Prof. Joseph Kost
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Professor
Department :
Department of Chemical Engineering
Room :
318
בנין הנדסת חומרים והנדסת כימיה ע"ש פוסטר - 59
Phone :
972-8-6472147
972-8-6472765
972-8-6472766
972-8-6461766
Email :
kost@bgu.ac.il
Office Hours :
Education
2004 M.B.A. School of Management, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
1981 D.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
Thesis: "Characteristics of Polymeric Bioelectrodes"
Supervisors: Profs. M.Narkis and A. Foux
1975 M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
1973 B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
Research Interests
Biotechnology. Biomaterials. Polymeric systems for controlled drug delivery. Ultrasound for enhanced transport through membranes. Non-viral gene therapy. Diabetes technology and therapeutics Immobilized enzymes and cell microencapsulsulation. Implants and biocompatibility. Structure and propreties of polymers.Transport phenomena in polymers.
Research Projects
Polymeric Controlled Drug Delivery Systems. Work is in progress in several areas: Responsive Systems. Development of a polymeric membrane to control delivery of insulin at rates dependent upon the external glucose concentration. Dvelopment of safe and efficient non-viral carriers for gene therapy. Investigation and development of ultrasonic modulated polymeric and liposomal drug delivery systems. Investigation of the effect of ultrasound on transport of low and high molecular-weight molecules through polymeric membranes. Applications of ultrasound for non-invasive transdermal drug delivery and sensing of glucose
Additional links
Personal Site