Area(s) of Expertise

Design and synthesis of new materials with interesting and useful electronic and biological properties, particularly at nanometer length scales.

Publications

• Antimicrobial Applications of Photosensitizer-Embedded Cationic Hydrogels with Tunable Mechanical Properties against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens , ACS Applied Polymer Materials (2025)
• DendriPep Nanocoats: Substrate-Agnostic, Self-Assembling Constructs with Shear-Controlled Thickness and Permeability , Langmuir (2025)
• Functional Hydrogels for Selective Phosphate Removal from Water and Release on Demand , Langmuir (2025)
• InP-Based Quantum Dots as Photosensitizers in Photodynamic Antimicrobial Materials , ACS Applied Bio Materials (2025)
• Phosphate-binding protein-loaded iron oxide particles: adsorption performance for phosphorus removal and recovery from water , Environmental Science Water Research & Technology (2024)
• Degradable Anti-Biofouling Polyester Coatings with Controllable Lifetimes , Langmuir (2022)
• Amphiphilic phospholipid–iodinated polymer conjugates for bioimaging , Biomaterials Science (2021)
• Deposition of silicate coatings on poly(ethylene terephthalate) for improved scratch and solvent resistance , Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2021)
• Dynamic Surfaces—Degradable Polyester Networks that Resist Protein Adsorption , Langmuir (2021)
• Exploring the physicochemical and morphological properties of peptide‐hybridized dendrimers ( DendriPeps ) and their aggregates , Journal of Polymer Science (2020)