John Bischof
John Bischof
Distinguished McKnight University Professor; Medtronic-Bakken Endowed Chair for Engineering in Medicine, Mechanical EngineeringContact
Mechanical Engineering Room 200 111 Church Street SEMinneapolis, MN 55455
Affiliations
Education
Ph.D. 1992, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
M.S. 1989, Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco (Joint Program)
B.S. 1987 Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Professional Background
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, September 2006–present
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, September 2002–present
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, September 1998–September 2002
Nelson Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, September 1993–September 1998
Joint Appointments University of Minnesota (UM) + Abroad
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, 2020-present
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, September 1999–present
Department of Urologic Surgery, University of Minnesota, June 1997–2006
Adjunct Faculty and Guest Professor, Center for Bioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center (Feng, Lu), Xi’an Jiaotong University (China), 2014–present
Guest Professor, Institute for Process Engineering (Mewes, Glasmacher), University of Hannover (Germany), 2004–2005, 2008, 2013–present
Scientific & Professional Societies
- International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering
- Society for Cryobiology
- ASME Bioengineering Division
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fellow (ASME)
- American Inst. for Medical and Biological Engineering Fellow (AIMBE)
Biography
John Bischof works in the area of thermal bioengineering with a focus on biopreservation, thermal therapy, and nanomedicine. In addition to his University appointments, he is also Director of the NSF Engineering Research Center Advanced Technologies for Preservation of Biological Systems (ATP-Bio), which launched on September 1, 2020.
Lab
ATP-Bio - Mayo Memorial Building 748
Bioheat and Mass Transfer Lab - ME 3120
Institute for Engineering in Medicine (IEM) - Mayo Memorial Building 725
IEM Cancer Animal Core Laboratory - ME 255
ME Research Areas
Biosystems & Bioengineering
Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer
ME Impact Areas
Environment & Sustainability
Human Health
- Cryobiology
- Hyperthermic biology
- Nano-medicine
- Thermal Therapies
- Cryo and biopreservation
- Thermal/medicinal properties
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Honors and Awards
National/International Recognition:
- International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering, Fellow 2021
- Society for Cryobiology Fellow, 2013
- Van C. Mow Medal, ASME Bioengineering Division, 2012
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fellow (ASME), 2007
- American Inst. for Medical and Biological Engineering Fellow (AIMBE), 2005
- Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellow, 2004; wiederaufnahme, 2008, 2013
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow, 2005–2006
Young Investigator Awards:
- NIH First Award, 1998
- NSF Career Award, 1997
- Whitaker Young Investigator Award, 1995
- NSF Research Initiation Award, 1994
Best Paper/Poster/Thesis Awards:
- American College of Cryosurgery–Outstanding Research Award, 1991
- ASME J. of Biomechanical Engineering, Best Paper, 1997 (Pazhayannur)
- Society of Cryobiology Crystal Award, 1999 (Devireddy)
- Society of Cryobiology Critser Award, 2013 (Etheridge)
- Minnesota Thermal Analysis Forum (MTAF) Paper Award, 2000 (Devireddy)
- Life Science Alley Poster Sess., Best Student Poster: fa 2002, fa 2005, fa 2009
- ASME Heat Transfer Division, Best Paper Award, 2002 (Devireddy)
- European Association of Urology, two Best Poster Awards, spring 2003 (He)
- Midwest Association of Graduate Schools'; (MAGS) Distinguished Master's Thesis Award (Chao) 2004
- ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference 1st Place M.S. Poster, June 2003 (Chao)
- ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference 3rd Place M.S. Poster, June 2005 (Goel)
- ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference PhD Student Paper finalists, 2007 and 2008
- ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference 2nd Place PhD, 2011 (Qin)
- ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference 3rd Place PhD, 2016 (Wang)
- Society for Low Temperature Biology (SLTB) Best Student Poster Award, 2009 (Manuchehrabadi)
- Institute for Engineering in Medicine Retreat 2nd place Med. Devices 2013 (Qin)
- Institute for Engineering in Medicine Retreat 2nd place Med. Devices 2014 (Chung)
- Institute for Engineering in Medicine Retreat 1st place Post Doc 2015 (Manuchehrabadi)
Institutional Awards:
- University of Minnesota Medtronic-Bakken Endowed Chair for Engineering in Medicine, 2018
- University of Minnesota Carl and Janet Kuhrmeyer Chair in Mechanical Engineering, 2012
- University of Minnesota Distinguished McKnight University Professor, 2006
- University of Minnesota George Taylor Research Award, 2004
- University of Minnesota McKnight Land-Grant Assistant Professor, 1997
- University of Minnesota Richard and Barbara Nelson Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1993–1998
- University of Minnesota Election to University Chapter of Sigma Xi Honor Society, 1995
- Harvard Medical School-Dept. of Surgery, John F. Burke Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomed. Sci. and Eng., 1992
- University of California at San Francisco, Regents Fellowship recipient, 1987–1989
- University of California at Berkeley Graduated with Honors, 1987
- University of California at Berkeley Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, 1986
- University of California at Berkeley Honor Student Society, 1985–1987
- University of California at Berkeley Kennedy Interdisciplinary Award for German and Engineering, 1987
Selected Publications
- Improved detection of Group A streptococcus during thermal contrast amplification vs. visual reading of clinical rapid diagnostic tests. Anal. Methods, 2019, 11, 2013-2017.
- Engineering T Cell Response to Cancer Antigens by Choice of Focal Therapeutic Conditions. Q Shao, S O'Flanagan, T Lam, P Roy, F Pelaez, BJ Burbach, SM Azarin,Y Shimizu, JC Bischof, International Journal of Hyperthermia, 2019, 1-9.
- Mapping Electrical Properties Heterogeneity of Tumor Using Boundary Informed Electrical Properties Tomography (BIEPT) at 7T. Y Wang, Q Shao, PF Van de Moortele, E Racila, J Liu, JC Bischof, B He, Magnetic resonance in medicine,2018, 81 (1), 393-409.
- Characterization of Laser Gold Nanowarming: A Platform for Millimeter-Scale Cryopreservation. K Khosla, L Zhan, A Bhati, A Carley-Clopton, M Hagedorn, JC Bischof, Langmuir, 2018.
- A Three-dimensional Transient Computational Study of 532-nm Laser Thermal Ablation in a Geometrical Model Representing Prostate Tissue. H Elkhalil, A Alshare, G Shafirstein, JC Bischof, International Journal of Hyperthermia, 1-10.