Graduate Students

	Cameron Bardliving MS/PhD Graduate Student Education BS, 2007 - University of Maryland, Baltimore County Special Committee Chair: Carl Batt Contact Information 311 Stocking Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 E-mail: clb267@cornell.edu
	Matthew Kennedy PhD Graduate Student Education BS, 2004 - UCLA Special Committee Chair: Carl Batt Contact Information 311 Stocking Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 E-mail: matthewjohnkennedy@gmail.com
	Dickson Kirui MS/PhD Graduate Student Education BS, 2005 - Millersville University, Chemistry Special Committee Chair:Carl Batt Contact Information 311 Stocking Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 E-mail: dk322@cornell.edu
	Adam Lowe PhD Graduate Student Education BS, 2006 - Salisbury University, Maryland Contact Information 311 Stocking Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 E-mail: ajl248@cornell.edu
	Stephanie Parker MS/PhD Graduate Student Education BS, 2007 University of Southern California Special Committee Chair: Carl Batt Contact Information 311 Stocking Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 E-mail: sp388@cornell.edu
	Kalavathy Rajan MS Graduate Student Contact Information 311 Stocking Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 255-0114 E-mail: 2kalavathy@gmail.com
	Diego A. Rey MS/PhD Graduate Student Nanoparticles such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), quantum dots (QDs), and magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) exhibit diverse properties many of which are interesting for biological applications. CNTs are nanometer-scale cylindrical graphitic structures with extraordinary physical properties as determined by their structure. QDs are semiconductor nanocrytals with unique spectroscopic properties that make them robust and versatile fluorescent probes. Magnetic nanoparticles exhibit superparamagnetism. CNTs, QDs and MNPs are amenable to various chemical functionalization strategies that allow for their use in a wide variety of applications ranging from electronics to structural composites to diagnostics and therapeutics. In particular, the exploitation of their diverse properties and small dimensions through biologically-inspired functionalization techniques has enabled a broad range of biomedical applications through interactions at the molecular and cellular level. I am currently designing novel strategies for biofunctionalization of CNTs, QDs, and MNPs and exploring their potential as cancer imaging agents and therapeutics in vitro and in vivo. Education BS, 2004 - University of California, Santa Barbara, Electrical Engineering MS, 2008 - Cornell University, Biomedical Engineering Contact Information 318 Stocking Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 255-0114 E-mail: dr225@cornell.edu
	Armanda Roco PhD Graduate Student Education BS, 2009 - University of Virginia (Biology) Special Committee Chair: Carl Batt Contact Information 311 Stocking Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 E-mail: car94@cornell.edu