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CNTC Trainees and Faculty Mentors, Fall 2012

Front – CNTC Trainees: Christin Hollis, Samantha Meenach, Roby Wydra, Matt Dickerson, Mo Dan (not pictured Kyle Fugit) CNTC Faculty Mentors: Edith Glazer, Heidi Mansour, John Villano, Kim Anderson, Mark Evers, Younsoo Bae, Zach Hilt, Robert Yokel, Brad Anderson (not pictured Susanne Arnold, Tom Dziubla, Peter Hardy, Ronald McGarry, Jeffrey Moscow, Thomas Pittman)

Front – CNTC Trainees: Christin Hollis, Samantha Meenach, Roby Wydra, Matt Dickerson, Mo Dan (not pictured Kyle Fugit)
CNTC Faculty Mentors: Edith Glazer, Heidi Mansour, John Villano, Kim Anderson, Mark Evers, Younsoo Bae, Zach Hilt, Robert Yokel, Brad Anderson (not pictured Susanne Arnold, Tom Dziubla, Peter Hardy, Ronald McGarry, Jeffrey Moscow, Thomas Pittman)

Presentations by CNTC Trainees
Publications by CNTC Trainees
CNTC Journal Club Fall 2012

 
Mo Dan
Ph.D. candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Advisors: Robert Yokel, Thomas Pittman

Functionalized magnetic nanoparticles loaded with anti-cancer drugs for glioma therapy by hyperthermia and targeting chemotherapy

Reports

Publications and Presentations

Trainee since July 2011
Matt Dickerson
Postdoctoral Scholar in Chemistry
Research Advisers: Younsoo Bae & Edith Glazer
Clinical Adviser: Susanne Arnold

Targeted Delivery of Photoactive Ruthenium Chemotherapeutics using Cross-linked Nanoassemblies

Reports

Publications and Presentations

Trainee since February 2012
 

Jenn Fischer
Ph. D. candidate in Chemical Engineering

Advisors:
Dr. Kimberly W. Anderson, Chemical Engineering
Dr. Chris Richards, Chemistry
Dr. Kathleen O’Connor, Markey Cancer Center
Dr. Mark Evers, Markey Cancer Center

Development of a Novel Semi-Throughput Small Molecule Screening Tool for Drug Discovery and Identification of Inhibitors in the Metastatic Cascade

Reports

Trainee since January 2013
 
Kyle Fugit
Ph.D. candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Advisors: Brad Anderson, Thomas Pittman, Zachary Hilt

Convection Enhanced Delivery of a Multifunctional Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery Platform for the Treatment of Brain Tumors

Reports

Trainee since July 2011
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Amar Jyoti

Postdoctoral Scholar in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Advisors: Brad Anderson, Meenakshi Upreti, Ronald McGarry

Trainee since January 2013

Radiosensitizing chemotherapy by camptothecin-encapsulated nanoparticles and its role in inhibition of tumor angiogenesis

Reports
 
Samantha Meenach
Postdoctoral Scholar in Chemical Engineering
Advisors: Kimberly Anderson, J. Zachary Hilt, Ronald McGarry, Heidi Mansour

Applications of magnetically-mediated hyperthermia for the treatment of lung cancer

Reports

Publications and Presentations

Trainee since August 2011
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Nathanael Stocke

Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical and Materials Engineering
Research Advisors:  J. Zachary Hilt, Heidi Mansour
Clinical Advisor: Susanne Arnold

Trainee since January 2013

Magnetic Nanocomposites Microparticles (MnMs) for Lung Cancer Treatment via Targeted Pulmonary Delivery

Reports
 

Rob Wydra
Ph. D. candidate in Chemical and Materials Engineering
Research Advisers: J. Zach Hilt and Kimberly W. Anderson
Clinical Adviser: B. Mark Evers

EpCAM Targeted Magnetic Nanoparticles for the Intracellular Hyperthermia Treatment of Metastatic GI Cancer

Reports

Research Area: GI Tumor and Metastases Therapy

Trainee since July 2012