Integrated Nanostructured Systems

Protein formulation and delivery; Lipidic nanoparticles; Immunogenicity; Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics; Pre clinical development

Translational cardiovascular research, nanoparticle imaging, positron emission tomography and stem cell therapeutics.

Mass spectrometry, electron spectrometry, vibrational spectrometry of surfaces and biomaterials; surface and thin film analysis of compound semiconductors as spintronic materials, quantum wells and quantum dots; drug delivery and release; tissue engineering; quantitative surface analysis; geospatial and multivariate statistics of surface and environmental data; environmental public policy and analytical chemistry; public service learning.

Axonal transport and neurodegenerative disease; Nanomedicine

Virus mimicry, protein engineering, membrane protein structure, liposomal protein reconstitution, liposomal targeting for drug delivery, gene therapy and in vivo imaging

Nanotechnology; Tumor Angiogenesis; Radiation Therapy; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Protein structure and function; membrane protein dynamics; voltage-sensitive ion channels.

Polymers; photonics; biophotonics; nanomedicine; optics.

Catalysis, Surface phenomena, Colloids and emulsions, Biocompatible surfaces and materials

Drug carriers and drug delivery; biophysical investigations of the pharmaceutical properties of drug:carrier complexes; pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analysis to probe mechanisms behind the therapeutic effects of drug carriers.

Synthesis and application of nanoparticles; application of chemical engineering science (chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, transport phenomena) to understand and improve processes by which these materials are prepared.