1st Edition
Biological and Pharmaceutical Applications of Nanomaterials
Stimuli-Responsive Nanostructured Silica Matrix Targeting Drug Delivery Applications. Gold Nanoparticles: A Novel and Promising Avenue for Drug Delivery. Liposomes as a Drug Delivery System. Nanocarriers for Breast Cancer Therapeutics. Nanoparticles as a Promise for Host Defense Peptide Therapeutics. Novel Nanostructured Bioactive Restorative Materials for Dental Applications. Redox-Triggered, Biocompatible, Inorganic Nanoplatforms for Cancer Theranostics. Surface Characteristics Dictate Microbial Adhesion Ability. Antimicrobial Polymers Based on Nanostructures: A New Generation of Materials with Medical Applications. Recent Advances in Nanodiagnostic Techniques for Infectious Agents. Chromogenic Biosensors for Pathogen Detection. Electrochemical Biosensors for Detecting DNA Damage and Genotoxicity. In Vivo Molecular Imaging with Quantum Dots: Toward Multimodality and Theranostics. Surface Modifications by Polymers for Biosensing Applications. Nanotoxicity: A Mechanistic Approach.
Biography
Polina Prokopovich received her B.Sc and M.Sc (each with first class honors) from St. Petersburg State University, Russia; and her Ph.D from Loughborough University, UK. Dr. Prokopovich is currently a lecturer at Cardiff University, UK. She is also an honorary visiting academic at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA; a visiting professor at Kazakh National Technical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan; and a visiting lecturer at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Dr. Prokopovich has given numerous invited talks at international meetings, published 72 refereed papers and 7 book chapters, and edited 1 book. In addition, she serves on a number of editorial boards, grant panels, and scientific international committees.
