Christopher Batich
Professional Experience
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2008-Present, Associate Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
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2002-Present, Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department
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1997-2002, Founding Director, UF Graduate Biomedical Engineering Program (Interim first
year)
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1981-Present Materials Science and Engineering Dept., University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL (Professor since 1988)
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1974-1981 Staff Scientist, Central Research Dept., DuPont Co., Wilmington,
DE
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1967-1969 Teaching Assistant, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
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1965-1967 Quality Control Chemist, White Laboratories (pharmaceutical company),
Kenilworth, NJ
Education
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1971-1974, University of Basel (Switzerland);
Post-doctoral (physical chemistry) with Professor Edgar Heilbronner, Director of the Physical Chemistry Institute.
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1967-1971, Rutgers University; Ph.D.(organic chemistry),1974; thesis advisor, Edel Wasserman
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1961-1965, While residing in New Jersey, attended The Pennsylvania State University and obtained a B.S. (pre-medicine), 1965.
Financial support was by a PTA scholarship, various loans (all repaid) and part-time work in kitchens, libraries, and laboratories.
Professional Membership
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
Polymer Chemistry Division
Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Division
- Society of Biomaterials
Membership Committee (1995-2000)
Awards Committee (1996-7)
Dental Materials Special Interest Group, vice chair (2000-2005)
Faculty Advisor for Local Student Chapter (1997-present)
- American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers (AIMBE)
Academic Council (1997-2002)
College of Fellows (1999-present)
Professional Activities and Honors
- Phi Lambda Upsilon (Honorary Chemistry Group). Section Vice-President, 1970
- Chairman: Organic Chemists Club (Delaware), American Chemical Society, 1978
- Chairman: College-Industry Relations Committee, Delaware Section (ACS), 1979 & 1980
- Chairman: North-east ESCA Users Group, Nomination Committee, 1980-1981
- Member: Florida Section ACS, Public Affairs Committee, 1983
- College of Engineering Sabbatical, 1990-1991; Akzo Biomedical Research Center, Obernburg, Germany
- Award for Excellence in Teaching ("TIP"), F-1995
- Listed in Marquis' Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 1st Edition, 1996.
- Listed in The Official Who's Who of American Inventors, 5th Edition, 1998-99.
- Professional Excellence Program Award ("PEP"), 1998
- American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow (1999)
- Co-Chair, AIMBE Public Information Committee (1999 -present)
- Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Millennium Edition. (2000)
- College of Engineering Nominee for the 2002 Ernest L. Boyer International Award of Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology (2001)
- AIMBE College of Fellows Selection Committee - Medical Instrumentation Subcommittee, Chair (2006-present)
University Service
- Graduate Student Co-Coordinator for Materials Department, 1984-1990
- Faculty Senate, 1986-1988
- Biomedical Engineering, curriculum co-organizer and advisor, 1984-1998
- Biotechnology Patent Committee, 1984-1995
- FEEDS coordinator for off-campus students, 1987-1991
- Graduate Council Fellowship Selection Committee for Engineering, 1987-1990
- Search Committee for UF, VP Research and Dean of Graduate School, 1993
- College of Engineering, Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1991-1994
- Chairman: College of Engineering Biomedical Engineering Graduate Academic Program (BEGAP), 1994-1998
- Member MD/PhD Program Committee, 1994-2000
- UF Advisory Board of the University of Florida’s Institute for Science Policy (1998-2002)
- Biomedical Engineering Department Faculty Search Committee (2002- January 2005)
- Materials Science and Engineering Department Curriculum Committee (2002-4)
- University of Florida Fringe Benefits Committee (2001-2003)
- Major Analytical Instrumentation Center Advisory Board (2002-present)
- University Faculty Nominations Committee (2004-present)
- Institute for the Advanced Study of Emerging Pathogens Oversight Board (2004-present)
- General Clinical Research Center Advisory Committee (UF) 2005-present
- Department of Surgery Research Advisory committee (UF) 2005-present
- Bioterrorism Task Force (2003-2004)
- Long-range Planning Commitee for MSE (2005-present)
- Endowed Chair Committee for MSE (2004-present)
- Nanoposition Search Committee for MSE (2003-2006)
- Materials Science and Engineering Department Curriculum Committee (2005-present)
- Search Committee for Emerging Pathogens Institute Director (2006-April 2007)
- Emerging Pathogens Institute Steering Committee (2004-2008)
- Clinical and translational science awards, NIH proposal preparation committee (2005-2008)
- Materials Science and Engineering Department Long-Range Planning Committee (2006-2008)
Reviewer For
- Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology
- Engineered Materials Handbook (ASM)
- J. American Ceramics Society
- J. American Chemical Society
- J. Electron Spectroscopy
- J. Industrial and Engineering Science
- J. Organic Chemistry
- J. Physical Chemistry
- J. Surface and Interfacial Science
- J. Vacuum Science and Technology
- Macromolecules
- National Institutes of Health (research resources, small business grants/SBIR)
- National Science Foundation
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Petroleum Research Fund
- J. Applied Biomaterials
- J. Biomedical Materials Research
- National Institutes of Health (research resources, small business grants)
- National Science Foundation
- Petroleum Research Fund
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- MRS Book Review Board
- Acta Biomaterialia
Editorial Board
- Journal of Hepatology (2009-current)
- International Journal of Polymer Science (2009-current)
Panel Member For
- Polymer Principles In the Undergraduate Curriculum, Florida ACS meeting, panel discussion (1986).
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy, course requiring expert witness (1985-1994).
- Materials Research Society, Spring 1988 meeting, co-organizer of Adhesion Symposium.
Recent NIH Reviewing Activities
(does not include past NIH/SBIR or NSF activities)
- July 16, 2008 – Special Emphasis Panel on “Neurodevices and Bioengineering” - ZRG1 ETTN-A(03) (Role: Chair)
- June 12-13, 2008 – Oncological Sciences Integrated Review Group for Developmental Therapeutics Study Section
- October 20, 2006 - Special Emphasis Panel on “Polymers and Probes” - ZRG1 BST-A(02) (Role: Member)
Other Recent Meeting Activities:
- Co-chair, "Surface Analysis" session of Soc. for Biomat. Meeting (San Francisco, 1995).
- Co-chair, "Silicones" session of World Biomat. Congress Meeting (Toronto, 1996).
- Co-chair, "Modification of Biomaterials Surfaces" session of Soc. for Biomat. Meeting (New Orleans, 1997).
- Co-chair, “Progress in Drug Delivery” session of Soc. for Society of Biomaterials Meeting (St. Paul, Minn., 2001)
- Chair, “Dental Materials” session for Society of Biomaterials Meeting (Tampa, FL 2002)
- Moderator for session at “Regeneration One” meeting at Amelia Island (Dec 2007)
