Education

1) PhD. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA (2016-2022)

2) M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering: Michigan Technological University, MI, USA, (2014-2016)

3) B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering: Mahidol University, Thailand, (2009-2013)

Coursework

• EGCH205 Transport Phenomena (2022-Present)
• EGCH519 Drug delivery and Development (2022-Present)

Research Focus

• Microfabrication : Organ on chip, drug screening platform, soft matter, micro-needles
• Mechanobiology : Metastasis in vitro and in vivo models, cell migration, cancer biomarkers, intracellular ions transport, mechanotransduction and intracellular signaling.
• Tissue engineering : Bioimplant, scaffold, 3D-printing, electroporation of cell in tissue

Selected Publications

• “Confinement hinders motility by inducing RhoA-mediated nuclear influx, volume expansion, and blebbing.” Journal of Cell Biology12 (2019): 4093-4111.
• “A direct podocalyxin–dynamin-2 interaction regulates cytoskeletal dynamics to promote migration and metastasis in pancreatic cancer cells.” Cancer research11 (2019): 2878-2891.
• “Dorsoventral polarity directs cell responses to migration track geometries.” Science advances 31 (2020): eaba6505.
• “The fluid shear stress sensor TRPM7 regulates tumor cell intravasation.” Science advances 28 (2021): eabh3457.
• “Giant obscurin regulates migration and metastasis via RhoA-dependent cytoskeletal remodeling in pancreatic cancer.” Cancer letters526 (2022): 155-167.

Conferences

• Tuntithavornwat, S, Wang, C, Konstantopoulos, K. A Novel Microfluidic Platform to Study Galvanotaxis during Confined Cell Migration. 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting (AIChE), Orlando, FL, November. (Oral Presentation)
• Tuntithavornwat, S, Wang, C, Konstantopoulos, K. Electric Field Modulates Cell Phenotype And Migration In A Confined Environment. 2019 Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Philadelphia, PA, October. (Oral Presentation)
• Tuntithavornwat, S, Wang, C, Konstantopoulos, K. A Microfluidic Model of Cancer Cell Dissemination from A Tumor Site Via Electric Field. 2018 Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Atlanta, GA, October. (Oral Presentation)
• Tuntithavornwat, J. A. King and C. L. Heldt, Improving the Durability of Graphene Composite Sensors for Robust Biosensors, (Oral presentation, ACS Spring Meeting San Diego, CA March 2016)

Professional Profile

• Graduate teaching award, Michigan Technological University
• Royal Thai government scholarship
• R&D Engineer, Teijin Polyester (Thailand) Limited
• Assistant to the CEO, Sonich Starch Technology Co., Ltd.