S.B., Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology  

MSE, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania  

PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

Analysis of Chemical Engineering Processes, Separations and Control Laboratory, Materials Science, Polymer Science and Engineering, Pharmaceutical Applications of Chemical Engineering, Thermodynamics I and II

Novel hydrogels, soft biomaterials.

Yang, Y., Schulz, D. and Steiner, C.A. 1999 Physical Gelation of Hydrophobically Modified Polyelectrolytes I.Homogeneous Gelation of Alkylated poly[acrylamide-co-sodium acrylate], Langmuir 15 4335-4343

Kumar, V. and Steiner, C.A. 1999 Surfactant-Mediated Gelation of Hydrophobically Modified Hydroxyethyl Cellulose: Effects of Polymer and Surfactant Structure, Colloids and Surfaces A:Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 147 27-38

Kikkinides, E.S., Charalambopoulou, G.Ch., Stubos, A.K., Kanellopoulos, N.K., Varelas, C.G., and Steiner, C.A. 1998 A Two-Phase Model for Controlled Drug Release from Biphasic Polymer Hydrogels, J., Controlled Release 51 313-325

Wu, S.-Y., Varadaraj, R., and Steiner, C.A. 1996 Effects of Temperature and Shear History on the Network Properties of Amphiphilic Hydrogels, J. Phys. Chem. 100 17316-17322

Varelas, C.G., Dixon, D.G. and Steiner, C.A. 1995 A Mathematical Model of Mass Transfer through Two-Phase Hydrogels, AIChE J. 41 805-811

Varelas, C.G., Dixon, D.G., Steiner, C.A. 1995 Zero-Order Release through Biphasic Polymer Networks, J. Controlled Release 34 185-192

Varelas, C.G. and Steiner, C.A. 1992 Bulk and microscopic properties of copolymer networks in mixed aqueous solvents, J. Polymer Sci. B:Polymer Phys. ed. 30 1233

Steiner, C.A. 1991 Polymer/Surfactant Interactions in Graft Copolymer Solutions, J. Appl. Polymer Sci. 42 1493

Dualeh, A.J. and Steiner, C.A. 1991 Bulk and microscopic properties of surfactant-bridged hydrogels made from an amphiphilic graft copolymer, Macromolecules 24 112

Dualeh, A.J. and Steiner, C.A. 1990 Hydrophobic Microphase Formation in Surfactant Solutions Containing an Amphiphilic Graft Copolymer, Macromolecules 23 251

Steiner, C.A., Litt, M., and Nossal, R. 1984 Effect of Ca⁺⁺ on the Structure and Rheology of Canine Tracheal Mucin, Biorheology 21 235-252

Steiner, C.A., Litt, M., and Nossal, R. 1984 Studies of Rheologically Active Biological Macromolecules by Quasielastic Laser Light Scattering, Biorheology Suppl. 1 335-344

Steiner, C.A. 1981 Mass Transfer of Urea Through Blood, Annals Biomed. Eng. 9 217-225