Dr. Cody Crosby received his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020, his M.S.E from UT in 2017, and his B.S. in engineering from Harvey Mudd College in 2015. 

He specializes in cell-material interactions and is currently working to develop novel open-source bioprinters and improved biomaterial inks in his biofabrication laboratory on-campus. Through outside collaborations he also aims to build an improved in vitro model of the blood-brain barrier. Dr. Crosby teaches lower-level physics courses and upper-level engineering courses at SU. He currently advises undergraduates as part of the Pre-Med Advisory Committee. 

Cody is affiliated with the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Society for Biomaterials (SFB), American Heart Association (AHA), and the International Society for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (TERMIS). 

(15) Diaz-Lasprilla, A.M., McKee, M., Jimenez-Vergara, A.C., Ravi, S.; Bellamy, D., Ortega, W., Crosby, C., Steele, J., Plascencia-Villa, G., Perry, G., and Munoz-Pinto, D.J. (2024) “Fabrication and characterization of quad-component bioinspired hydrogels to model elevated fibrin levels in central nervous tissue scaffolds.” Gels, 10 (203).

(14) Crosby, C. (2024). “Open-source extrusion 3D bioprinters: Trends and recommendations.” Bioprinting, e00336.

(13) Cordova, D., Rodriguez, A., Woodward, S., & Crosby, C. (2023). “The Enderstruder: An accessible open-source syringe extruder compatible with Ender series 3D printers.” HardwareX, e00510.

(12) Velez, C., Cheng. K., Woodward, S., Nazeer, N., Hislop Gomez, G.N., & Crosby, C. (2023). “Synthesis and characterization of gelatin methacryloyl: Introducing chemistry students to the applications of hydrogels in medicine”. Journal of Chemical Education

(11) Crosby C.*, Hillsley, A.*, Kumar, S.B., Parekh, S.H., Rosales, A.M., Zoldan, J.Z. (2020). “Quantification of iPSC-derived vascular networks in novel phototunable angiogenic hydrogels.” Acta Biomaterialia, 122, 133-144    

(10) Barnhouse, V., Petrikas, N., Crosby, C., Zoldan, J., & Harley, B. (2020). “Perivascular secretome influences hematopoietic stem cell maintenance in a gelatin hydrogel.” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 49(2), 780-792

(9) Crosby, C., Stern, B., Kalkunte, N., Pedahzur, S., Ramesh, S., & Zoldan, J. (2020). “Interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels as bioactive scaffolds for tissue engineering.” (In Press, Reviews in Chemical Engineering)

(8) Momtahan, N., Crosby, C., Tu, C., & Zoldan, J. (2019). “The role of reactive oxygen species in in-vitro cardiac maturation.” Trends in Molecular Medicine, 25(6), 482-493

(7) Crosby, C. & Zoldan, J. (2019). “Evaluating the vasculogenic potential of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived endothelial progenitors in 3D collagen microenvironments.” Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE). 147 (2019): e59342

(6) Crosby, C. & Zoldan, J. (2019). “Mimicking the physical cues of the ECM in angiogenic biomaterials.” Regenerative Biomaterials, 6(2), 61-73

(5) Allen, A., Barone, E., Momtahan, N., Crosby, C., Tu, C., Deng, W., Polanksy, K., Zoldan, J (2019). “Differentiating cardiomyocyte responses to varying degrees of substrate anisotropy.” Tissue Engineering Part A, 25(19-20), 1426-1437

(4) Crosby, C., Valliappan, D., Shu, D., Kumar, S., Tu, C., Deng, W., Parekh, S.H., & Zoldan, J. (2019). “Quantifying the vasculogenic potential of iPSC-derived endothelial progenitors in collagen hydrogels.” Tissue Engineering Part A, 25(9-10), 746-758

(3) Allen, A., Barone, E., Crosby, C., Suggs, L. J., & Zoldan, J. (2017). “Electrospun poly (N-isopropyl acrylamide)/poly (caprolactone) fibers for the generation of anisotropic cell sheets.” Biomaterials Science, 5(8), 1661-1669

(2) Katta, N., Rector, J. Gardner, M., McElroy, A., Choy, K., Crosby, C., Zoldan, J., & Milner, T. (2017). “Image-guided smart laser system for precision implantation of cells in cartilage.” SPIE Medical Imaging. International Society for Optics and Photonics

(1) Laws, K. J., Crosby, C., Sridhar, A., Conway, P., Koloadin, L.S., Zhao, M., Aron-Dine, S., & Bassman, L.C. (2015). “High entropy brasses and bronzes- microstructure, phase evolution, and properties.” Journal of Alloys and Compounds 650, 949-961

Rodriguez, A., Cordova, D., Woodward, S., Crosby, C.O. “The Enderstruder: An accessible open-source syringe extruder compatible with Ender series 3D printers”. Capitol of Texas Undergraduate Research Conference, Austin, TX, March 2024.

Hislop Gomez, G.N., Woodward, S., Nazeer, N., Cheng, K., Pyles, N., Datta, A., Clegg, J.R., Crosby, C.O. “Creating a Hydrogel to Mimic the Physical and Chemical Characteristics of the Extracellular Matrix (ECM) of the Brain’s Parenchyma”. Capitol of Texas Undergraduate Research Conference, Austin, TX, March 2024.

Rodriguez, A., Cordova, D., Woodward, S., Crosby, C.O. “The Enderstruder: An accessible open-source syringe extruder compatible with Ender series 3D printers”. Texas Academy of Science (TAS) 2024 Annual Meeting, Odessa, TX, March 2024.

⁺Awarded 1^st prize in Physics and Engineering section.

Nazeer, N., Woodward, S., Hislop Gomez G.N., Cheng, K., Pyles, N., Datta, A., Clegg, J.R., Crosby, C.O. “Synthesizing biomaterial inks to determine significant bioprinting parameters”. Texas Academy of Science (TAS) 2024 Annual Meeting, Odessa, TX, March 2024.

⁺Awarded 1^st prize in Biochemistry and Chemistry section.

Hislop Gomez, G.N., Woodward, S., Nazeer, N., Cheng, K., Pyles, N., Datta, A., Clegg, J.R., Crosby, C.O. “Synthesizing biomaterial inks and determining significant bioprinting parameters”. Texas Academy of Science (TAS) 2024 Annual Meeting, Odessa, TX, March 2024.

Nazeer, N.*, Hislop Gomez, G.N.*, Woodward, S., Cheng, K., Pyles, N., Ajeeb, R., Clegg, J.R., Crosby, C.O. “Synthesizing biomaterial inks to determine significant bioprinting parameters”. Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium (GCURS), Houston (Rice University), TX, October 2023.

⁺Nazeer and Hislop Gomez presented the same presentation in different sections.

Cheng, K., Pyles N., Crosby, C.O. “Printability of biomaterial inks to mimic the blood brain barrier”. Texas Academy of Science (TAS) 2023 Annual Meeting, San Angelo, TX, March 2023.

Rodriguez, A., Cordova, D., Crosby, C.O. “Engineering an ultra low-cost open-source 3D bioprinter from a Creality Ender 3 FDM 3D printer”. Texas Academy of Science (TAS) 2023 Annual Meeting, San Angelo, TX, March 2023.

Pyles, N., Cheng, K., Crosby, C.O. “Adding HAMA and PLGA nanoparticles to GelMA creates an extrudable biomaterial ink suitable for mimicking the blood-brain barrier”. KU Great Plains Biomaterials Day, Lawrence, KS, November 2022.

Cordova, D., Rodriguez, A., Crosby, C.O. “Engineering an ultra low-cost open-source 3D bioprinter from a Creality Ender 3 FDM 3D printer”. KU Great Plains Biomaterials Day, Lawrence, KS, November 2022.

Smart, J., Crosby C. “A quantitative evaluation of the printability of biomaterial inks.” 2022 Heart of Texas (HoT) Undergraduate Research Conference, Remote (pandemic), April 2022.

Crosby, C., Hillsley, A., Kumar, S.B., Stern, B., Parekh, S.H., Rosales, A.M, Zoldan, J. ” Phototunable Interpenetrating Polymer Network Hydrogels Stimulate iPSC-EP Vasculogenesis.” North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO) Focus Session (Emerging Technologies), Remote (pandemic), May 2021

Crosby, C., Hillsley, A., Kumar, S.B., Stern, B., Parekh, S.H., Rosales, A.M, Zoldan, J. ” Phototunable Interpenetrating Polymer Network Hydrogels Stimulate iPSC-EP Vasculogenesis.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials (SFB), Remote (pandemic), April 2021

Vergote, A.*, Crosby C. “Novel Bioinks: The Gateway to Bioprinting Complex Biological Tissues.” 2021 BBB South Central Virtual Regional Convention, Remote (pandemic), April 2021. Awarded 1^st prize in Boudetase group.

Crosby, C., Hillsley, A., Kumar, S.B., Stern, B., Parekh, S.H., Rosales, A.M, Zoldan, J. “Quantification of iPSC-derived vascular networks in novel interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels.” Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (BMES) Annual Meeting, Remote (pandemic), October 2020

Crosby C. “Toward a More Robust Microvascular Platform.” 2nd Annual Biophysics and Quantitative Biology Conference, Remote (pandemic), February 2021

Crosby, C., Hillsley, A., Kumar, S.B., Stern, B., Parekh, S.H., Rosales, A.M, Zoldan, J. “Quantification of iPSC-derived vascular networks in novel interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels.” Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (BMES) Annual Meeting, Remote (pandemic), October 2020

Crosby, C., Hillsley, A., Kumar, S.B., Stern, B., Parekh, S.H., Rosales, A.M, Zoldan, J. “Towards a more robust vascular platform: Quantifying the vasculogenic potential of iPSC-derived endothelial progenitors in angiogenic hydrogels.” Trainee Symposium for Organoids & Organs-on-Chip, Remote (pandemic), August 2020

Crosby, C., Zoldan, J. “Quantifying the vasculogenic potential of iPSC-derived endothelial progenitors in collagen hydrogels.” North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO) Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA, October 2019

Crosby, C., Zoldan, J. “Quantifying the vasculogenic potential of iPSC-derived endothelial progenitors in collagen hydrogels.” SFB Biomaterials Day, Rice University, Houston, TX, May 2019

Crosby, C., Valliappan, D., Shu, D., Kumar, S., Tu, C., Deng, W., Parekh, S.H., & Zoldan, J. “Quantifying the vasculogenic potential of iPSC-derived endothelial progenitors in collagen hydrogels.” 2^nd Rock Stars of Regenerative Engineering, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, January 2019