Professor Warren Chan is the Dean of the College of Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. Prior to that, he was a full professor at the
Institute of Biomedical Engineering and
at the
University of Toronto
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. He received his B.S. and PhD degree, and post-doctoral training from the
University of Illinois
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,
Indiana University
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, and
University of California, San Diego
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.
His research lab is focused on the development of
nanoparticle
A nanoparticle or ultrafine particle is a particle of matter 1 to 100 nanometres (nm) in diameter. The term is sometimes used for larger particles, up to 500 nm, or fibers and tubes that are less than 100 nm in only two directions. At ...
s for diagnosing and treating cancer and infectious diseases.
Some of the contributions he has made to science and engineering has been (a) the development of quantum dots for biomedical applications,
(b) the size and shape dependent cellular interactions of nanoparticles in vitro and in vivo, (c) the identification of the
protein corona
A protein corona is a dynamic coating of biomolecules, usually proteins, around the surface of a nanoparticle that forms spontaneously in colloidal nanomaterials upon exposure to biological mediums. Protein coronas can form in many different patte ...
on nanoparticle and its effect on cancer targeting,
and (d) the development of a smartphone-based point of care device for diagnosing infected patients. For his research, he has won many Canadian and International Awards (e.g.,
NSERC
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E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship (Canada), International Dennis Gabor Award (Hungary), Rank Prize Fund (UK), and BF Goodrich Young Inventors Award (USA)).
He is currently an Associate Editor of ''
ACS Nano
''ACS Nano'' is a monthly, peer-reviewed, scientific journal, first published in August 2007 by the American Chemical Society with the current impact factor 15.8. The current editor in chief is Xiaodong Chen (Nanyang Technological University). The ...
''.
References
External links
Integrated Nanotechnology & Biomedical Sciences Laboratory
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni
Indiana University Bloomington alumni
Academic staff of the University of Toronto
University of California, San Diego alumni
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