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Nano Health Roster

Phil Brown

Social and ethical implications of nanotechnology; public understanding of nanotechnology; precautionary approaches; regulation

Phil_Brown@Brown.edu

Christian Franck

cell mechanics, mechanics of tissues and soft materials, 3D microscopy,micro and nanomechanics

Christian_Franck@Brown.edu

Lambert (Ben) Freund

Thin film materials, molecular adhesion in biological materials, tissue assembly in cell suspensions

Freund@Brown.edu

Huajian Gao

Modeling and simulation of mechanical properties of nanomaterials, nanomechanics of biological systems, mechanical principles of hierarchical materials, size effects, thin films, nanostructured materials, nanomechanics of cell and vesicle adhesion

Huajian_Gao@Brown.edu

Robert Hurt

Nanomaterials and their biological and environmental applications/implications; carbon nanomaterials, nanotoxicology, interfacial phenomena, liquid crystals and supramolecular assembly, material chemistry approaches for safe nanomaterial formulation, nanoparticle cell delivery

Robert_Hurt@Brown.edu

Agnes Kane

Nanotoxicology, cellular interactions with nanomaterials, nanomaterials for targeted cancer therapy, biocompatibility of nanomaterials

Agnes_Kane@Brown.edu

Diane Hoffman-Kim

Diane_Hoffman-Kim@Brown.edu

Diane Lipscombe

Nanomaterial interactions with ion channels and effects on neuronal signaling

Lipscombe_Diane@Brown.edu

Edith Mathiowitz

The polymer/medicine interface; nanoparticles as novel therapeutic delivery systems, small-diameter vascular grafts with better compliance; novel bioadhesive polymers for oral delivery, liquid crystals as smart sensors

Edith_Mathiowitz@Brown.edu

Jeffrey Morgan

3D cell culture and in vitro micro-tissues for testing the toxicity and therapeutic potential of nano-materials.

Jeffrey_Morgan@Brown.edu

Arto Nurmikko

Nanophotonics, active electronic nanomaterials, and neuroenginering and neurotechnology including new approaches to interfacing the brain by nanoscale implantable devices

Arto_Nurmikko@Brown.edu

Tayhas Palmore

Nanomaterial components in biofuel cells, photovoltaics, batteries; cellular scaffolds; genetically engineered machines; self-assembly of molecular solids

Tayhas_Palmore@Brown.edu

David M. Rand

Nanomaterial effects in evolutionary, ecological and environmental genomics; Drosophila population genetics, ecotoxicology; mitochondrial genetics and aging; oxidative stress.

David_Rand@Brown.edu

Surendra Sharma

Nanomaterialdistribution in tisue and effects on pregnancy outcomes

Sharma_Surendra@Brown.edu

Peter J. S. Smith

Chemical characteristics of cellular boundary layers (micro and nano proportions); sensor development (micro and nano); electrochemistry; electrophysiology; imaging; nanotoxicity; molecular and ionic transport

Peter_Smith@Brown.edu

Shouheng Sun

Nanomaterials synthesis, self-assembly, magnetic nanoparticles, nanocrystal arrays for information storage and fuel cell catalysts, functional nanoparticles for target-specific diagnostics/therapeutics.

SSun@Brown.edu

Jay Tang

Nanoscale assembly and dynamics of the cytoskeletal protein filaments F-actin and microtubules, integrin mediated adhesion and migration of neutrophils and T-cells, molecular mechanisms of bacterial adhesion

Jay_Tang@Brown.edu

Anubhav Tripathi

Nanoparticle-based technologies for biomarker/protein identification and separation, biocompatible nanoparticles for bacterial lysis, new encapsulation procedures for drugs and chemical agents, transport through soft matter, disease diagnostics applications using microfluids and nanofluidics platform

Anubhav_Tripathi@Brown.edu

Thomas Webster

Tissue engineering, implants, nanomaterial synthesis, protein and cell interactions with nanomaterials, foreign body response of nanomaterials, nanotoxicity, nanomedicine

Thomas_Webster@Brown.edu

Anatoly Zhitkovich

Toxic effects of nanomaterials and catalytic metals, cancer cell-targeting application

Anatoly_Zhitkovich@Brown.edu