Pilot Projects
Year 1 - 2010-2011
Pilot Project 1
A Rapid Prototyping Platform for Next Generation SERS Particles

Mark Brongersma, PhD
Pilot Project 2
Development and initial feasibility studies
of a novel activatable theragnostic superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle

Heike Daldrup-Link, MD
Year 2 - 2011-2012
Pilot Project 1
Computer Simulation of Targeted Nanoparticles Adhesion to Tumor Vascular Endothelium

Eric Shaqfeh, PhD
Pilot Project 2
Novel Luminescent Nanoparticles for Circulating Tumor Cell Detection and Harvesting

James R. Swartz, DSc
Year 3 - 2012-2013
Pilot Project 1
Nanocavity Probes Inside Single Living Cells for Intracellular Optical Sensing

Jelena Vuckovic, PhD
Pilot Project 2
Lipid-functionalized Nanopillar Surfaces for Caputre and In Situ Culture of Circulating Tumor Cells

Bianxiao Cui, PhD