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C U R R E N T  R E S E A R C H

Nanoparticles such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), quantum dots (QDs), and magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) exhibit diverse properties many of which are interesting for biological applications.

CNTs are nanometer-scale cylindrical graphitic structures with extraordinary physical properties as determined by their structure. QDs are semiconductor nanocrytals with unique spectroscopic properties that make them robust and versatile fluorescent probes. MNPs are generally metal-oxide nanocrystals that exhibit superparamagnetism and can be used in MR-imaging, hyperthermia, and thermotherapies.

These particles are amenable to various functionalization strategies that allow for their use in a wide variety of applications ranging from electronics to structural composites to diagnostics and therapeutics. In particular, the exploitation of their diverse properties and small dimensions through biologically-inspired functionalization techniques has enabled a broad range of biomedical applications through interactions at the molecular and cellular level.

I am currently designing novel strategies for biofunctionalization of CNTs, QDs, and MNPs as well as exploring their potential as cancer imaging agents and therapeutics in vitro and in vivo.

P U B L I C A T I O N S

McDevitt MR, Chattopadhyay D, Jaggi JS, Finn RD, Zanzonico PB, Villa C, Rey D, Mendenhall J, Batt CA, Njardarson JT, Scheinberg DA. PET Imaging of Soluble Yttrium-86-labeled Carbon Nanotubes in Mice. PLoS ONE (2007) 2(9): e907

Hyun BR, Chen HY, Rey DA, Wise FW, Batt CA. Near-infrared fluorescence imaging with water-soluble Pb salt quantum dots. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2007) 111(20):5726-5730

Rey DA, Batt CA, Miller JC. Carbon nanotubes in biomedical applications. Nanotech. Law & Bus. J. (2006) 3(3):263-292

P R E S E N T A T I O N S

Rey DA, Batt CA. Nickel nitrilotriacetate functionalized carbon nanotubes for reversible protein attachment. Poster at the AIChe-SBE 2nd International Conference on Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (2006)

B A C K G R O U N D

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2004-Present
Ph.D. Candidate Biomedical Engineering

University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Completed 2004
B.S. Electrical Engineering

L I N K S

Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club

Nanotechnology Law and Business Journal

Nanooze! – Nanotechnology Education for Kids

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