Alfred G. and Meta A. Ennis Professor
Bioengineering (BE)
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE)
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Honors and Awards: Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research - 2004, AIMBE Fellow - 1997, Presidential Young Investigator Award - 1982
Research Expertise: Cellular Engineering | Bioengineered Therapeutics | Devices and Drug Delivery | Cell Mechanics
Dan applies his research in nanometric soft matter to his studies in biology. Working with colleagues, he has forged polymersomes, membranes made of block copolymers, which are soft, vesicle-like nanoparticles for drug delivery and imaging. Dan has also developed a simulation method of adhesion of receptor-coated nanoparticles to surfaces. The method, Brownian Adhesive Dynamics, once applied to viral binding to cell surfaces, is now being used to understand selectivity and targeting in biological applications of nanoparticles.
Member of:
Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM)
Institute for Medicine and Engineering (IME)
Penn Genome Frontiers Institute (PGFI)
Education:
PhD Chemical Engineering 1987 - University of Pennsylvania
MSE Chemical Engineering 1985 - University of Pennsylvania
BSE Chemical Engineering 1982 - Princeton University