Phd Projects

• Application of Nanoarray Technologies to Spinal Stimulation and Regeneration: the Nano-BMI (brain-machine interface)
• Collagen Single Fibril Mechanochemistry
• Combination Anticancer Nanopreparations of Novel Proapoptotic Drugs, TRAIL Ligand and siRNA
• Computationally Guided Ligand Design for the Human Adenosine A2A Receptor for Nanoparticle Imaging of Hypoxic Tumors
• Computationally Guided Protein-Specific Labeling with Nanoparticles
• Continuous Monitoring Redox Nanosensors: The Next Step in Understanding Cancer
• Design and Characterization of Multimeric RGD Peptidomimetics Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for Tumor Diagnostic and Enhanced X-ray Radiotherapy
• Determination of the sensitivity of collagen fibril formation to static and oscillatory strains
• Development of a Polymeric Nanoparticle Formulation to Overcome Multidrug Resistance of Cancer via a Multifunctional Therapy
• Development of a Selective, Theranostic Nanoplatform to Inhibit Human Monoacylglycerol Lipase
• Development of Dual-Targeted Liposomes for Delivery of Nucleic Acid
• Enhanced radiation therapy with location-selectively delivered nanoparticles
• Enumerating Rare Cells Labeled with Fluorescent Nanoparticles
• High-Throughput Microfluidic Platform for Personalized Nanomedicine
• Imaging of Embryonic Stem Cells using Multiphoton Luminescence of Gold Nanoparticles
• Implantable Nanoparticles Doped Brachytherapy Spacers for Synergistic Combinatorial Chemo-radiation Therapy in Prostate Cancer
• Internship in Macau/Hong Kong, China
• Intranasal Delivery of GDNF for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
• Intranasal Delivery of GDNF-expressing Nanoparticles to the Brain: Toward a Gene Therapy Approach for Parkinsons Disease
• Investigating quantum dot toxicity by quantifying DNA polymerase activity with single molecule force spectroscopy
• Liposomal Loading and Delivery of Proapoptotic BH3 Peptides
• lymph node nanoparticle delivery of A2aR antagonists to boost vaccine responses
• lymph node targeting using nanoparticle delivery system for HIV vaccine
• Microfluidic Cell Separation Using Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles
• Modified silica nanoparticle tracking and imaging via intravital microscopy for Leishmaniasis treatment
• Multifunctional Nanostructures for Theranostics
• Nanoparticle Antimicrobial Development
• Nanoparticle induced glycocalyx regeneration to combat atherosclerosis
• Nanostructured Magnesium as a Novel Material for Orthopedic Tissue Engineering
• Novel Approach to Imaging of Nano-Drug-Delivery Carriers Based on Raman Microscopy
• of Nanoparticle Diffusion in PC3 Prostate Tumors In Vivo
• Pancreatic Cancer Gene Therapy with EGFR-Targeted Gelatin-Based Nanoparticle Systems
• PARP Inhibitor Nanotherapy for Ovarian Cancer
• Photocatalytic activity of AuFe/TiO2 composites
• Piezoactive Bio-NanoMechanical Cantilever Force Sensor for Disease Diagnosis
• Raman-active gold nanoparticles as beacons in breast cancer cells
• Role of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid-Containing Nanoemulsions in Drug Delivery and Neuroprotection in Alzheimer’s Disease
• Silver Nanoparticle-Embedded Polymersome Nanocarriers for the Treatment of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
• Site-Specific delivery of anti-infective therapies in neglected tropical diseases using nano-sized formulations
• Sodium concentration reporting fluorescent nanosensors for biological applications
• Synthesis of Nanoencapsulated Aminoglycosides as Small-Molecule Gene Therapeutics
• Synthesis of Spin Labeled Nanosensors for the Estrogen Receptor
• Targeted Delivery of a Mitochondriotropic Apoptosis Modulator Using Multifunctional Polymeric Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Drug Resistant Tumors
• Targeted eNOS Gene Delivery with Lipopolyplexes for the Treatment of Coronary Restenosis
• Targeted Nanocarriers
• The Development of Fluorescent Glucose Nanosensors For In Vivo Glucose Monitoring
• The Mechanosensitivity of Type I Collagen to MMP Cleavage
• Tumor Hypoxia, the Warburg Effect, and Multidrug Resistance: Modulation of Hypoxia Induced MDR Using EGFR Targeted Polymer Blend Nanocarriers for Combination Paclitaxel/Lonidamine Therapy
• Understanding optical properties of nanoparticles towards application with biospecific markers for pre-cancer detection
• Use of nanotechnology for imaging of cell surface oligosaccharides for early diagnosis of cancer
• Using Nanoparticles to Analyze Key Immune System Molecules in Embryonic Stem Cells
• Visualization and Enhancement of Spinal Cord Regeneration using Nanoparticles

Associate Projects

• Alumina Templates
• An Analysis of the Effect of PEG on Physical Properties of Cationic Liposomes Intended for Gene Therapy
• Au Nanowire Arrays for Stimulating and Detecting Electrical Activity in Neuronal Cells
• Biomolecular Sequence Quantification Using Magnetic Nanoparticles With a Giant Magnetoresistive (GMR) Sensor
• Collagen Nanoloom
• Drug-Eluting Titanium Oxide Nanotube Arrays
• Electrical Release of Magnetic Nanoparticles from Liposomes
• Fluorescent Tagging Of Cells Via Conjugation With CdTe Quantum Dot –
  TiO2 Nanotube Composite Nanostructures
• Intranasal Gene Delivery Using Cationic Liposomes: A Novel Treatment Strategy for Parkinson’s Disease
• Magnetically Induced Hyperthermia
• Magnetically Induced Hyperthermia
• Magnetically Induced Hyperthermia and Drug Delivery with Liposomes
• Microbial Corsortia
• Molecular Modeling of the C-terminal End of Human Intestinal Mucin (MUC2)
• Nanoparticulate carriers for Mitochondrial Gene Therapy: Optimization of Non-radioactive DNA probe labeling and detection kit analysis of Mitochondrial Transcription by Northern blotting
• Nanowire arrays for neuron recordings
• Optical Properties of TiO2 nanotubes
• Polymeric Nanofilms as Biopassive and Bioactive Neuroprosthetic Implant Coatings
• Star-Shape Gold Nanoparticle Synthesis
• Surface Modification Techniques for Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
• Synthesis and Surface Modification of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
• Synthesis and Surface Modification of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
• Synthesis of Cobalt Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
• The Culturing of Rat Intestinal Stem Cells