Jaydee Cabral,
Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry
Jaydee Cabral is a Research Fellow in the Chemistry Department at the University of Otago where she has contributed greatly to the development, characterization, antimicrobial capacity, and biocompatibility of a commercialized chitosan/dextran-based surgical hydrogel, Chitogel™. Her current research involves sustained release of bioactives from nanoparticle hydrogel systems and the development of biomaterials as cell delivery vehicles for regenerative wound healing applications. She studied Chemistry at the College of William and Mary and received a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Eastern Virginia Medical School. She then taught as a Lecturer at California State University prior to moving to the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.
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