2011 Alumni D - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering ...

Andre Palmer
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Th e Johns
Hopkins University, 1998. Bioengineering
& Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers
Refereed Papers
J. Elmer, P. Cabrales, N. Zhang, Q. Wang
and A. F. Palmer, “Synthesis and biophysical
properties of polymerized human
serum albumins,” Biotechnology Progress 27: 290-296 (2011)
J. Elmer, D. R. Harris and A. F. Palmer, “Purifi cation of hemoglobin
from red blood cells using tangential fl ow fi ltration
and immobilized metal ion affi nity chromatography,” Journal
of Chromatography, B 879: 131-138 (2011)
N. Zhang, Y. Jia, G. Chen, P. Cabrales and A. F. Palmer, “Biophysical
properties and oxygenation potential of high molecular
weight polymerized human hemoglobins maintained in
the tense and relaxed quaternary states,” Tissue Engineering, A
17: 927-940 (2011)
N. Zhang and A. F. Palmer, “Development of a dichloroacetic
acid-hemoglobin conjugate as a potential targeted anti-cancer
therapeutic,” Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 108: 1413-
1420 (2011)
V. S. Bhatt, S. Saldivar-Lopez, D. R. Harris, C. G. Couto and
A. F. Palmer, “Structure of Greyhound hemoglobin: origin
of high oxygen affi nity,” Acta Crystallographica, Section D 67:
395-402 (2011)
S. Rameez and A. F. Palmer, “A simple method for preparing
poly(ethylene glycol) surface conjugated liposome encapsulated
hemoglobins: physico-chemical properties, long-term
storage stability, and their reactions with O 2, CO and NO,”
Langmuir, 27: 8829-8840 (2011)
N. Cantu-Medellin, D. A. Vitturi, C. Rodriguez, S. Murphy,
S. Dorman, S. Shiva, Y. Zhou, Y. Jia, A. F. Palmer, R. P. Patel,
“Eff ects of T- and R-state stabilization on deoxyhemoglobinnitrite
reactions and stimulation of nitric oxide signaling,”
Nitric Oxide Journal, 25: 59-69 (2011)
Current Projects and Grants
$1,875,000 Andre Palmer (PI) 2006-2012
Mechanically stable blood substitutes Agency: National Institutes
of Health Grant: R01HL078840
$265,416 Andre Palmer (PI) 2009-2011
(ARRA) Mechanically stable blood substitutes, Agency: National
Institutes of Health Grant: R01HL078840
$530,548 Andre Palmer (PI), (PI, John Lannutti (Co-
PI), Dave Farson (Co-PI) and Mariano Viapiano (Co-PI))
2010-2013 Title: Nanofi ber-based sensors for oxygen determination
in model glioblastomas Agency: National Science
Foundation; Grant: CBET-1033991
Michael Paulaitis
Professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar,
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1976. Molecular
Th ermodynamics, Role of Hydration
in Biological Organization, Self-Assembly
and Molecular Recognition, Multi-scale
Modeling of Biological Interactions.
Refereed Papers
Hamsa Priya, M., L. R. Pratt and M. E. Paulaitis, “Eff ect of
PEG End-Group Hydrophobicity on Lysozyme Interactions
in Solution Characterized by Light Scattering,” Langmuir,
27:13713 (2011).
Hamsa Priya, M., H. S. Ashbaugh and M. E. Paulaitis, “Co-
Solvent Preferential Molecular Interactions in Aqueous Solutions,”
J. Phys. Chem., B 115:13633 (2011).
Current Projects and Grants
$100,000 2011 - 2012
Characterization & Synthesis of Mimetic Cell-Secreted Exosomes
for Cell Signaling; MRSEC Proto-IRG Seed Grant
$263,754 2010 - 2012
Exosome miRNA in Th yroid Cancer Progression.
NIH DCB Acitivities to Promote Research Collaborations
$49,394 2011-2012
CANPBD II: MicroRNA expression profi ling for tumor-cell
secreted microvesicles. National Science Foundation
$23,360 2009-2011
Cell Trap, NIH ARRA
James Rathman
Professor, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma,
1987. Chemical informatics, interfacial
phenomena, molecular self-assembly
Awards and Honors
College of Engineering Charles E. MacQuigg Outstanding
Teaching Award (2011)
Current Projects and Grants
$12,500 James Rathman 10/2010-2/2011
Cell Membrane Interactions with Small Molecules, L’Oreal
Foundation
$522,000 Prabir Dutta (PI), James Rathman, James
Waldman, (Co-PIs) 4/2011-4/2014
Impact of the Physiochemical Properties of Engineered
Nanomaterials on Th eir Cellular Uptake and Potential
Toxicity in the Gastrointestinal Tract Environment, National
Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
$148,000 James Rathman 4/2011-12/2013
Development and Implementation of Chemoinformatics and
Statistical Methods for Assessing Chemical Toxicity Evidence
From Multiple Sources, Altamira, LLC
David Tomasko
Professor, Ph.D., Univ. of Illinois Urbana-
Champaign, 1992. Molecular Th ermodynamics,
Supercritical Fluid Processing,
Polymer Processing, Engineering
Education
Refereed Papers
Guo, Z., Burley, A., Kusaka, I., Lee, L.J.,
Koelling, K.W., Tomasko, D.L., “CO 2 Bubble Nucleation in
Polystyrene: Experimental and Modeling Studies,” J. Appl.
Pol. Sci., available online 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/
app.36422.
Talreja, M., Kusaka, I., Tomasko, D.L., “Analyzing Surface
Tension in Higher Alkanes and their CO 2 Mixtures,”
Fluid Phase Equilibria, available online 2011, http://dx.doi.
org/10.1016/j.fl uid.2011.12.019.
Argemí, A., Ellis, J.L., Saurina, J., Tomasko, D.L., “Development
of a polymeric patch impregnated with naproxen as a
model of transdermal sustained release system,” J. Pharm.
Sci., 2011 100(3), 992-1000.
Current Projects and Grants
$2,500,000 Tomasko, David (PI) 2008-2013
Ohio’s Sustainable Science and Engineering Talent Expansion
Program(OSTEP) – Bridges to Success National Science
Foundation; Co-PIs: S. Olesik, J. Ridgway, L. Mayer
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