Meghan Kupratis

Post Doc
University of Pennsylvania

Hometown

Wallingford, CT

Education

Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2023
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2020
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 2018

Areas of Special Interest

soft tissue biomechanics, mechanobiology, connective tissue development

Awards

ORS Alice L. Jee Young Investigator Award (2023)
First Place, SB3C PhD Student Paper Competition (2023)
ON/ORS Education Grant (2023)
Young Investigator Award, Einstein Musculoskeletal Research Symposium (2022)
Best Peer-Reviewed Paper, University of Delaware BME Department (2022)
University of Delaware Dissertation Fellowship (2022-23)
Ada I. Pressman Memorial Scholarship, Society of Women Engineers (2020-23)
Jeanie S. McCoy Scholarship, Society of Tribologists & Lubrication Engineers (2020)
Outstanding Senior Design Project in Biomedical Engineering, Boston University (2018)
Student Advisor Service Award, Boston University (2018)

Publications

1. Kupratis, ME, Gonzalez, U, Rahman, A, Burris, DL, Corbin, EA, Price, C. Exogenous Collagen Crosslinking is Highly Detrimental to Articular Cartilage Lubrication [in review].
2. Kupratis, ME, Rahman, A, Burris, DL, Corbin, EA, Price, C. Enzymatic Digestion Does Not Compromise Sliding-Mediated Cartilage Lubrication [in review].
3. Akanda, SR, Kupratis, ME, Bhattacharjee, A, Benson, JM, Burris, DL, Price, C. Elevated Contact Stresses Compromise Activity-Mediated Tribological Rehydration But Not Lubrication [in review].
4. Kupratis, ME, Gure, AE, Benson, JM, Ortved, KF, Burris, DL, Price, C (2022). Comparative Tribology II: Measurable biphasic tissue properties have predictable impacts on cartilage rehydration and lubricity. Acta Biomaterialia, 138, 375-389. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.10.049. PMID: 34728427.
5. Kupratis, ME, Gure, AE, Ortved, KF, Burris, DL, Price, C (2021). Comparative Tribology: Articulation-Induced Rehydration of Articular Cartilage Across Species. Biotribology, 25, 100159. doi: 10.1016/j.biotri.2020.100159.
6. Drenkard, LMM, Kupratis, ME, Li K, Gerstenfeld, LC, Morgan, EF (2017). Local Changes to the Distal Femoral Growth Plate Following Injury in Mice. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 139(7), 071010. doi: 10.1115/1.4036686. PMID: 28492928.