Up-and-Coming Disruptive Woman: Nina Tandon

DW recently sat down with July’s Up-and-Coming Disruptive Woman, Nina Tandon PhD, MBA, to discuss her innovative work in tissue engineering. Nina Tandon is a TED Senior Fellow, Staff Associate Postdoctoral Researcher in the Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Columbia University, and adjunct professor of Electrical Engineering at the Cooper Union. Nina studies electrical signaling in the context of tissue engineering, and has worked with cardiac, skin and neural tissue. Nina spent her early career in telecom (Avaya Labs) and transitioned into biomedical engineering via her Fulbright scholarship in Italy, where she worked on an electronic nose used to “smell” lung cancer. After completing her PhD at MIT and Columbia, she consulted at McKinsey and Company, but since 2010 has continued her work in tissue engineering. Nina has published 10 journal articles, 6 book chapters and has 3 patents. Read Nina’s interview where she talks about current projects, the importance of supportive figures in her career and future goals. Tell us about your current projects. I’m working on three things right now. Firstly, my work in cardiac tissue engineering is continuing. I’m really excited about what we’re learning about cardiac tissues, how to grow them in the lab and what we can learn about the heart by doing that. Secondly, I’m involved more broadly with the development of cell culture systems so that we can grow a broader range of tissue effectively. And then t...
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