[SPS] Dr. Naumov (Networking Opportunity)

Wed Jan 20 14:11:34 CST 2016

Hello Everyone!

The department is excited on welcoming Dr. Anton Naumov as our guest speaker this Thursday (please see below).  I am looking for two individuals who are interested in attending a dinner with Dr. Naumov after the colloquium (4-5pm). You would be able to talk with him about his research, ask him for advice regarding career paths and doctoral programs, and of course, network! Please let me know if you are interested in this wonderful opportunity by the end of today.
Thank you,

Bernadette Johnson
Biological Sciences 
Texas A&M University-Commerce
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President of the Society of Physics Students Affiliate Chapter

Jan. 21, Thursdays, 4-5pm in Science 127 (coffee and cookies served at 3:50pm)

All students currently enrolled in Physics 401 and 501 are required to attend all
 colloquia

Biological applications of carbon nanomaterials

Prof. Anton Naumov, Texas Christian University

Dr. Anton Naumov received his B.S. in Physics from the University
 of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he started his nanotechnology research working on separation of chiral carbon nanotubes. He received his M.S. and Ph.D in Applied Physics from Rice University, where his work was focused on optical properties of carbon nanotubes
 and graphene. Dr. Naumov has also conducted research at Honda Research Institute and IBM T.J. Watson Research Center on characterization of carbon nanotubes and observation of photo- and electroluminescence from individual nanoscale transistors. He further
 continued as a Research Scientist at Ensysce Biosciences Inc. with complimentary postdoctoral appointment at Rice University, working on the development of nanomaterials-assisted cancer therapeutics. Later on he joined Central Connecticut State University
 as an Assistant Professor. There he has further explored applications of carbon nanomaterials in biophysics and optoelectronics. In 2015 Dr. Naumov joined TCU, where he continues his work in applied biophysics and nanotechnology. More information about Prof.
 Naumov and his research can be found athttp://physics.tcu.edu/staff/anton-naumov/

Abstract:

For over two decades carbon nanomaterials have been a major focus of nanotechnology. Carbon nanotubes and graphene have acquired a number of potential applications in science and engineering and now are starting to be employed in the field of biotechnology.
 Due to their unique physical and chemical properties, carbon nanotubes have a number of applications in biomedical field as agents for photothermal therapy, drug transport vehicles and biological imaging agents. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) provide
 a large platform for the transport of multiple drugs and target agents, while protecting human body from adverse effects of the drugs. SWCNTs also simultaneously serve as biological imaging agents via their intrinsic fluorescence in the near-infrared, where
 biological tissue is more transparent. I will survey recent experimental work in the field and will describe our studies of carbon nanotube-assisted delivery of small interfering RNA for the purposes of cancer treatment. In our work, SWCNTs have shown advantageous
 active agent delivery in cells and in tissues, suggesting a novel route for modern cancer therapeutics [1]. I will also describe the new advances and applications of graphene and graphene derivatives in biophysics and will present our work on optical properties
 of graphene oxide. In our studies [2], graphene oxide has shown a great potential of serving as multimodal drug delivery/imaging/sensing agent for simultaneous disease diagnostics and therapeutics.

[1] Kirkpatrick et. al, “Carbon nanotubes: Solution for the therapeutic delivery of siRNA?” Materials, v. 5(2), p. 278-301 2012.

[2] Galande et. al, Quasi-Molecular Fluorescence from Graphene Oxide. Scientific Reports, v. 1 (85) 2011.

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