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Professor and Department Chair
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Hana M. Dobrovolny, Mathematical Modeling of Cell-Cell Fusion Assays to Characterize Virus-Mediated Cell
Fusion , Advances in Experimental Measurement , 2026 .
Hope Sage and Hana M. Dobrovolny, Exploring the effect of density dependent infection rate in a within host viral infection
model , Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering , 2026 .
Aubrey Chiarelli, Hana M. Dobrovolny, A mathematical model for temperature effects on virus-mediated cell fusion , Journal of Theoretical Biology , 2026 .
Shriya Makam and Hana M. Dobrovolny, Mathematical Modeling of the Role of Cytokines in Sindbis Virus Treatment of Glioblastoma , CPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology , 2026 .
Sahaj Satani, Arjan Suri, and Hana M. Dobrovolny, Mathematical Modeling of Oncolytic Vaccinia Virus Therapy Highlights Neutrophil Impact
on Tumor Suppression , Journal of the Roayl Society interface , 2025 .
Professor and Director of Graduate Programs
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Jonah M. Otto, Peter M. Frinchaboy, Natalie R. Myers, James W. Johnson, John Donor,
Ahabar Hossain, Szabolcs Mészáros, Hailey Wallace, Katia Cunha, Binod Bhattarai, Amaya
Sinha, Gail Zasowski, Sarah R. Loebman, Alessa I. Wiggins, Adrian M. Price-Whelan,
Taylor Spoo, Diogo Souto, Dmitry Bizyaev, Kaike Pan, Andrew K. Saydjari, and Ying-Yi
Song, The Open Cluster Chemical Abundances and Mapping Survey. VIII. Galactic Chemical Gradient
and Azimuthal Analysis from SDSS/MWM DR19 , The Astronomical Journal , 2026 .
Alessa I. Wiggins, Jamie R. Quinn, Micah Oeur, Sarah R. Loebman, Peter M. Frinchaboy,
Kathryne J. Daniel, Fiona McCluskey, Jonah M. Otto, Hannah R. Woodward, Elena D’Onghia,
Andrew Wetzel, Hanna Parul, Binod Bhattarai, and Maximilian Cozzi, Understanding the Origin and Dynamical Evolution of the Unique Open Star Cluster Berkeley
20 Using FIRE Simulations , The Astrophysical Journal Letters , 2025 .
Amaya Sinha, Gail Zasowski, Peter Frinchaboy, Katia Cunha, Diogo Souto, Jamie Tayar,
and Keivan Stassun , A Comprehensive Study of Open Cluster Chemical Homogeneity Using APOGEE and Milky
Way Mapper Abundances , The Astrophysical Journal , 2024 .
J. V. Sales-Silva, K. Cunha, V. V. Smith, S. Daflon, D. Souto, R. Guerço, A. Queiroz,
C. Chiappini, C. R. Hayes, T. Masseron, Sten Hasselquist, D. Horta, N. Prantzos, M.
Zoccali, C. Allende Prieto, B. Barbuy, R. Beaton, D. Bizyaev, J. G. Fernández-Trincado,
P. M. Frinchaboy, J. A. Holtzman, J. A. Johnson, Henrik Jönsson, S. R. Majewski, D.
Minniti, D. L. Nidever, R. P. Schiavon, M. Schultheis, J. Sobeck, G. S. Stringfellow,
and G. Zasowski, A Perspective on the Milky Way Bulge Bar as Seen from the Neutron-capture Elements
Cerium and Neodymium with APOGEE , The Astrophysical Journal , 2024 .
Schiavon, Ricardo P.; Phillips, Siân G.; Myers, Natalie; Horta, Danny; Minniti, Dante;
Allende Prieto, Carlos; Anguiano, Borja; Beaton, Rachael L.; Beers, Timothy C.; Brownstein,
Joel R.; Cohen, Roger E.; Fernández-Trincado, José G.; Frinchaboy, Peter M.; Jönsson,
Henrik; Kisku, Shobhit; Lane, Richard R.; Majewski, Steven R.; Mason, Andrew C.; Mészáros,
Szabolcs; Stringfellow, Guy S, The APOGEE value-added catalogue of Galactic globular cluster stars , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 2024 .
W.A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr. Chair of Physics
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Zygmunt Gryczynski, Agnieszka Jablonska, Bong Lee, Bo W. Laursen, Thomas Just Sørensen,
Danh Pham, Rajveer Sagoo, Trang Thien Pham and Ignacy Gryczynski, Room temperature luminescence of a triangulenium dye ADOTA in PVA films , Methods and Applications in Fluorescence , 2026 .
Maegyn A. Grubbs; Bong Lee; Leo Ojeda-Hernandez; Sergei V. Dzyuba; Zygmunt Gryczynski;
Jeffery L. Coffer, Exceptional fine structure in the photoluminescence excitation spectra of perovskites:
Evidence for Rashba splitting? , Applied Physics Letters , 2026 .
Jablonska, A.; Lee, B.; Petty, R.M.; Pham, D.; Sagoo, R.; Pham, T.T.; Gryczynski,
Z.; Gryczynski, I., Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of Quinine Sulfate in PVA Films: The Effect of Humidity , Optics , 2026 .
Daniel D. Ta, Bong Lee, Agnieszka Jablonska, William L. Burnett, Rajveer Sagoo, Danh
Pham, Luca Ceresa, Jose L. Chavez, Joseph D. Kimball, Cynthia B. Powell, Jeffery L.
Coffer, Kayla N. Green, Ignacy Gryczynski, Zygmunt Gryczynski, Benjamin G. Janesko,
Sergei V. Dzyuba, Symmetric Bis-Kryptopyrrol-2-Yl Squaraine as a Viscosity Probe and Dual-State Emitter , ChemPhotoChem , 2025 .
Petty, R.M.; Ceresa, L.; Alexander, E.; Pham, D.; Sabnis, N.; Fudala, R.; Lacko, A.G.;
Krishnamoorthy, R.R.; Gryczynski, Z.; Gryczynski, I., Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer for Drug Loading Assessment in Reconstituted
High-Density Lipoprotein Nanoparticles , Int. J. Mol. Sci. , 2025 .
Associate Professor
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Alina Valimukhametova, Natalia Castro-Lopez, Pramita Sharma, Kseniia Malkova, Ali
Gasiml, iUgur Can Topkiran, Himish Paul, Diya Vashani, Olga Zub, Floyd L. Wormley
Jr., Anton V. Naumov, Evaluating NIR-II-Emissive Graphene Quantum Dot Biodistribution, Toxicity, and Clearance
for In Vivo Fluorescence Imaging , ACS Applied Nano Materials , 2026 .
Pramita Sharma, Alina Valimukhametova, Natalia Castro-Lopez, Logun Presley K. Gunderson,
Diya Vashani, Michael J. Chumley, Floyd L. Wormley Jr, Anton V. Naumov, Multiplex In Vivo Imaging of Biodistribution and Pharmacokinetics of CoMoCAT Single-Walled
Carbon Nanotubes , ACS Applied Bio Materials , 2026 .
Alina Valimukhametova, Olga Zub, Natalia Castro-Lopez, Diya Vashani, Himish Paul,
Ugur Can Topkiran, Ali Gasimli, Kseniia Malkova, Floyd L. Wormley Jr, .Anton V. Naumov, Combination Diagnostics In Vivo: Dual-Mode Ultrasound/NIR Fluorescence Imaging with
Neodymium- and Thulium-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots , ACS Applied Bio Materials , 2025 .
Ugur C. Topkiran, Alina R. Valimukhametova, Diya Vashani, Himish Paul, Abby Dorsky,
Olivia Sottile, Dustin A. Johnson, William Burnett, Jeffery L. Coffer, Giridhar R.
Akkaraju, Anton V. Naumov, Holistic Investigation of Graphene Quantum Dot Endocytosis , Small , 2025 .
Alina Valimukhametova, Olivia Fannon, Ugur C. Topkiran, Abby Dorsky, Olivia Sottile,
Roberto Gonzalez Rodriguez, J L Coffer and Anton Naumov, Five near-infrared-emissive graphene quantum dots for multiplex bioimaging , 2D Materials , 2024 .
Associate Professor
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D A Johnson, P Ahluwalia, J H Brannon, P Jodhka, V Wayman, Z Rabine, Y M Strzhemechny, Influence of morphology and surface properties on the antibacterial action of GaOOH
microparticles , Biointerphases , 2025 .
Alexander J Caron, Iman J Ali, Michael J Delgado, Dustin Johnson, John M Reeks, Yuri
M Strzhemechny, Shauna M McGillivray, Zinc oxide nanoparticles mediate bacterial toxicity in Mueller-Hinton Broth via Zn2 , Frontiers in Microbiology , 2024 .
Dustin Johnson, , John M. Reeks, Alexander Caron, Iakovos Tzoka, Iman Ali, Shauna
M. McGillivray and Yuri M. Strzhemechny, Influence of Surface Properties and Microbial Growth Media on Antibacterial Action
of ZnO , Coatings , 2022 .
David Elam, Eduardo Ortega, Anastasiia Nemashkalo, Yuri Strzhemechny, Arturo Ayon,
Arturo Ponce, and Andrey A. Chabanov, Low-defect-density ZnO homoepitaxial films grown by low-temperature ALD , Applied Physics Letters , 2021 .
John M. Reeks, Iman Ali, William J. Moss, Eric Davis, Shauna M. McGillivray, and Yuri
M. Strzhemechny, Microscale ZnO with controllable crystal morphology as a platform to study antibacterial
action on Staphylococcus aureus , Biointerphases , 2021 .