling Green, Kentucky, August 2013.
16. (Talk) Xiao
Hu, Solomon Duki, Yang Yang; Energy Transduction and Elasticity Model of Resilin Biomaterials. 41th North American Thermal Analysis
Society Annual Conference, Bowling Green, Kentucky, August 2013.
17. (Talk) Xiao
Hu, Justin Buchicchio, Emma Zulker,
Samantha Mazzi, Breijha
Anderson; Wild Silk Based
Biomaterials. 41th North American
Thermal Analysis Society Annual Conference,
Bowling Green,
Kentucky, August 2013.
18. (Invited Talk)
Xiao Hu; Protein-based Biomaterials for Medical Applications. Physics
and Engineering Colloquium, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Galloway, NJ, October 2013.
19. (Poster) Justin Buchicchio, Emma Zulker, Samantha Mazzi, Breijha Anderson, Xiao Hu; Wild Silk Based Biomaterials. Annual
GSBS Fall Research Retreat for Cell and Molecular Biology, Rowan University
School of Osteopathic Medicine, NJ,
October 2013.
20. (Poster) Justin Buchicchio, Emma Zulker, Samantha
Mazzi, Breijha Anderson,
Xiao Hu; Wild Silk Based Biomaterials.
Glassboro 2013 STEM Academy,
Glassboro, NJ, November 2013.
21. (Poster) Joseph Forys, Justin Buchicchio, Xiao Hu; Multifunctional
Silk-Zein Protein Alloy Biomaterials. Glassboro 2013 STEM Academy, Glassboro,
NJ, November 2013.
22. (Poster) Justin Buchicchio, Emma Zulker, Samantha
Mazzi, Breijha Anderson,
Xiao Hu; Wild Silk Based Biomaterials.
Thermal Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley 2013 Annual Poster and Business
Meeting, at The Laboratory for Research
on the Structure of Matter (University of Pennsylvania), Philadelphia, PA, December 2013.
23. (Poster) Joseph Forys, Xiao Hu; Multifunctional
Silk-Zein Protein Alloy Biomaterials. Thermal Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley
2013 Annual Poster and Business Meeting, at The Laboratory for Research on
the Structure of Matter, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, December 2013.
24. (Poster) Yang Yang, Xiao Hu; Energy
Transduction Mechanism of Resilin Elasticity, The 58th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting,
San Francisco, CA, February, 2014.
25. (Talk) Xiao Hu, Joseph Forys, Fang Wang, Justin Buchicchio;
Silk-Zein
Protein Composite Materials. Thermal
Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley Spring Symposium 2014, at ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, March 2014.
26. (Poster) Justin Buchicchio, Emma Zulker, Samantha
Mazzi, Breijha Anderson,
Xiao Hu; Thermal Analysis Forum of
Delaware Valley Spring Symposium 2014, at ASTM
International, West Conshohocken, PA, March
2014.
27. (Poster) Xiao Hu, Yang Yang; Energy
Transduction Mechanism of Resilin Elasticity, Thermal Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley
Spring Symposium 2014, at ASTM
International, West Conshohocken, PA, March
2014.
28. (Talk) Xiao Hu, Joseph Forys, Justin Buchicchio; Multifunctional Silk-Zein
Protein Composite Materials. American Chemical Society National Meeting
(Spring 2014), Dallas, TX, March,
2014.
29. (Poster) Xiao Hu, Yang Yang; Energy
Transduction Mechanism of Resilin Elasticity, American Chemical Society National Meeting
(Spring 2014), Dallas, TX, March,
2014.
30. (Poster) Xiao Hu,
Justin Buchicchio, Emma Zulker,
Samantha Mazzi, Breijha
Anderson, Jeffrey Hettinger; Wild
Silk Based Biomaterials for Medical Applications, American Chemical Society National Meeting (Spring 2014), Dallas,
TX, March, 2014.
31. (Poster) Justin Buchicchio, Emma Zulker, Samantha
Mazzi, Breijha Anderson,
Xiao Hu; Wild Silk Based Biomaterials.
2014 The National Conferences on
Undergraduate Research (NCUR) at University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, April 2014.
32. (Poster) Justin Buchicchio, Xiao Hu, Emma Zulker,
Samantha Mazzi, Breijha
Anderson, Jeffrey Hettinger; Wild Silk Based
Biomaterials for Medical Applications. 2014
Rowan University Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM)
Symposium, Glassboro, NJ, April 2014.
33. (Poster) Xiao Hu, Yang Yang; Energy
Transduction Mechanism of Resilin Elasticity, The 5th American Chemical Society South
Jersey Local Section Meeting, Glassboro, NJ, April 2014.
34. (Poster) Yang Yang, Xiao Hu; Energy
Transduction Mechanism of Resilin Elasticity, The 18th Annual RowanSOM
Research Day, Stratford, NJ, May 2014.
35. (Talk) Xiao Hu; Multifunctional Silk Composite Biomaterials.
The 11th International Symposium on
Polymer Physics (PP2014), Nanjing, China, June 2014.
36. (Talk) Xiao Hu; Multifunctional Silk-Based Composite
Biomaterials. XXIII International
Materials Research Congress, Cancun, Mexico, August 2014.
37. (Poster) Fang Wang,
Xiao Hu; Silk Fibroin / Poly(lactic acid)
Biocomposite Materials. Thermal Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley Summer Symposium 2014, at
Center for Composite Materials ,University of Delaware, Newark, DE, August 2014.
38. (Poster) Nathan Wolf,
Eva-Marie Rocks, Trinh Vuong, Fang Wang, Kirk Butler,
Xiao Hu; Comparative Studies of
Regenerated Wild Silk Biomaterials.
Thermal Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley Summer Symposium 2014, at Center
for Composite Materials ,University of Delaware, Newark, DE, August 2014. (Best Student Poster
Award, 3rd Rank)
39. (Talk) Xiao Hu; Protein-Based Composite Materials. Thermal Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley
Summer Symposium 2014, at Center for Composite Materials ,University of
Delaware, Newark, DE, August 2014.
40. (Talk) Fang Wang,
Shen-Jun Sheng, Xiao Hu, Qing-Yu Ma, Min-Fen Gu; Impact of Foaming Pressure on the Structures
and Properties of PLLA Scaffolds.
Thermal Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley Summer Symposium 2014, at Center
for Composite Materials ,University of Delaware, Newark, DE, August 2014.
41. (Poster) Fang Wang,
Xiao Hu; Silk/PLA Biocomposite Films. The 42nd Annual Conference of North American Thermal Analysis Society,
Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 2014.
42. (Invited Talk) Xiao Hu;
Protein-Based Blend Biomaterials. The 42nd Annual Conference of North
American Thermal Analysis Society, Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 2014.
43. (Talk) Fang Wang, Shen-Jun
Sheng, Xiao Hu, Qing-Yu Ma, Min-Fen Gu; Impact of Foaming Pressure on the Structures
and Properties of PLLA Scaffolds. The
42nd Annual Conference of North American Thermal Analysis Society, Santa
Fe, New Mexico, September 2014.
44. (Poster) Xiao Hu, Fang
Wang, Nathan Wolf, Eva Rocks, Trinh Vuong; Comparative Studies of Regenerated Wild Silk
Biomaterials. The 42nd Annual
Conference of North American Thermal Analysis Society, Santa Fe, New
Mexico, September 2014. (NATAS 2014 Best General Poster Award)