Expertise
Nucleic Acid Aptamers and siRNA; Biomaterials Engineering: Biomimetic; Bioinspired; and Biohybrid Materials; Therapeutic and Diagnostic Biomedical Devices; Templated Networks for Sensing and Drug Delivery; Functional Intelligent Polymeric Films and Networks; Bionanotechnology and Biomedical Engineering; Polymer Engineering; Synthesis; Materials; and Dynamics; Drug Delivery; Research and development of novel biomaterials and medical devices for delivery or recognition of biologically relevant molecules. Drug delivery; bio (mimetic, inspired, and hybrid) materials; therapeutic and diagnostic biomedical devices; recognitive networks for sensing and drug delivery; functional intelligent polymeric films and networks; bionanotechnology.
  • Polymeric Materials and Dynamics
  • Therapeutic and Diagnostic Biomedical Devices
  • Biomimetic, Bioinspired, and Biohybrid Materials
  • Recognitive Networks and Sensors
  • Bionanotechnology
  • Drug Delivery
Past Affiliations

Daniel F. & Josephine Breeden Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University

Mary and John Sanders Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University

Research Fellow, University of Texas at Austin
2002 - 2003

Degrees
PhD, Purdue University, Chemical Engineering, 2003
MS, Purdue University, Chemical Engineering, 1997
BS, Carnegie Mellon University, Chemical Engineering/Biomedical Engineering, 1994
Keywords
biosensors chemical engineering mass transfer transport phenomena interfacial phenomena reaction engineering diagnostic monitoring systems biomedical engineering physiological controls and systems bioengineering biotechnology biopharmaceutics tissue engineering biomedical materials methods of drug delivery biological markers & sensor mechanisms peptides radiology & medical imaging biodegradation biological polymers molecular recognition biomimetics colloid & surface chemistry reaction kinetics polymer chemistry polymeric materials polymer science elastomers or coatings biophysics biological materials
Honors

2001, 1997 Estes H. and Vashti L. Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching, Schools of Engineering (Purdue University)

1999-2001 NSF IGERT Fellowship, National Science Foundation (Purdue University)

1998-1999 DOE Fellowship, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

2002 Chorafas Prize, D.N. Chorafas Foundation (Switzerland)

Associations
American Chemical Society
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Physical Society
Biomedical Engineering Society
Controlled Release Society
Materials Research Society
Sigma Xi