Nathan Cho | People, Biola University

Department	Department of Physics and Engineering
Biola Affiliations	Faculty

Documents

Degrees

Ph.D., University of Southern California
M.S., University of Southern California
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles

Biography

Dr. Nathan Cho is a new assistant professor of engineering in the department of chemistry, physics and engineering. He received his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at UCLA and then his Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering at USC. Cho’s dissertation topic was on developing new approaches for precisely engineering heterotypic muscle tissues by naturally and synthetically controlling cell fate. His areas of research interest are engineering platforms to spatially control placement of cells in various tissue types, which would generate a more physiologically relevant model for drug screening and therapeutics. Cho has a passion for integrating science with faith and looks forward to meeting students who have similar interests. He also wants to educate students at Biola about biomedical engineering as a potential career trajectory. Outside of academics, Cho enjoys exploring different coffee shops (#1 fan of cold brew) and new restaurants. He also likes to go bowling and karaoke with his friends.

Affiliations

Graduate Students of Biomedical Engineering, USC
Biomedical Engineering Society, USC

Publications

“Mitochondrial Architecture in Cardiac Myocytes Depends on Cell Shape and Matrix Rigidity,” Lyra-Leite DM, Petersen AP, Ariyasinghe NR, Cho N, McCain ML, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 2020.
“Regulation of Calcium Dynamics and Propagation Velocity by Tissue Microstructure in Engineered Strands of Cardiac Tissue,” Petersen AP, Cho N, Lyra-Leite DM, Santoso JW, Gupta D, Ariyasinghe NR, McCain ML, Integrative Biology, 2020.
“Matrix-Guided Control of Mitochondrial Function in Cardiac Myocytes,” Lyra-Leite DM, Andres AM, Cho N, Petersen AP, Ariyasinghe NR, Kim SS, Gottlieb RA, McCain ML, Acta Biomaterialia, 2019.
“Microenvironmental Modulation of Conduction Velocity in Engineered Cardiac Tissues,” Petersen AP, Lyra-Leite DM, Ariyasinghe NR, Cho N, Goodwin CM, Kim JY, McCain ML, Cell and Molecular Bioengineering, 2018.
“TGF-β1 Dominates Extracellular Matrix Rigidity for Inducing Differentiation of Human Cardiac Fibroblasts to Myofibroblasts,” Cho N, Razipour SE, McCain ML, Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2018.
“Mitochondrial Function in Engineered Cardiac Tissues is Co-Regulated by Extracellular Matrix Elasticity and Tissue Alignment,” Lyra-Leite DM, Andres AM, Petersen AP, Ariyasinghe NR, Cho N, Lee JA, Gottlieb RA, McCain ML, American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 2017.
“Engineering Micromyocardium to Delineate Cellular and Extracellular Regulation of Myocardial Tissue Contractility,” Ariyasinghe NR, Reck CH, Viscio AA, Petersen AP, Lyra-Leite DM, Cho N, McCain ML, Integrative Biology, 2017.
“Principal Component Analysis of Proteomics (PCAP) as a Tool to Direct Metabolic Engineering,” Alonso-Gutierrez J, Kim EM, Batth TS, Cho N, Hu Q, Chan LJ, Petzold CJ, Hillson NJ, Adams PD, Keasling JD, Garcia Martin H, Lee TS, Metabolic Engineering, 2015.