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Education l Research Summary l Publications l Fellowships l Honors & Awards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education
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Research Summary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The focus of my research interests is in the development and use of nanoparticles for medical imaging or drug delivery applications. For nanoparticle development, my research is focused on new synthesis procedures for optical (quantum dot) and magnetic (iron oxide) nanoparticles as well as nanoparticle coating and surface engineering to optimally design reagents for ultrasensitive biological assays. This research has led to the development of quantum dots with “nonstick” surfaces to eliminate the nonspecific binding problems commonly seen in cell and tissue staining while maintaining a much smaller size than comparable nanoparticles with PEG coatings. For applications development, my research interest is in utilizing these “nonstick” quantum dots for multiplexed staining of cells and tissues for biomarker analysis as well as solution assays for ultrasensitive biomarker detection. The secondary focus of my research is to utilize these nanoparticles for single molecule tracking in live cells. |
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Publications and Presentation
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Fellowships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NSF IGERT Fellowship (2006-2008) |
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NSF Fellowship Honorable Mention (2004 and 2005) |
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