Victor D. Varner Princeton University Chemical & Biological Engineering 315 Hoyt Laboratory, William St Princeton, NJ 08544 (609) 258-8222 [email protected] Education Postdoc, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Princeton University current Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Washington University 2011 M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Washington University 2008 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University 2003 Research Experience Postdoctoral fellow with Celeste Nelson, Princeton University Mechanical control of airway branching morphogenesis in the developing mouse lung. 2012-present Graduate student with Larry Taber, Washington University Mechanics of heart tube formation in the early chick embryo. 2005-2011 Project engineer with Lockheed Martin, Human Research Facility, NASA Johnson Space Center Support of human life science experiments on International Space Station. 2004-2005 Research assistant with Harry Hogan, Texas A&M University Mechanical testing and μCT imaging of cancellous bone in hindlimb unloaded rats. 2003-2004 Honors, Awards and Fellowships New Faculty Boot Camp, Society for Developmental Biology 2014 Mentor, CHOOSE DEVELOPMENT! Undergraduate Research Program, Society for Developmental Biology/National Science Foundation 2013-2014 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship 2009-2011 Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Texas A&M University 2003 Dean’s Honor Award, Dwight Look College of Engineering, Texas A&M University 2003 McFadden Scholarship, University Honors Program, Texas A&M University 1 1999-2003 Publications Varner, V.D., Nelson, C.M. (2014) Cellular and physical mechanisms of branching morphogenesis. Development, 141(14):2750-2759. (Paper featured in “In This Issue” highlights.) Varner, V.D., Nelson, C.M. (2014) Toward the directed self-assembly of engineered tissues. Annu Rev Chem Biomol Eng, ;5:507-26. Varner, V.D., Xu, G., Taber, L.A. (2014) Shape is not enough to test hypotheses for morphogenesis. In Residual Stress, Thermomechanics & Infrared Imaging, Hybrid Techniques and Inverse Problems, Volume 8, Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, (eds. Rossi, M. et al.), in press. Wyczalkowski, M.A., Varner, V.D., Taber, L.A. (2013) Computational and experimental study of the mechanics of embryonic wound healing. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater, 28:125-46. Varner, V.D., Nelson, C.M. (2013) Let’s push things forward: disruptive technologies and the mechanics of tissue assembly. Integr Biol, 5:1162-1173. Piotrowski, A., Varner, V.D., Gjorevski, N., Nelson, C.M. (2013) Three-dimensional traction force microscopy of engineered epithelial tissues. In Tissue Morphogenesis (Methods in Molecular Biology series) (ed. Nelson, C.M.) New York: Springer, in press. Kim, H.Y.*, Varner, V.D.*, Nelson, C.M. (2013) Apical constriction initiates new bud formation during monopodial branching of the embryonic chicken lung. Development, 140(15):3146-3155. (* These authors contributed equally to this paper.) Wyczalkowski, M.A., Chen, Z., Filas, B.A., Varner, V.D., Taber, L.A. (2012) Computational models for mechanics of morphogenesis. Birth Defects Res C Embryo Today, 96(2):132-52. Varner, V.D., Taber, L.A. (2012). On integrating experimental and theoretical models to determine physical mechanisms of morphogenesis. BioSystems, 109(3):412-9. Varner, V.D., Taber, L.A. (2012). Not just inductive: a crucial mechanical role for the endoderm during heart tube assembly. Development, 139(9):1680-90. (Paper featured in “In This Issue” highlights.) Yao, J., Varner, V.D., Brilli, L.B., Young, J.M., Taber, L.A., Perucchio, R. (2012). Viscoelastic material properties of the myocardium and cardiac jelly in the looping chick heart. J Biomech Eng, 134(2):024502. Filas, B.A., Varner, V.D., Voronov, D.A., and Taber, L.A. (2011). Tracking morphogenetic tissue deformations in the chick embryo. J Vis Exp, (56):e3129. 2 Varner, V.D., Voronov, D.A., Taber, L.A. (2010). Mechanics of head fold formation: investigating tissue-level forces during early development. Development, 137(22):380111. (Paper featured in “In This Issue” highlights and editorial by Editorin-Chief Olivier Pourqui´ e) Varner, V.D., Taber, L.A. (2010). On measuring stress distributions in epithelia. In IUTAM Symposium on Cellular, Molecular and Tissue Mechanics (ed. K. Garikipati and E. M. Arruda), 45-54. New York: Springer. Invited Presentations Varner, V.D., Voronov, D.A., Taber, L.A. (2011) Mechanics of head fold formation: investigating tissue-level forces during early development, Experimental Biology 2011, Washington D.C. (April) Varner, V.D., Voronov, D.A., Taber, L.A. (2010) Mechanics of head fold formation: investigating tissue-level forces during early development, Biomedical Engineering Seminar, Saint Louis University (October) Varner, V.D., Voronov, D.A., Taber, L.A. (2010) Mechanics of head fold formation: investigating tissue-level forces during early development, Anatomy and Cell Biology seminar, University of Kansas Medical Center (February) Contributed Presentations Varner, V.D., Gleghorn, J.P., Nelson, C.M. (2014) Airway branching morphogenesis driven by a growth-induced mechanical instability, 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, MA (July) Varner, V.D., Gleghorn, J.P., Nelson, C.M. (2013) Physical mechanism for lung branching morphogenesis revealed by 3D traction force microscopy, Biomedical Engineering Society, Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA (September) Varner, V.D., Taber, L.A. (2010) Morphomechanics of embryonic heart tube formation, Biomedical Engineering Society, Annual Meeting, Austin, TX (October) Varner, V.D., Voronov, D.A., Taber, L.A. Mechanics of head fold formation in the early chick embryo, 16th International Conference on Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, Pittsburgh, PA (July) Professional Societies American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB) 3 Teaching/Mentoring Experience Research Mentor, CHOOSE DEVELOPMENT! Undergraduate Research Program, Princeton University Competitive national program, funded by the Society for Developmental Biology and National Science Foundation, which targets students from underrepresented minorities interested in Ph.D. programs related to developmental biology. 2013-2014 Mentoring high school, undergraduate, senior thesis and graduate students, 2012-present Princeton University Teaching Assistant, BME 559: Intermediate Biomechanics, Washington University Guest Lecturer, BME 568: Cardiovascular Dynamics, Washington University Teaching Assistant, BME 240: Biomechanics, Washington University 2009 2008, 2010 2007 Service Member of the ASME Tissue & Cellular Engineering Committee Science Saturday Conversations, St. Louis, MO Outreach to discuss research and career opportunities in science with local high school students. 4 2011 - present 2009
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