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Prof. Bartosz A. Grzybowski

grzybor@northwestern.edu

Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

2003 Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award 2006 NSF CAREER Award 2006 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award 2006 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences 2006 ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry Unilever Award 2007 Sloan Fellowship 2007 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

7/2001—7/2003	Director of Research, Concurrent Pharmaceuticals and Associate of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
8/2000—7/2001	Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University (with G.M. Whitesides)
9/1995—8/2000	PhD, Harvard University (Physical Chemistry, with G.M. Whitesides)
9/1991—6/1995	BS/MS, Yale University (Physical Chemistry, with P.H. Vaccaro)
		Summa cum Laude (1995) Honoris in Chimia (1995) Arthur Fleischer Award for Outstanding Performance in Chemistry (1995)
9/1990—6/1991	University of Gdansk, Poland
	President’s Award for Academic Excellence(1991) Governmental Award for Young Researchers (1988-1991)

 

 

 

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Post Doctoral Fellows

Anatoliy O. Pinchuk

Ph.D., Physics and Chemistry (1999)
Institute of Surface Chemistry
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

M.S., Physics (1995)
National Taras Shevchenko University, Kyiv, Ukraine

B.S. in Electrical Engineering (1988)
Kyiv Electric-Mechanical College, Kyiv, Ukraine

Main Research Areas:
Nanooptics, Photonics, Plasmonics, Colloidal Chemistry, Electrodynamics, Negative Refraction, Composite Materials

Research and Publications

Bartlomiej Kowalczyk
Warsaw (Poland)

Ph.D. (2005)

Main Research Areas:
Investigation of electrostatic interactions and self assembly of oppositely charged metallic nanoparticles.
Mixtures of NPs coated with oppositely charged SAMs precipitate sharply at the point of overall electroneutrality. This phenomenon allows for studying thermodynamics of surface reactions and determination of surface composition of mixed-SAM NPs by electrostatic titrations with “standard” NPs.
Moreover, such electroneutral mixtures of NPs can be assembled into diamond lattice crystals.

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Collaborating Professors

 

 

 

Prof. Alexander Z. Patashinski

Research Professor, Materials Research Center, Northwestern University (Current)

Professor of Budker Nuclear Physics Institute, Novosibirsk

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Ph.D.

Advising on numerous projects in the group ranging from electrostatics of nanoparticles to cell dynamics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yanhu Wei
Shanxi (P. R. China)

Brown University, Ph.D., Chemistry (2006)
Institute of Physical & Chemical Tech, The Chinese Academy of Science, M.S. (1998)
Beijing University of Chemical Technology, B.S. (1992)

Main Research Areas:
Nanoscience, Biophysics, Surface Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Organic Molecular Devices and Self Assembled Monolayers

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Konstantin V. Tretiakov

Institute of Molecular Physics Polish Academy of Science, Ph.D., Computational Physics (2000)

Main Research Areas:
Statistical physics and computer simulation of many body systems, with research focusing on non-equilibrium self-assembling systems, transport properties of soft-matter, elastic properties of solids in particular materials exhibiting negative Poisson's ratio.

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Myung-Geun, Song
Seoul (Korea)

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, Ph.D., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (2003)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, M.S. (1998)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, B.S. (1996)

Main Research Areas:
Nanoscience / Colloidal Self-Assembly.
My research is in nanostructured materials synthesized via self-assembly of charged, nanoscopic objects into larger, ordered architectures. Well-ordered supracrystals (colloidal crystals) composed of one or more types of metallic and/or semiconductor, metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) are of great interest for the development of new materials with potential applications in areas such as optoelectronics, high-density data storage, biological sensing and catalysis, etc.

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Kristiana Kandere-Grzybowska
Riga (Latvia)

Tufts University Medical School (Boston, MA), Ph.D. Biochemistry (2003)
The College of Saint Rose (Albany, NY), B.A. Biology/ Chemistry (1998)

Main Research Areas:
• intracellular/ cytoskeleton dynamics and cell motility in defined geometrical confines;
• regulation of focal adhesions by microtubule plus ends in breast cancer migration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Graduate Students

Hideyuki Nakanishi
Kyoto (Japan)

Kyoto Institute of Technology, Ph.D., Macromolecular Science and Engineering (2007)
Kyoto Institute of Technology, M.S., Polymer Science and Engineering (2004)
Kyoto Institute of Technology, B.S., Polymer Science and Engineering (2002)

Main Research Areas:
Polymer Science and Engineering
- Polymer Blends, Polymerization Reaction, Interpenetrating Polymer Networks (IPNs), Reaction-induced Phase Separation

Valentin Rodionov

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2007 (The Scripps Research Institute, with Prof. M.G. Finn)
M.Sc. in Chemistry, 2002 (University of Maryland, College Park, with Prof. J. Davis)

Main Research Areas:
Catalysis, Nanoscience, Physical Organic Chemistry
- I am interested in the surface chemistry of nanoparticles. In particular, I am fascinated with the way the properties of the particles and their assemblies depend on the structure of the molecules in the surface layer. Currently, I am developing photoswitchable nanoparticle-based catalysts.
- I enjoy painting, taking weird photographs of common household objects, and good tea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kyle Bishop
Charlotte, North Carolina

University of Virginia, BSChE (2003)

Main Research Areas:
Reaction-diffusion systems, complex networks and nanoscale self-assembly.
My research focuses on the development of model, experimental DySA systems (e.g., DySA via dynamic surface tension, magneto-hydrodynamic DySA, and DySA of photoswitchable nanoparticles), which are designed for use as test-beds for the development of new theories of DySA. The ultimate goal of this research is the development of universal principles governing the processes of dynamic self-assembly on length scales from molecular to macroscopic.

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Rafal Klajn

M.Sc. in Chemistry, Warsaw University (2004)

Main Research Areas:
Nanoscience, organic chemistry
In my research work, I attempt to guide self-assembly of nanosized objects using light. Metal nanoparticles decorated with photoresponsive groups are assembled into various suprastructures, including spherical assemblies of different sizes, as well as supercrystals. The latter can be either permanent or metastable, building themselves and disassembling depending on light stimulus (link). Of these structures, supraspheres have so far turned out to be most useful. Taking advantage of their plastic properties, I use them as building blocks for unusual macroscopic materials which combine mechanical properties of plasticine with electrical properties of a metal, and have been dubbed "metal wax" (link).

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Paul Wesson
Milwaukee, WI

University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S., Chemical Engineering, (2003)

Main Research Areas:
The major focus of my research is electrostatic self-assembly of electronic devices, where patterned microgradients in the electric field above a surface cause shaken components to migrate to specific locations on that surface. My other scientific interests include developing a method to determine protein-ligand binding constants without fluorescent signals, and determining the theoretical limit of discernable feature size in reaction-diffusion systems for continuous and periodic precipitation reactions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goher Mahmud
Minneapolis, MN

University of Minnesota, B.S., Chemical Engineering and
Minor in Chemistry (2005)

Main Research Areas:
I am interested in cell dynamics and bio-inspired dynamic self-assembly. My research involves work from the CCNE NIH grant on deconstructing directional cell motility in metastasis through nano-patterning.
I enjoy reading Renaissance history, speaking 5 languages, and watching C-SPAN2 BookTV. I hope to one day win a Nobel Prize, build a school in every country of the world, and own the Minnesota Twins.

Research and Publications (g-mahmud@northwestern.edu)

Siowling Soh
Singapore

National University of Singapore, B.S., chemical engineering (2001)

Main Research Areas:
I am interested primarily in dynamic self-assembly systems, the dynamic structure of cell cytoskeleton and cell motility and the modeling of reaction diffusion systems.

Sabil Huda

North Carolina State University, B.S., Chemical Engineering, (Cum Laude) May 2006

Main Research Areas:
Bio-nano colloidal interactions.
Nanoparticles, because of their small size, large surface area and ability to bind various ligands, have a variety of uses from micro-assays to anti-bacterial coatings and drug delivery. I am interested in studying these interactions between nanoparticles and biomolecules.

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Mario M. Apodaca
Garden Grove, CA

California State University, Dominguez Hills, B.S. Chemistry (2006)

Main Research Areas:
I am interested in bio-inspired materials and research at the inteface of biology, chemistry, and physics. Currently working on contact electrification.

(m-apodaca@northwestern.edu)

Chris Wilmer

University of Toronto, BASc in Engineering Science (Nanoengineering Option) (2007)

Main Research Areas:
I am interested in the theory of static and dynamic self-assembly. Of particular importance is the inverse problem of self-assembly and determining the class of such problems that are solvable. Such an accomplishment would allow one to choose, rather than discover, useful self-assembled structures and thus facilitate rapid acceleration of research and development in the field of nanotechnology. Other interests include: nanostructured materials, nanomotors and molecular machines.