Lisa Pruitt Chancellor's Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering Lawrence Talbot Chair, Engineering 5134 Etcheverry mailcode: MC 1740 (510) 642-2595 fax: (510) 643-5599 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it http://www.me.berkeley.edu/faculty/pruitt/index.html

Joined the UC Berkeley Faculty in 1992

Research Interests

Characterization of structural evolution in medical grade ultra high molecular weight poliethylene due to sterilization: the implications for total joint replacements.

Education

Ph.D.  Engineering  Brown University, Providence, RI, May 1993

Doctoral Thesis: Cyclic Damage Ahead of Fatigue Cracks in Amorphous Solids: Theory, Experiments and Implications

Sc.M.  Engineering  Brown University, Providence, RI, May 1990

Masters Thesis: Fatigue Behavior of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Epoxy Composites Under Far-Field Cyclic Compression

Sc.B. Materials Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, May 1988

Sc.B. Chemical and Ocean Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, May 1988

Major Awards

University of California Chancellor’s Professorship, 2004-2009

U.S. Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, 2004

Faculty Mentor to the Society for Biomaterials Undergraduate Research  Award for research entitled, “Biochemical Characterization of Atherosclerotic Plaques Using FTIR Spectroscopy and Histology,” 2002

Elected Fellow to American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2002

American Association for the Advancement of Science Mentor Award, 2001

Miller Research Professorship, 2000

Professional Experience

1993-present    University of California at Berkeley, College of Engineering, Berkeley, CA
2005-present    Associate Dean for Lifelong Learning and Outreach Education, College of Engineering

2004 - present    Chancellor’s Professor

2003- 2004    Director, Engineering Systems Research Center, College of Engineering
2002-2003    Vice Chair, Undergraduate Studies, Department of Bioengineering
1993-present    Professor of Mechanical Engineering
1999-present    Professor of Bioengineering
1993-present    Director of the Medical Polymer and Biomaterials Group, UC Berkeley

2001-present    University of California at San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
2001-present    Adjunct Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Selected Publications

A.P.D. Elfick, K. Healy, A.Unsworth, L. Pruitt, "The Importance of Protein Physisorption in BioMEMs/NEMs Applications: A Nanotribological Study" in "Life Cycle Tribology" (Eds Dowson D, Priest M, Dalmaz G, Lubrecht AA), p835-844, Tribology and Interface Engineering Series, No 48, Elsevier, Amsterdam, (2005).

C. Li, L.Pruitt, and K. King, “ Nanoindentation Differentiates Tissue-Scale Properties of Native Articular Cartilage,” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Sep 15;78(4):729-38 (2006).

D.M. Ebenstein and L. Pruitt, “Nanoindentation of Biological Materials,” Nano Today 1(3) 27-33 (2006).

K. Cheng, L. Pruitt, C. Zaloudek, and M. D. Ries, “Osteolysis is caused by Tibial Component Debonding in Total Knee Arthroplasty,” Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 443 333-336 (2006).

K. Simis, A. Bistolfi, A. Bellare and L. Pruitt, “The Combined Effects of Crosslinking and Elevated Crystallinity on the Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene,” Biomaterials 27(9). 1688-1694 (2006).