OHIO chemical and biomolecular engineering faculty member receives national nanotechnology award
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has recognized , assistant professor of at 51社区, with the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum (NSEF) Young Investigator Award.
The award recognizes outstanding scholarship, commercialization, education or service in nanoscience and nanotechnology of professionals who are in the first 10 years of their careers. Nominated by Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Farnoud was honored for his work to determine the mechanisms of interaction between engineered nanomaterials and biological membranes.
鈥淒r. Farnoud鈥檚 group is exploring the use of engineered nanoparticles to screen for diseases which alter the composition of the membrane surrounding red blood cells,鈥 said Young. 鈥淭his work has led to a provisional patent for using nanomaterials to screen for certain blood cancers.鈥
Farnoud began researching nanoparticle-cell membrane interactions at 51社区 in 2015. His work uncovering how nanoparticles disrupt cell membranes is supported by a $428,000 award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and his work in developing novel screening assays for blood cancer was recently supported by a $135,000 EAGER grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Previously, Farnoud鈥檚 research group investigated the on the inner surface of the human lung.
鈥淭he previous award winners are researchers I鈥檝e looked up to for most of my independent research career, including investigators from high profile institutions such as MIT and Harvard,鈥 Farnoud said. 鈥淭o be placed alongside these researchers as a NSEF Young Investigator Award winner is truly an honor, and a sign that my research laboratory is going in the right direction.鈥
As part of the award, Farnoud has been invited to present a lecture for the NSEF Division Plenary Session during the AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando in November.