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Dave Puleo

Dave Puleo

Dean, School of Engineering
Professor, Biomedical Engineering

dpuleo@olemiss.edu
662-915-5780
227 Brevard Hall, University, MS 38677
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Experience

University of Mississippi
Dean, School of Engineering, 2018 – 2022
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2018 – 2022

University of Kentucky

Professor Emeritus, F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2018 – present
Professor, F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2016 – 2018
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Engineering, 2015 – 2018
Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2013 – 2015
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2013 – 2016
Affiliate Member, Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing, 2011 – present
Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering, 2005 – 2013
Professor, Center for Biomedical Engineering, 2004 – 2013
Acting Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering, 2003 – 2005
Director of Graduate Studies, Center for Biomedical Engineering, 2000 – 2004
Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Biomaterials and Calcified Tissues, Faculty of Dentistry, 1998
Associate Professor, Center for Biomedical Engineering, 1997 – 2004
Assistant Professor, Center for Biomedical Engineering, 1991 – 1997

University of Kentucky Medical Center
Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, 2010 – 2018
Adjunct Professor, Center for Oral Health Research, College of Dentistry, 2004 – 2018
Adjunct Associate Professor, Center for Oral Health Research, College of Dentistry, 2003 – 2004

Regenera Materials, LLC
Founder, 2014 – present

Education

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, 1991
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 1987

Research interests

  • Biomaterials
  • Cell-material interactions
  • Drug delivery
  • Regenerative engineering
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