About Me
NanoNeuroScientist
I am a postdoctoral associate at the University of Rochester working with Drs. Todd Krauss and Harris Gelbard at the intersection of nanoscience with neuroscience. My research interests are centered around the translation of tools and principles in the physical sciences for application in biomedical inquiries relevant to human health and function, particularly in the brain. The interdisciplinary nature of my interests was fostered by a multi-faceted training throughout my academic career that involved projects in materials engineering, biomedical electronics and optics, nanomaterials, biophysics, and neuroinflammation.
Currently, I am working on four projects that, in various ways, are extensions of different facets of my graduate work:
Currently, I am working on four projects that, in various ways, are extensions of different facets of my graduate work:
- Developing a quantum microscope for bioimaging using entangled photon pairs and quantum dot probes.
- Probing vulnerability of brains to neurodegenerative disorders in a rodent model for lung injury and long-COVID using quantum dot biomimetics of SARS-CoV-2
- Using a lung-to-brain microphysiological system to model neuroimmune crosstalk between the two organ systems with respect to respiratory viruses.
- Characterizing the molecular interactome of URMC-099, a small molecule selectively broad kinase inhibitor for use in attenuating neuroinflammatory diseases.