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Greg Harris

Assoc Professor

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering

Education/Credentials
  • Ph.D.: University of South Carolina (Chemical Engineering)
  • B.S.: Iowa State University (Mechanical Engineering)
Contact Information

Peer Reviewed Publications

Orkwis, Jacob A; Wolf, Ann K; Mularczyk, Zachary J; Bryan, Andrew E; Smith, Corinne S; Brown, Ryan; Krutko, Maksym; McCann, Adam; Collar, Ryan M; Esfandiari, Leyla; Harris, Greg M 2022. Mechanical stimulation of a bioactive, functionalized PVDF-TrFE scaffold provides electrical signaling for nerve repair applications. Biomaterials advances, 140 , 213081

Smith, Corinne S; Orkwis, Jacob A; Bryan, Andrew E; Xu, Zhenyuan; Harris, Greg M 2022. The impact of physical, biochemical, and electrical signaling on Schwann cell plasticity. European journal of cell biology, 101 4, 151277

Xu, Zhenyuan; Orkwis, Jacob A; Harris, Greg M 2021. Cell Shape and Matrix Stiffness Impact Schwann Cell Plasticity via YAP/TAZ and Rho GTPases. International journal of molecular sciences, 22 9,

Cady, Emily; Orkwis, Jacob A; Weaver, Rachel; Conlin, Lia; Madigan, Nicolas N; Harris, Greg M 2020. Micropatterning Decellularized ECM as a Bioactive Surface to Guide Cell Alignment, Proliferation, and Migration. Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 7 3,

Jafari, Mina; Sriram, Vishnu; Xu, Zhenyuan; Harris, Greg M; Lee, Joo-Youp 2020. Fucoidan-Doxorubicin Nanoparticles Targeting P-Selectin for Effective Breast Cancer Therapy. Carbohydrate polymers, 249 , 116837

Orkwis, Jacob A; Wolf, Ann K; Shahid, Syed M; Smith, Corinne; Esfandiari, Leyla; Harris, Greg M 2020. Development of a Piezoelectric PVDF-TrFE Fibrous Scaffold to Guide Cell Adhesion, Proliferation, and Alignment. Macromolecular bioscience, 20 9, e2000197

Xu, Zhenyuan; Orkwis, Jacob A; DeVine, Braden M; Harris, Greg M 2020. Extracellular matrix cues modulate Schwann cell morphology, proliferation, and protein expression. Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, 14 2, 229-242

Xu, Zhenyuan; Orkwis, Jacob A; Harris, Greg M 2020. Preparation of Tunable Extracellular Matrix Microenvironments to Evaluate Schwann Cell Phenotype Specification. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 160,

Chen, Jeffrey W; Lim, Kelly; Bandini, Stephen B; Harris, Greg M; Spechler, Joshua A; Arnold, Craig B; Fardel, Romain; Schwarzbauer, Jean E; Schwartz, Jeffrey 2019. Controlling the Surface Chemistry of a Hydrogel for Spatially Defined Cell Adhesion. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 11 17, 15411-15416

Harris, Greg M; Raitman, Irene; Schwarzbauer, Jean E 2018. Cell-derived decellularized extracellular matrices. Methods in cell biology, 143 , 97-114

Harris, Greg M; Madigan, Nicolas N; Lancaster, Karen Z; Enquist, Lynn W; Windebank, Anthony J; Schwartz, Jeffrey; Schwarzbauer, Jean E 2017. Nerve Guidance by a Decellularized Fibroblast Extracellular Matrix. Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology, 60-61 , 176-189

Cheng, Qingsu; Harris, Greg M; Blais, Marc-Olivier; Rutledge, Katy; Jabbarzadeh, Ehsan 2014. Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes: An Approach to Modulate Cell Orientation and Asymmetry. Nano LIFE, 4 1,

Harris, Greg M; Piroli, Maria E; Jabbarzadeh, Ehsan 2014. Deconstructing the Effects of Matrix Elasticity and Geometry in Mesenchymal Stem Cell Lineage Commitment. Advanced functional materials, 24 16, 2396-2403

Pryzhkova, Marina V; Aria, Indrat; Cheng, Qingsu; Harris, Greg M; Zan, Xingjie; Gharib, Morteza; Jabbarzadeh, Ehsan 2014. Carbon nanotube-based substrates for modulation of human pluripotent stem cell fate. Biomaterials, 35 19, 5098-109

Rutledge, Katy; Cheng, Qingsu; Pryzhkova, Marina; Harris, Greg M; Jabbarzadeh, Ehsan 2014. Enhanced differentiation of human embryonic stem cells on extracellular matrix-containing osteomimetic scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Tissue engineering. Part C, Methods, 20 11, 865-74

Cheng, Qingsu; Blais, Marc-Olivier; Harris, Greg M; Harris, Greg; Jabbarzadeh, Ehsan 2013. PLGA-carbon nanotube conjugates for intercellular delivery of caspase-3 into osteosarcoma cells. PloS one, 8 12, e81947

Harris, Greg M; Rutledge, Katy; Cheng, Qingsu; Blanchette, James; Jabbarzadeh, Ehsan 2013. Strategies to direct angiogenesis within scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Current pharmaceutical design, 19 19, 3456-65

Harris, Greg M; Shazly, Tarek; Jabbarzadeh, Ehsan 2013. Deciphering the combinatorial roles of geometric, mechanical, and adhesion cues in regulation of cell spreading. PloS one, 8 11, e81113

Pryzhkova, Marina V.; Harris, Greg M.; Ma, Shuguo; Jabbarzadeh, Ehsan 2013. Patterning Pluripotent Stem Cells at a Single Cell Level Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, 3 4, 461

Pryzhkova, Marina V; Harris, Greg M; Ma, Shuguo; Jabbarzadeh, Ehsan 2013. Patterning Pluripotent Stem Cells at a Single Cell Level. Journal of biomaterials and tissue engineering, 3 4, 461-471