Education Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, Bioengineering, 2008 B.S., University of Minnesota, Biomedical Engineering, 2002 B.S., University of Minnesota, Chemical Engineering, 2002

Applying multiscale computational modeling and tissue engineering to stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (heart muscle cells), cardiac morphogenesis (development of structure), and cardiac function.

N.K. Drew, N.E. Johnsen, J.Q. Core, A. Grosberg. Multiscale Characterization of Engineered Cardiac Tissue Architecture. ASME. J Biomech Eng. 138(11):111003-111003-8, 2016. V.A. Webster, S.G. Nieto, A. Grosberg, O. Akkus, H.J. Chiel, R.D. Quinn. Simulating muscular thin films using thermal contraction capabilities in finite element analysis tools. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 63:326-36; 2016. M.V. Zaragoza, L. Fung, E. Jensen, F. Oh, K. Cung, L.A. McCarthy, C.K. Tran, V. Hoang, S.A. Hakim, A. Grosberg. Exome Sequencing Identifies a Novel LMNA Splice-Site Mutation and Multigenic Heterozygosity of Potential Modifiers in a Family with Sick Sinus Syndrome, Dilated Cardiomyopathy, and Sudden Cardiac Death. PLoS One. 11(5):e0155421, 2016 M.B. Knight, N.K. Drew, L.A. McCarthy, and A. Grosberg, Emergent Global Contractile Force in Cardiac Tissues. Biophysical Journal, 110(7), 1615-1624, 2016 N.K. Drew, M.A. Eagleson, D. Baldo Jr., K.K. Parker, and A. Grosberg, Metrics for Assessing Cytoskeletal Orientational Correlations and Consistency. PLoS Computational Biology. 11(8):e1004190, 2015 N.K. Drew, A. Grosberg, Methods of Myofibrillogenesis Modeling. Cardiomyocytes: Methods and Protocols. 75-91, 2015 M.B. Knight, A. Grosberg, M.L. McCain, In Vitro Tools for Quantifying Structure-Function Relationships in Cardiac Myocyte Cells and Tissues. Cardiac Cytoarchitecture. (book chapter), 2015