Shuvo Roy is an American scientist and engineer of South Asian descent.[1]
Shuvo Roy | |
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Born | Bangladesh[1] |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Mount Union College Case Western Reserve University |
Known for | Co-invention of an implantable artificial kidney, medical MEMS |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Bioengineering, Biomedical MEMS, Pediatric Devices |
Institutions | University of California, San Francisco |
Doctoral advisor | Mehran Mehregany |
Roy received most of his education in Uganda, where his father worked as a public health physician.[1]
Roy later completed his education and earned his BS degree from University of Mount Union, Ohio in 1992. He then earned his MS degree in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics from Case Western Reserve University in 1995. He went on to earn his PhD degree from the same school in 2001.[2]
Roy has developed silicon nanopore membranes (SNM) to achieve high-efficiency blood ultrafiltration while selectively retaining specific solutes and serving as an immunoprotective barrier for encapsulated cells. The SNM are the fundamental underlying technology for the development of an implantable bioartificial kidney.[3]
Using this technology, he has shown feasibility for an implantable bioartificial pancreas (iBAP). Previous attempts to develop a bioartificial pancreas have been severely limited by insufficient mass transfer and a limited supply of beta cells, but Roy says that ultra-high hydraulic permeability characteristic of the SNM will enable appropriate mass transport (especially oxygen, glucose, and insulin) to achieve optimal beta cell performance, while the ultra-selective pore characteristic of the SNM enable unprecedented immunoisolation. Also the iBAP can utilize a human stem cell derived fully functional beta cell that provides and unlimited supply of beta cells.[4]
He is a founding member of the University of California, San Francisco Pediatric Device Consortium.[2]