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Tram T. Dang

Medicine · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2009Rising activity

Publications

36

Citations

2,627

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

17

Publishing since 2009

Research summary
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Tram T. Dang works on biomedical materials, including hydrogels, microencapsulation devices, and antimicrobial or drug-delivery polymers, with applications such as protecting therapeutic cells, delivering drugs, and fighting drug-resistant bacteria. Recent work also examines how the body's immune system responds to implanted materials and explores nanoparticle-based imaging agents. This research combines materials science, chemistry, and immunology to design materials that interact safely and effectively with biological systems.

Biomaterials and hydrogels for cell/drug deliveryAntimicrobial and antibiotic polymersImmune response to implanted materialsNanoparticle and microparticle drug delivery systemsCell encapsulation and tissue engineering

Publication output has grown from little activity in the late 2010s to a more steady pace of about 3-4 papers per year since 2022.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.8/year recently
17182019: 1 publication192020: 2 publications202021: 1 publication212022: 4 publications4222023: 3 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 4 publications42526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Nature Communications×2
  • Acta Biomaterialia×2
  • Advanced Science×2
  • Macromolecular Bioscience×2
  • ACS Omega×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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