Faculty & Staff
Mark Jaroszeski
Introduction
Education
- Ph.D. Engineering Science, 1993
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (Co-administered
with the USF Department of Surgery)
- Dissertation: Mechanically Facilitated Cell-Cell Electrofusion
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (Co-administered
with the USF Department of Surgery)
- M.S. Chemical Engineering, 1990
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
- Thesis: An Instrument System for the Acquisition and Analysis of Arterial Pressure and Flow Waves
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
- B.S. Chemical Engineering, 1990
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Research Areas
- Physical Systems for Drug and Gene Delivery in vivo
- Pulsed Electric Fields for Drug and Gene Delivery in vivo
- Plasma & Corona Charge Mediated Drug and Gene Delivery
- In Vivo Impedance Measurements to Control DNA Delivery
- Novel Cancer Treatments
- In Vivo Electrophoresis for the Mass Transport of Molecules
- Silicon Carbide Biocompatibility for Sensors and Implants
- Biomedical Instrumentation
- Microfluidic Devices for Biological Analysis
Courses Taught
Undergraduate
- BME 4406: Engineering of Biological Systems
- ECH 4931: Bioseparations
- ECH 3023: Material and Energy Balances
- EGN 3000: Foundations of Engineering
- ECH 4936: Undergraduate Seminar
- ECH 4931: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
- ECH 3702: Instrument Systems
- EGS 3011: Research Design, Methods, and Interpretation
- BME 4503: Biomedical Instrumentation
- BME 3312: Molecular and Cellular Engineering
Graduate
- ECH 5931: Bioseparations
- ECH 5740: Bioprocesses
- BME 5312: Molecular and Cellular Engineering
- BME 6000: Biomedical Engineering I
- Graduate Seminar Coordinator (2010-2011)
Awards & Honors
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Academic Honor Society
Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award, 1993, University of South Florida
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Polk Community College, December 13, 2002
USF Department of Chemical Engineering Professor of the Year for 2005, Awarded by
vote of undergraduate students
USF Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award for the 2005-2006 Academic Year
Elected to the Polk County Florida Public Schools Hall of Fame, June 4, 2009
Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Professor of the Year 2015, USF Department of
Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award for 2021 granted by the USF Office
of Research & Innovation for achievements in Calendar year 2020 (January 1, 2020 –
December 31, 2020)
Faculty Excellence in Innovation Awards for 2022 granted by the USF Office of Research
& Innovation for achievements in FY 2020-2021 (July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021)
Elected as a Fellow to the National Academy of Inventors, Fall 2023
Publications
Peer Reviewed Manuscripts
- Jaroszeski, M. J., Gilbert, R., and Heller, R. (1991) Simplex optimization applied
to electrofusion biotechnology. Proceedings of the IEEE EMBS Conference 13:951.
- Jaroszeski, M. J., Heller, R., and Gilbert, R. (1994) Detection and quantitation
of cell-cell electrofusion products by flow cytometry. Analytical Biochemistry 216:271-275.
- Jaroszeski, M. J., Heller, R., Fallon, P., and R. Gilbert (1994) Mechanically facilitated
cell-cell electrofusion. Biophysical Journal 67:1574-1581.
- Heller, R., Jaroszeski, M. J., Leo-Messina, J., Perrott, R., Van Voorhis, N., Reintgen,
D., and Gilbert, R. (1995) Treatment of B16 mouse melanoma with the combination of
electropermeabilization and chemotherapy. Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics 36:83-87.
- Heller, R., Jaroszeski, M., Glass, F., Messina, J., Rapaport, D., DeConti, R., Fenske,
N., Gilbert, R., Mir, L. M., and Reintgen, D. (1996) Phase I/II trial of cutaneous
and subcutaneous malignancies using electrochemotherapy. Cancer 77(5):964-971.
- Reintgen, D. S., Jaroszeski, M. J., and Heller, R. H. (1996) Electrochemotherapy,
a novel approach to cancer. Journal of the Skin Cancer Foundation XIV:17-19.
- Glass, L. F., Fenske, N. A., Jaroszeski, M., Perrott, R., Harvey, D. T., Reintgen,
D. S., and Heller, R. (1996) Bleomycin-mediated electrochemotherapy of basal cell
carcinoma. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 34(1):82-6.
- Heller, R., Jaroszeski, M., Atkin, A., Moradpour, D., Gilbert, R., Wands, J., and
Nicolau, C. (1996) In vivo gene electroinjection and expression in rat liver. Federation
of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Letters 389:225-228.
- Glass, L. F., Jaroszeski, M. J., Pepine, M. L., Reintgen, D. S., and Heller, R. (1996)
Bleomycin-mediated electrochemotherapy of metastatic melanoma. Archives of Dermatology
156: 1353-1357.
- Jaroszeski, M. J., Messina, J., Perrott, R., Van Voorhis, N., Gilbert, R., and Heller, R. (1996) Effectiveness of treating B16 melanoma with multiple treatment electrochemotherapy. Melanoma Research6:427-433.