Name Robert E. Baier
Credentials Ph.D.
Title and Department Professor and Director, Biomaterials Graduate Program
Email baier@buffalo.edu
Education and Training
Cleveland State University, Engineering Science
State University of New York at Buffalo, Biophysics
National Academy of Sciences/NRD, Surface Science
Research Interests and Current Support
Project Name: Surface Characterization of Tissues
Principal Investigator: Robert Baier
Funding Source: Ethicon, Inc. Division of Johnson & Johnson
Funding Amount: $45,279
Funding Time Period: 10/01/2006 – 12/31/2011
Project Name: Fundamental Biodynamic Relationships at Tissue
Surfaces Exposed to Hydrodynamic Shear Stresses
Principal Investigator: Robert Baier
Funding Source: Alcon Laboratories, Ft. Worth, TX
Funding Amount: $469,873
Funding Time Period: 4/17/2007 – 12/31/2013
Project Name: Fundamental Aspects of Fouling on Quartz in UV Reactors
Principal Investigator: Robert Baier
Funding Source: Trojan Technologies, London, ON
Funding Amount: $26,761
Funding Time Period: 9/1/2008 – 12/31/10
Selected Publications
Baier R, Meyer A, Glaves-Rapp D, Axelson E, Forsberg R, Kozak M, Nickerson P (2000) The Body's Response to Inadvertent Implants: Respirable Particles in Lung Tissues. Journal of Adhesion 74:103-124.
Baier R, Axelson E, Meyer A, Carter L, Kaplan D, Picciolo G, Jahan S (2000) The Body's Response to Deliberate Implants: Phagocytic Cell Responses to Large Substrata vs. Small Particles. Journal of Adhesion 74:79-102.
Edsberg LE, Natiella JR, Baier RE, Earle J (2001) Microstructural characteristics of human skin subjected to static versus cyclic pressures. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 38(5):477-486.
Baier RE (2002) A Challenging Anomaly – Glass that Does NOT Clot Blood!. The Glass Researcher 12(1&2):23-24.
Kukulka, DJ, Baier, RE, Mollendorf, JC (2004) Factors Associated with Fouling in the Process Industry. Heat Transfer Engineering 25: 23-29.
Drake, LA, Meyer, AE, Forsberg, RL, Baier RE, Doblin MA, Heinemann S, Johnson WP, Kock, M, Rublee, PA, Dobbs, FC (2005) Potential Invasion of Microorganisms and Pathogens via “Interior Hull Fouling”:Biofilms Inside Ballast Water Tanks. Biological Invasions 7:969-982.
Baier RE (2006) Surface Behaviour of biomaterials: The theta surface for biocompatibility. J Mater Sci: Mater Med 17:1057-1062.
Meyer AE, Baier RE, Chen H, Chowhan, M (2007) Differential Tissue-on-Tissue Lubrication by Ophthalmic Formulations. J Biomed Mater Res, Part B: Applied Biomaterials 82B:74-88
Rangwala HS, Ionita C, Baier RE, Rudin S (2009) Partially Polyurethane Covered Stents (PCCS) for Cerebral Aneurysm Treatment, J Biomed Mater Res, Part B, :
Rangwala HS, Ionita CN, Rudin S, Baier RE (2009) Partially Polyurethane-Covered Stent for Cerebral Aneurysm Treatment. J Biomed Mater Res, Part B: Applied Biomaterials 89B: 415-429.
Marshall SJ, Bayne SC, Baier R, Tomsia AP, Marshall WM (2010) A review of adhesion science, Dental Materials 26: e11-e16.
Professional Organization
1968-pres Registered Professional Engineer, State of Ohio License #E-033541
1970-1995 Faculty Associate in the University Seminar on Biomaterials, Columbia University in the City of New York
1971-1976 Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1971-pres Registered Professional Engineer, State of New York License #047547
1972-pres Associate Research Professor (Asst Res Prof 1972-1990), Dept. Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, Roswell Park Division, Graduate School of SUNY Buffalo
1977-pres Editorial Board, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research
1978-1980 NIH/NHLBI Working Group on Physicochemical Characterization of Biomaterials
1982 Expert Panel, NIH Consensus Development Conference, “Clinical Applications of Biomaterials”
1983-pres Research Professor, Dept. Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY Buffalo
1988 Expert Panel, NIH Consensus Development Conference on “Dental Implants”
1988-pres Executive Director (Co-Director 1988-1992), NSF Industry/University Center for Biosurfaces, SUNY Buffalo
1988-2004 Editorial Consulting Staff, The International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants
1991-pres Adjunct Professor, Center for Bioengineering & Dept. Mechanical and Aerospace Eng., SUNY Buffalo
1992 Expert Panel, DHHS Breast Implant Task Force
1992 Member, U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Biotechnology Assessment Committee
1992-1993 President, Society For Biomaterials
1994-1996 Vice President, Public Awareness, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
1994-1996 U.S. Chairman, Implant Data: Record/Report/Review (3-year international conference series)
1995-1999 Editorial Board, Journal of Dental Research
2000 Expert Panel, NIH Technology Assessment Conference on Implant Retrieval
2000-pres Editorial Board, The Journal of Adhesion
2004-pres Member, U.S. Army Biotechnology Working Group
2009 AAMI Blood/Gas Exchange Device Committee, U.S. Sub-TAG for ISO/TC 150, Blood-contact coatings
Awards
1966-1968 NRC Post-Doctoral Associateship [1962-1965 NIH Pre-Doctoral Traineeship]
1971 Union Carbide Chemicals Prize, awarded by American Chemical Society
1983 Clemson Award for Basic Research, awarded by Society For Biomaterials, 1983
1987 Award for Innovation in Medical Devices, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
1989 Chairman, Gordon Research Conference on Biocompatibility and Biomaterials
1993 Founding Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biomedical Engineering
1994 Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering, Int’l Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science & Engineering
1994 D.Odont., honoris causa, Lund University, Sweden
2000 Engineer of the Year Award, Fenn College of Engineering, Cleveland State University
2001 Humanitarian Award, Health Care Industries Association of the Niagara Frontier
2002 Founders Award, Society For Biomaterials
2005 Sharma Award, International, Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, India
2010 Honorary Membership, Omicron Kappa Upsilon, National Dental Honor Society