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Present	Associate Professor, Engineering, Trinity University ‐ Department of Engineering Science
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Engineering and Chemical Engineering

Paul and Ellen Deissler Graduate Fellowship in Chemical Engineering, 2009
Texas Engineering Experimental Station (TEES) Fellowship for Spanish Speakers, 2009
Outstanding Performance in ECAES Examination, 2005, Ministerio Nacional de Educación, Colombia

Articles (37)

Growth Factor Binding Peptides in Poly (Ethylene Glycol) Diacrylate (PEGDA ...

Abigail J Clevenger, Andrea C Jimenez-Vergara, Erin H Tsai, Gabriel de Barros Righes, et al.

Growth factors (GF) are critical cytokines in wound healing. However, the direct delivery of these biochemical cues into a wound ...

Modeling the Effects of Hyaluronic Acid Degradation on the Regulation ...

Scientific Reports (2020)

Andrea C Jimenez-Vergara, Rachel Van Drunen, Tyler Cagle and Dany J Munoz-Pinto

Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a highly abundant component in the extracellular matrix (ECM) and a fundamental element to the architecture ...

Refined Assessment of the Impact of Cell Shape on Human ...

Engineering Faculty Research (2019)

Andrea C Jimenez Vergara, Rodrigo Zurita, Abigail Jones, P. Diaz-Rodriguez, et al.

Numerous studies have demonstrated that the differentiation potential of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) can be modulated by chemical and ...

Collagen Based Multicomponent Interpenetrating Networks as Promising Scaffolds for 3D ...

Engineering Faculty Research (2019)

Rachel Van Drunen, Andrea C Jimenez-Vergara, Erin H Tsai, Rachel Tchen, et al.

This work describes for the first time the fabrication and characterization of multicomponent interpenetrating networks composed of collagen I, hyaluronic ...

Turning Forkhead Box D3 Overexpression to Promote Specific Osteogenic Differentiation ...

Engineering Faculty Research (2018)

T. Kamaldinov, J. Erndt-Marino, P. Diaz-Rodriguez, H. Chen, et al.

Clinical use of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in bone regeneration applications requires that their osteogenic differentiation be highly controllable ...

A Canine in Vitro Model for Evaluation of Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal ...

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A (2018)

T. P Gharat, P. Diaz-Rodriguez, J. D Erndt-Marino, Andrea C Jimenez-Vergara, et al.

Tissue engineered bone grafts based on bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are being actively developed for craniomaxillofacial (CMF) applications. ...

An Improved Correlation to Predict Molecular Weight Between Crosslinks Based ...

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials (2018)

Andrea C Jimenez Vergara, John Lewis, Mariah S Hahn and Dany J Munoz Pinto

Accurate characterization of hydrogel diffusional properties is of substantial importance for a range of biotechnological applications. The diffusional capacity of ...

Toward Zonally Tailored Scaffolds for Osteochondral Differentiation of Synovial Mesenchymal ...

Engineering Faculty Research (2018)

P. Diaz-Rodriguez, J. D Erndt-Marino, T. Gharat, Dany J Munoz Pinto, et al.

Synovium-derived mesenchymal stem cells (SMSCs) are an emerging cell source for regenerative medicine applications, including osteochondral defect (OCD) repair. However, ...

Evaluation of Late Outgrowth Endothelial Progenitor Cell and Umbilical Vein ...

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A (2017)

Dany J Munoz Pinto, Josh D Erndt Marino, Silvia M Becerra Bayona, Viviana R Guiza Arguello, et al.

Bioactive coatings which support the adhesion of late-outgrowth peripheral blood endothelial progenitor cells (EOCs) are actively being investigated as a ...

Mechanical Characterization of Hybrid Vesicles Based on Linear Poly(Dimethylsiloxane-b-Ethylene ...

Jeffery Gaspard, Liam M Casey, Matt Rozin, Dany J Munoz Pinto, et al.

Poly(dimethylsiloxane-ethylene oxide) (PDMS-PEO) and poly(butadiene-b-ethylene oxide) (PBd-PEO) are two block copolymers which separately form vesicles with disparate membrane permeabilities and ...

Osteoinductive PolyHIPE Foams as Injectable Bone Grafts

Tissue Engineering - Part A (2016)

J. L Robinson, M. A. P McEnery, H. Pearce, M. E Whitely, et al.

We have recently fabricated biodegradable polyHIPEs as injectable bone grafts and characterized the mechanical properties, pore architecture, and cure rates. ...

Evaluation of the Osteoinductive Capacity of Polydopamine-Coated Poly(ε-caprolactone) Diacrylate ...

ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering (2015)

J. D Erndt-Marino, Dany J Munoz Pinto, S. Samavedi, Andrea C Jimenez-Vergara, et al.

Recently, a novel shape memory polymer foam based on the photopolymerization of poly(-caprolactone) diacrylate (PCLDA) has been developed. These PCLDA ...

Impact of Secondary Reactive Species on the Apparent Decoupling of ...

Dany J Munoz Pinto, S. Samavedi, B. Grigoryan and M. S Hahn

Poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) hydrogels are widely used in biotechnology due to their in situ crosslinking capacity and tunable physical ...

Characterization of Sequential Collagen-Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Diacrylate Interpenetrating Networks and ...

Biomaterials (2015)

Dany J Munoz Pinto, Andrea C Jimenez-Vergara, T. P Gharat and M. S Hahn

Collagen hydrogels have been widely investigated as scaffolds for vascular tissue engineering due in part to the capacity of collagen ...

Collagen-Mimetic Hydrogels Promote Human Endothelial Cell Adhesion, Migration and Phenotypic ...

Journal of Materials Chemistry B (2015)

Dany J Munoz Pinto, V. R Guiza-Arguello, S. M Becerra-Bayona, J. Erndt-Marino, et al.

This work evaluates the response of human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs) to thromboresistant collagen-mimetic hydrogel coatings toward improving the biocompatibility ...

Poly(Sophorolipid) Structural Variation: Effects on Biomaterial Physical and Biological ...

Biomacromolecules (2014)

Y. Peng, Dany J Munoz Pinto, M. Chen, J. Decatur, et al.

Diacetylated lactonic sophorolipids (polyLSL[6′Ac,6″Ac]), a biosurfactant, can be efficiently polymerized by ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP). In this paper, enzyme-mediated chemical ...

Thermoresponsive Double Network Micropollared Hydrogels for Controlled Cell Release

Macromolecular Bioscience (2014)

R. Fei, H. Hou, Dany J Munoz Pinto, A. Han, et al.

Thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogels (PNIPAAm) have been widely used for controlled cell detachment. In this study, cell release is enhanced via ...

Influence of Pressurized Cyclic Stretch and Endothelial Cell Presence on ...

Integrative Biology (United Kingdom) (2013)

Andrea C Jimenez-Vergara, Dany J Munoz Pinto and M. S Hahn

Applied mechanical stretch and blood vessel invasion are key stimuli to which progenitor cells are exposed in post-natal endochondral bone ...

PDMSstar-PEG Hydrogels Prepared Via Solvent-Induced Phase Separation (SIPS) and Their ...

Acta Biomaterialia (2012)

B. M Bailey, R. Fei, Dany J Munoz Pinto, M. S Hahn, et al.

Inorganic-organic hydrogels based on methacrylated star polydimethylsiloxane (PDMSstar-MA) and diacrylated poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG-DA) macromers were prepared via solvent-induced phase separation ...

Influence of Select Extracellular Matrix Proteins on Mesenchymal Stem Cell ...

Acta Biomaterialia (2012)

Silvia Becerra-Bayona, Viviana Guiza-Arguello, Xin Qu, Dany J Munoz Pinto, et al.

Growth factors have been shown to be powerful mediators of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) osteogenic differentiation. However, their use in ...

Relative Impact of Form-Induced Stress vs. Uniaxial Alignment on Multipotent ...

Acta Biomaterialia (2012)

Dany J Munoz Pinto, Xin Qu, Loveleena Bansal, Heather N Hayenga, et al.

Tissue engineering strategies based on multipotent stem cells (MSCs) hold significant promise for the repair or replacement of damaged smooth ...

An Approach for Assessing Hydrogel Hydrophobicity

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A (2012)

Dany J Munoz Pinto, B. Grigoryan, J. Long, M. Grunlan, et al.

Hydrogel hydrophobicity is an important modulator of mammalian cell behavior, drug payload release, and medical device fouling. Contact angle and ...

Osteogenic Potential of Poly(Ethylene Glycol)–Poly(Dimethylsiloxane) Hybrid Hydrogels

Tissue Engineering Part A (2012)

Dany J Munoz Pinto, Andrea Carolina Jimenez-Vergara, Yaping Hou, Heather N Hayenga, et al.

Growth factors have been shown to be potent mediators of osteogenesis. However, their use in tissue-engineered scaffolds not only can ...

A Comparative Study of the Cytotoxicity and Corrosion Resistance of ...

Acta Biomaterialia (2012)

Rebecca E McMahon, Ji Ma, Stanislav V Verkhoturov, Dany J Munoz Pinto, et al.

Nickel–titanium (NiTi) shape memory alloys (SMAs) are commonly used in a range of biomedical applications. However, concerns exist regarding their ...

Influence of Glycosaminoglycan Identity on Vocal Fold Fibroblast Behavior

Acta Biomaterialia (2011)

Andrea Carolina Jimenez-Vergara, Dany J Munoz Pinto, Silvia Becerra-Bayona, Bo Wang, et al.

Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogels have recently begun to be studied for the treatment of scarred vocal fold lamina propria due, ...