Educational Background:
- B.S. Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
- M.S.E. Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
- Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
- Postdoctoral Research Training, Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
Areas of Research Interest:
- Soft biomaterials
- Biosensing
- Drug delivery
- Nanotechnology
- Cell and tissue engineering
Selected Publications:
- Ashok B, Peppas NA, Wechsler ME. Lipid- and Polymer-Based Nanoparticle Systems for the Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol, (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2021.102728
- Murphy AC, Wechsler ME, Peppas NA. Recent Advancements in Biosensing Approaches for Screening and Diagnostic Applications. Curr Opin Biomed, (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.cobme.2021.100318
- Wechsler ME*, Rao VV*, Borelli AN, Anseth KS. Engineering the MSC Secretome: A Hydrogel Focused Approach. Adv Healthc Mater, (2021). DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202001948
- Macdougall LJ*, Wechsler ME*, Culver HR, Benke EH, Broerman A, Bowman CN, Anseth KS. Charged Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Nanogels for the Stabilization of High Isoelectric Point Proteins. ACS Biomater Sci Eng, (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c01690
- Mitchell MJ, Billingsley MM, Haley RM, Wechsler ME, Peppas NA, and Langer RS. Engineering Precision Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery. Nature Rev Drug Discov, (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41573-020-0090-8.
- Wechsler ME, Dang HKHJ, Dahlhauser SD, Simmonds SP, Reuther JF, Wyse JM, VandeWalle AN, Anslyn EV, and Peppas NA. Nanogel Receptors for High Isoelectric Point Protein Detection: Influence of Electrostatic and Covalent Polymer-Protein Interactions. Chem Comm 56, 6141-6144 (2020).
- Wechsler ME, Stephenson RE, Murphy AC, Oldenkamp HF, Singh A, and Peppas NA. Engineered Microscale Hydrogels for Drug Delivery, Cell Therapy, and Sequencing. Biomed Microdevices 21, 31 (2019).
- Culver HR*, Wechsler ME*, and Peppas NA. Label-Free Detection of Tear Biomarkers Using Hydrogel-Coated Gold Nanoshells in a Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance-Based Biosensor. ACS Nano 12, 9342-9354 (2018).
- Wechsler ME, Clegg JR, and Peppas NA. The Interface of Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine. Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences. 2018. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.11125-0.
- Wechsler ME, Hermann BP, and Bizios R. Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation at the Cell Population and Single-Cell Levels under Alternating Electric Current. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 22, 155-164 (2016).