Profile – Mary Beth Monroe

Mary Beth Monroe

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Contact Information

Phone: (979)-845-8271

E-mail: mbbmonroe@tamu.edu

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Experience

  • Associate Professor, 2025-present, TAMU, Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Associate Professor, 2024-2025, Syracuse University (SU), Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Courtesy appointment, 2023-present, SU Department of Biology,
  • Assistant Professor, 2018-2024, SU, Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering,
  • Assistant Research Engineer, Laboratory Manager, and Instructor 2015-2018, TAMU, Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • NIH National Research Service Award Post-doctoral Fellow/Research Associate, 2013-2015, Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMHSC)- Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Disease
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellow 2010-2013 TAMU, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Dissertation: Multilayer Vascular Grafts Based on Collagen-Mimetic Hydrogels
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2009-2010, TAMU, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College Station, Texas Courses: Bioinstrumentation Lab, Biomeasurements Lab

Education

  • 2013 Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University (TAMU), College Station, Texas NSF Graduate Research Fellow
  • 2009 B.S.  Engineering Science, Mathematics Minor, Cum Laude Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas

Research Interests

  • Biomaterials for wound healing
  • Shape memory polymers
  • Hydrogels
  • Hemorrhage control
  • Infection prevention and treatment
  • Crohn's fistulas
  • Chronic wounds

Publications

  • Petryk, N. M.; Thai, N. L. B.; Shukla, A.; Monroe, M. B. B. Smart Biomaterials for Clinical Use. Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering 2025, Accepted for Publication.
  • Orado, T. K.; Yashkus, B.; Chandardat, R.; Zysk, S.; Geffert, Z. J.; Obeng, E. E.; Lu, X.; P. Soman; Monroe, M. B. B. Mechanochromic Polyurethane Shape Memory Polymer for Biomedical Applications. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part A 2025, 113 (10), e37979.
  • Petryk, N. M.; Monroe, M. B. B. Biodegradable Polyurethane Foams with Facile Gelatin Modification for Traumatic Wound Hemostasis And Regeneration. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part A 2025, 113 (10), e37982.
  • Petryk, N. M.; Thai, N. L. B.; Saldanha, L.; Sutherland, S. T.; Monroe, M. B. B. Bioactive Polyurethane Shape Memory Polymer Foam Dressings With Enhanced Blood And Cell Interactions For Improved Wound Healing. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2025, 17 (18), 26402–26415.
  • Petryk, N. M.; Saldanha, L.; Sutherland, S. T.; Monroe, M. B. B. Rapid Synthesis of Degradable Ester/Thioether Monomers and Their Incorporation Into Thermoset Polyurethane Foams for Traumatic Wound Healing. Acta Biomaterialia 2025, 195, 266–282.
  • Thai, N. L. B.; Fittante, E.; Ma, Z.; Monroe, M. B. B. Rapid Fabrication of Polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogel Foams With Encapsulated Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Chronic Wound Treatment. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part A 2025, 113 (1), e37868.
  • Oguntade, E.; Owuor, L.; Du, C.; Acierto, A.; Meyer, S.; Monroe, M. B. B.; Henderson, J. H. Bacterial Response to Shape-Memory Actuated Silk Wrinkled Surface Topographies as a Strategy for Biofilm Prevention. Advanced Materials Interfaces 2025, 12 (6), 2400684.
  • Gunderson, A.; Ramezani, M.; Orado, T. K.; Monroe, M. B. B. Programming-via-Spinning: Electrospun Shape Memory Polymer Fibers with Simultaneous Fabrication and Programming. Smart Materials and Structures 2024, 5 (4), 477–487.
  • Du, C.; Fikhman, D. A.; Obeng, E. E.; Can, S. N.; Dong, K. S.; Leavitt, E. T.; Saldanha, L. V.; Hall, M.; Satalin, J.; Kollisch-Singule, M.; Monroe, M. B. B. Vanillic Acid-based Pro-coagulant Hemostatic Shape Memory Polymer Foams with Antimicrobial Properties against Drug-resistant Bacteria. Acta Biomaterialia 2024, 189, 254–269.
  • Monroe, M. B. B.; Singh, N. D. P.; Zhao, Y. Introduction to stimuli responsive materials for biomedical applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2024, 12 (29), 6993–6995.
  • Prasad, S.; Cross, R. K.; Monroe, M. B. B.; Dolinger, M. T.; Motte, R.; Hong, S.; Stidham, R. W.; Kumar, N.; Levine, D.; Larijani, A.; Simone, A.; Chachu, K. A.; Wyborski, R.; Heller, C. A.; Moss, A. C.; Schwerbrock, N. M. J.; Selaru, F. M. Challenges in IBD Research 2024: Novel Technologies. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2024, 30 (S2), S30–S38.
  • Thai, N. L. B.; Beaman, H. T.; Perlman, M.; Obeng, E. E.; Du, C.; Monroe, M. B. B. Chitosan Poly(vinyl alcohol) Methacrylate Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Scaffolds. ACS Applied Bio Materials Early Career Forum 2024, 7 (12), 7818–7827.
  • Ramezani, M.; Getya, D.; Gitsov, I.; Monroe, M. B. B. Solvent-free synthesis of biostable segmented polyurethane shape memory polymers for biomedical applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry B Special Issue: Stimuli Responsive Materials for Biomedical Applications 2024, 12, 1217–1231.
  • Ramezani, M.; Labour, E. E.; Ji, J.; Vakil, A. U.; Du, C.; Orado, T. K.; Nangia, S.; Monroe, M. B. B. Selfdefensive antimicrobial shape memory polyurethanes with honey-based compounds. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2023, 15 (49), 56733–56748.
  • Monroe, M. B. B.; Fikhman, D. A. Mini-Review: Antimicrobial Smart Materials: The Future’s Defense. Frontiers in Biomaterials Science Special Issue: Women in Biomaterials Science 2023, 2.
  • Du, C.; Fikhman, D. A.; Persaud, D.; Monroe, M. B. B. Dual burst and sustained release of p-coumaric acid from shape memory polymer foams for polymicrobial infection prevention in trauma-related hemorrhagic wounds. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2023, 15 (20), 24228–24243.
  • Edirisignhe, D. I. U.; D'Souza, A. R.; Ramezani, M.; Carroll, R. J.; Chicon, Q.; Muenzel, C. L.; Soule, J.; Monroe, M. B. B.; Patteson, A.; Makhlynets, O. V. Antibacterial and Cytocompatible pH-Responsive Peptide Hydrogel for Wound Healing. Molecules 2023, 28 (11), 4390.
  • Greene, C.; Beaman, H. T.; Stinfort, D.; Ramezani, M.; Monroe, M. B. B. PVA Hydrogels with Antimicrobial Activity for Crohn’s Fistula Treatment. Journal of Functional Biomaterials 2023, 14 (4), 234.
  • Ramezani, M.; Monroe, M. B. B. Bacterial Protease-Responsive Shape Memory Polymers for Chronic Wound Infection Surveillance and Biofilm Removal. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part A 2023, 111 (7), 921–937.
  • Beaman, H. T.; Monroe, M. B. B. Direct Cell Encapsulation Within Highly Porous Gas-Blown Hydrogels With High Cell Viability. Tissue Engineering, Part A 2023, 29 (11-12), 308–321.
  • Vakil, A. U.; Petryk, N. M.; Du, C.; Howes, B.; Stinfort, D.; Serinelli, S.; Gitto, L.; Ramezani, M.; Beaman, H. T.; Monroe, M. B. B. In Vitro and In Vivo Degradation Correlations for Polyurethane Foams with Tunable Degradation Rates. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part A 2023, 111 (5), 580–595.
  • Vakil, A. U.; Ramezani, M.; Monroe, M. B. B. Antimicrobial Shape Memory Polymer Hydrogels For Chronic Wound Dressings. ACS Applied Bio Materials 2022, 5 (11), 5199–5209.
  • Vakil, A. U.; Ramezani, M.; Monroe, M. B. B. Magnetically Actuated Shape Memory Polymers for OnDemand Drug Delivery. Materials 2022, 15 (20), 7279.
  • Du, C.; Fikhman, D. A.; Monroe, M. B. B. Shape Memory Polymer Foams with Phenolic Acid-Based Antioxidant Properties. Antioxidants 2022, 11 (6), 1105.
  • Petryk, N. M.; Haas, G.; Vakil, A. U.; Monroe, M. B. B. Shape Memory Polymer Foams with Tunable Interconnectivity Using Off-the-Shelf Foaming Components. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part A 2022, 110 (8), 1422–1434.
  • Beaman, H. T.; Howes, B.; Ganesh, P. S.; Monroe, M. B. B. Shape Memory Polymer Hydrogels with Cell-Responsive Degradation Mechanisms for Crohn’s Fistula Closure. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part A 2022, 110 (7), 1329–1340.
  • Ramezani, M.; Monroe, M. B. B. Biostable segmented thermoplastic polyurethane shape memory polymers for smart biomedical applications. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2022, 4 (3), 1956–1965.
  • Borza, C. M.; Bolas, G.; Zhang, X.; Monroe, M. B. B.; Zhang, M-Z.; Meiler, J.; Skwark, M.; Harris, R.; Lapierre, L.; Goldenring, J.; Hook, M.; Rivera, J.; Brown, K.; Leitinger, B.; Tyska, M.; Moser, M.; Böttcher, R.; Zent, R.; Pozzi, A. The collagen receptor Discoidin Domain Receptor 1b enhances integrin β1-mediated cell migration by interacting with talin and promoting Rac1 activation. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 2022, 3 (10), 836797.
  • Du, C.; Liu, J.; Fikhman, D. A.; Dong, K. S.; Monroe, M. B. B. Shape Memory Polymer Foams with Phenolic Acid-Based Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties for Traumatic Wound Healing. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 2022, 10, 8093961.
  • Beaman, H. T.; Shepherd, E.; Satalin, J.; Blair, S.; Ramcharran, H.; Dong, K.; Fikhman, D.; Nieman, G.; Schauer, S. G.; Monroe, M. B. B. Hemostatic Shape Memory Polymer Foams With Improved Survival in a Lethal Traumatic Hemorrhage Model. Acta Biomaterialia 2022, 137, 112–123.
  • Vakil, A. U.; Petryk, N. M.; Shepherd, E.; Monroe, M. B. B. Biostable Shape Memory Polymer Foams for Smart Biomaterial Applications. Polymers 2021, 13, 4084.
  • Vakil, A. U.; Petryk, N. M.; Shepherd, E.; Beaman, H. T.; Ganesh, P. S.; Dong, K.; Monroe, M. B. B. Shape Memory Polymer Foams with Tunable Degradation Profiles. ACS Applied Bio Materials 2021, 4 (9), 6769–6779.
  • Briggs, S.; Monroe, M. B. B.; Weizbicki, M.; Hasan, S. M.; Maitland, D. J. Influence of Aging, Sterilization, and Composition on the Degradation of Shape Memory Polyurethane Foams. Recent Progress in Materials 2021, 3 (2), 1–1.
  • Herting, S. M.; Monroe, M. B. B.; Weems, A. C.; Briggs, S.; Fletcher, G. K.; Blair, S.; Hatch, C. J.; Maitland, D. J. In Vitro Cytocompatibility Testing of Oxidative Degradation Products. Journal of Bioactive and Biocompatible Polymers 2021, 36 (3), 197–211.
  • Hasan, S. M.; Fletcher, G. K.; Monroe, M. B. B.; Wierzbicki, M. A.; Nash, L. D.; Maitland, D. J. Shape Memory Polymer Foams Synthesized Using Glycerol and Hexanetriol for Enhanced Degradation Resistance. Polymers 2020, 12 (10), 2290.
  • Christmas, N.; Vakil, A. U.; Hatch, C. J.; Dong, S.; Fikhman, D.; Beaman, H. T.; Monroe, M. B. B. Characterization of Shape Memory Polymer Foam Hemostats in In Vitro Hemorrhagic Wound Models. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part B 2020, 1–12.
  • Liu, J.; Du, C.; Beaman, H. T.; Monroe, M. B. B. Characterization of Phenolic Acid Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Structure-Property Relationships. Pharmaceutics 2020, 12 (5), 419.
  • D’Souza, A.; Yoon, J.; Beaman, H. T.; Gosavi, P.; Lengyel-Zhand, Z.; Sternisha, A.; Centola, G.; Wehrman, M.; Schultz, K.; Monroe, M. B. B.; Makhlynets, O. V. Nine-residue Peptide Self-Assembles in the Presence of Silver to Produce a Self-Healing, Cytocompatible, Antimicrobial Hydrogel. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, 12 (14), 17091–17099.
  • Jang, L. K.; Fletcher, G. K.; Monroe, M. B. B.; Maitland, D. J. Biodegradable Shape Memory Polymer Foams with Appropriate Thermal Properties for Hemostatic Applications. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part A 2020, 1–14.