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Kartik Balachandran

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Federal Grant PI High Impact

Professor

Also affiliated: University of Notre Dame (2008); Georgia Institute of Technology (2006–2011); University of Leeds (2022); Harvard University (2011–2014); University of Liverpool (2021–2022); Emory University (2009); Medical University of Silesia (2022); Washington University in St. Louis (1971); The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (2006–2011); In-Q-Tel (2016); University of Belgrade (2023); Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (2021–2022); Laboratoire Informatique d'Avignon (2022); Silesian Center for Heart Disease (2022); Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (2024); Inspire Institute (2011); Leeds Dental Hospital (2022); Aalborg University (2021–2022)

Faculty Researcher

26 h-index 90 pubs 2,800 cited

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Aortic Valve
  • Swine
  • Stroke
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Stress, Mechanical
  • Registries
  • Risk Factors
  • Female
  • Anticoagulants
  • Male
  • Heart Valves
  • Tissue Engineering

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Kartik Balachandran's research focuses on studying disease mechanisms and developing physiological models to investigate health conditions. He has received federal funding for two projects totaling $486,642. One grant, from the NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, awarded $436,642 for research into ACE2 SARS-CoV2-mediated valve disease using a microphysiological tissue-chip model. Another NSF grant of $50,000 supported his work on the translation potential of a co-cultured cardiomyocyte-on-a-chip heart model.

His recent publications explore a range of topics, including the breakdown of the blood-brain barrier and astrocyte reactivity after traumatic brain injury, and the use of label-free multiphoton microscopy for detecting calcific aortic valve disease. He has also investigated a three-dimensional valve-on-chip microphysiological system to understand early calcific aortic valve disease progression, the effect of mechanical strain on endothelial progenitor cells, and the development of a nasal airway-on-chip model. Further work examines the cellular microenvironment of aortic valves and the role of the local renin-angiotensin system in regulating cellular function within these valves.

Balachandran holds a high-impact researcher designation due to his significant citation count (2,785) and has published 89 total works, with an h-index of 26. He actively collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Ishita Tandon, Amanda Walls, Gustavo Vaca-Diez, and Denise Fabiano do Nascimento.

Metrics

  • h-index: 26
  • Publications: 90
  • Citations: 2,800

Selected Publications

  • Characterization of Human Aortic Valve Cells isolated from Calcified Aortic Valve Replacement Explants: Implications for Calcific Aortic Valve Disease Research (2026)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Development of a nasal airway-on-chip co-culture model to study particulate matter exposure (2026)
    Lab on a Chip DOI OpenAlex
  • Characterizing Piezoelectric‐Blended Polydimethylsiloxane for Use as a Mechanoelectrical Responsive Cell Culture Substrate (2025)
    Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A DOI OpenAlex
  • Elucidating the mechanosensitive pathways of physiological and pathological strain on valve cells in a novel human valve-on-chip system (2025)
    Global Cardiology Science and Practice DOI OpenAlex
  • The future is fully defined: recombinant fragment E8 of laminin-511 is a viable xenofree alternative to Matrigel for hiPSC culture and differentiation into neurovascular cell types (2024)
    Research Square DOI OpenAlex
  • The effect of traumatic injuries on the nervous system (2024)
    Elsevier eBooks DOI OpenAlex
  • Contributors (2024)
    Elsevier eBooks DOI OpenAlex
  • A three-dimensional valve-on-chip microphysiological system implicates cell cycle progression, cholesterol metabolism and protein homeostasis in early calcific aortic valve disease progression (2024)
    Acta Biomaterialia 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A nasal airway-on-chip model to evaluate airflow pre-conditioning during epithelial cell maturation at the air-liquid interface (2024)
    Biofabrication 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The future is fully defined: recombinant fragment E8 of laminin-511 is a viable xenofree alternative to Matrigel for hiPSC culture and differentiation into neurovascular cell types (2024)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • A Three-Dimensional Valve-on-Chip Microphysiological System Reveals Novel Biomarkers of Early Calcific Aortic Valve Disease Progression (2023)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Functional Analysis of the Cortical Transcriptome and Proteome Reveal Neurogenesis, Inflammation, and Cell Death after Repeated Traumatic Brain Injury <i>In vivo</i> (2022)
    Neurotrauma Reports 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Effect of Cyclic Uniaxial Mechanical Strain on Endothelial Progenitor Cell Differentiation (2022)
    Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Aortic valve cell microenvironment: Considerations for developing a valve-on-chip (2021)
    Biophysics Reviews 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Local Renin-Angiotensin System Signaling Mediates Cellular Function of Aortic Valves (2021)
    Annals of Biomedical Engineering 2 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 2 $486,642 total

NIH Contact PI Mar 2022 - Feb 2026

ACE2 SARS-CoV2-mediated valve disease in a microphysiological tissue-chip model

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $436,642 R15

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57 Collaborators 25 Institutions 5 Countries

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