Lab Members
Dmitry Nevozhay, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Sangheon Han
Postdoctoral Fellow
Sangheon Han completed his Ph.D. in Bioengineering at Rice University in 2020. He is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Imaging Physics. He is currently working on photoacoustic imaging with antibody-conjugated nanoparticles for various cancer diagnoses and monitoring.
Aaron Schwartz-Duval, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Aaron Schwartz-Duval is a T32 Cancer Nanotechnology Postdoctoral Fellow in the Imaging Physics Department at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
I joined the BOND Lab in January 2019 immediately after finishing my Ph.D. in Bioengineering at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. My research interests focus on nanoparticle diagnostics and therapeutics.
Pavel Tsitovich
Sr. Research Scientist
Ananthakrishnan Soundaram Jeevarathinam
Research Scientist
BOND Lab Alumni - Graduate Students
Avinash Murthy, co-supervisor, Ph.D. 08/2013
Thesis: “Surface Design and Controlled Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles into Biodegradable Nanoclusters for Biomedical Imaging Applications”. After graduation: Chemist at Roche.
Justina Tam, Ph.D. 11/2012
Thesis: “Interactions of Composite Gold Nanoparticles with Cells and Tissue: Implications in Clinical Translation for Cancer Imaging and Therapy”. After graduation: Justina has received a prestigious two year FDA Commissioner’s Fellowship to carry out post-doctoral research at MIT.
Tim Larson, Ph.D. 07/2012
Thesis: “Nanocomposite particles as theranostic agents for cancer”.After graduation: Tim has been accepted to a highly competitive 3 year post-doctoral Stanford Molecular Imaging Scholars (SMIS) program at Stanford.
Kort Travis, Ph.D. 11/2010
Thesis:” Optical Scattering from Nanoparticle Aggregates”. After graduation: Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin.
Chih-Wen Kan, co-supervisor, Ph.D. 08/2010
After graduation: Programmer Analyst at Genentech.
Nathan Harrison, Ph.D. 11/2009
Thesis: “Nanoscale characterization of interactions between molecular specific plasmonic nanoparticles and living cells and its implications for optical imaging of protein-protein interactions”. After graduation: Optical engineer, Panasonic.
Sonia Kumar, Ph.D., 4/2007
Thesis: “Plasmonic nanoparticles for imaging intracellular biomarkers.”After graduation: Chemist at T2 Biosystems.
Jesse Aaron, Ph.D., 4/2007
Thesis: “Plasmon Resonance Coupling as a Tool for Detecting Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Expression in Cancer”. After graduation: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Sandia National Laboratories.
Linda Nieman, Ph.D., 8/2004
Thesis: “Early detection of curable precancerous lesions in the oral cavity using polarized reflectance spectroscopy”. After graduation: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Sandia National Laboratories.
BOND Lab Alumni - Postdoctoral Fellows
Avinash Murthy, co-supervisor, Ph.D. 08/2013
Thesis: “Surface Design and Controlled Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles into Biodegradable Nanoclusters for Biomedical Imaging Applications”. After graduation: Chemist at Roche.
Justina Tam, Ph.D. 11/2012
Thesis: “Interactions of Composite Gold Nanoparticles with Cells and Tissue: Implications in Clinical Translation for Cancer Imaging and Therapy”. After graduation: Justina has received a prestigious two year FDA Commissioner’s Fellowship to carry out post-doctoral research at MIT.
Tim Larson, Ph.D. 07/2012
Thesis: “Nanocomposite particles as theranostic agents for cancer”.After graduation: Tim has been accepted to a highly competitive 3 year post-doctoral Stanford Molecular Imaging Scholars (SMIS) program at Stanford.
Kort Travis, Ph.D. 11/2010
Thesis:” Optical Scattering from Nanoparticle Aggregates”. After graduation: Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin.
Chih-Wen Kan, co-supervisor, Ph.D. 08/2010
After graduation: Programmer Analyst at Genentech.
Nathan Harrison, Ph.D. 11/2009
Thesis: “Nanoscale characterization of interactions between molecular specific plasmonic nanoparticles and living cells and its implications for optical imaging of protein-protein interactions”. After graduation: Optical engineer, Panasonic.
Sonia Kumar, Ph.D., 4/2007
Thesis: “Plasmonic nanoparticles for imaging intracellular biomarkers.”After graduation: Chemist at T2 Biosystems.
Jesse Aaron, Ph.D., 4/2007
Thesis: “Plasmon Resonance Coupling as a Tool for Detecting Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Expression in Cancer”. After graduation: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Sandia National Laboratories.
Linda Nieman, Ph.D., 8/2004
Thesis: “Early detection of curable precancerous lesions in the oral cavity using polarized reflectance spectroscopy”. After graduation: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Sandia National Laboratories.
Research Staff Alumni
Chang Soo Kim, Ph.D. 12/2019
Scientific Project Manager, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research.
Ashok Pehere, Ph.D. 03/2019
Sr. Manager, Chemical Development, CMC at BioCryst Pharmaceuticals.