Dean Ho (professor)

Dean Ho is currently an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Full Member of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University, Illinois, United States, where he directs the Laboratory for Nanoscale Biotic-Abiotic Systems Engineering (N-BASE).

Research

Dr. Ho's research has covered emerging areas of bio-nano-technology and protein-functionalized materials. Dr. Ho and his colleagues were the first to develop nanodiamond materials for therapeutic delivery. In addition, Dr. Ho has been among the first to demonstrate the coupling of protein function with a polymer film to fabricate nano energy conversion systems. This work was published in a Cover Article in the peer-reviewed journal, Nanotechnology as well as a featured article in Nanotechnology. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers in the areas of nanomedicine, drug delivery, and nanomaterials.

Currently, Dr. Ho is investigating the fabrication of nanodiamond-based technologies for drug delivery, glucocorticoid-functionalized materials as anti-inflammatory coatings to enhance implant bio-compatibility, as well as localized and targeted chemotherapy using novel nanomaterial devices. Dr. Ho's extensive research achievements have garnered news coverage in Nature, CNN.com, UPI.com, MICRO/NANO , as well as BBC Radio. Dr. Ho is currently an Associate Editor of the Journal of Nanotechnology Law and Business and a member of Sigma Xi. He was recently honored by the New Faces of Engineering program and nominated by the IEEE.

ee also

* Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
* Northwestern University
* Dance Marathon at UCLA

References

* http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/10/19/nanodiamonds.drugs/index.html
* http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/nalefd/asap/abs/nl071521o.html
* http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/news/archive/newsarchive/2007/october/18319004
* http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-10/nu-nmt101207.php
* http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2007/10/15/study_nanodiamonds_deliver_chemo_drugs/6071/
* http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=5146
* http://www.apria.com/resources/1,2725,494-676572-1,00.html
* http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?isnumber=4058335&arnumber=4058648&count=1015&index=309
* http://www.eweek.org/site/Engineers/newfaces2007/IEEE.shtml
* http://www.nsti.org/news/breaking.html?id=231
* http://in.news.yahoo.com/071014/139/6lwzb.html
* http://www.bme.northwestern.edu/news/articles/NanoAwardDeanHo.php

External links

* [http://www.nbase.northwestern.edu Nanoscale Biotic-Abiotic Systems Engineering Laboratory (N-BASE)]
* [http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science]