Design of Nanostructures for Theranostics Applications

Dr. Grumezescu is Assistant Professor at the Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, in the Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, with a second affiliation to the Faculty of Medical Engineering, at the Politehnica University of Bucharest in Romania. He is an experienced and oft-published researcher and editor in the field of nano and biomaterials, and he is the Editor-in-Chief of three journals: Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, Letters and Applied NanoBioScience, and Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Bulletin. He also serves as editor or guest editor for several notable journals. Dr. Grumezescu has published 150 peer-reviewed papers, 20 book chapters, 6 co-authored books and 11 edited books.

• 1. Multifunctional nanoparticles for successful targeted drug delivery and diagnostics across the blood-brain barrier2. Trastuzumab drug delivery systems for Magnetic Resonance detection3. A novel approach for drug targeting: core-shell type lipid-polymer hybrid nanocarriers4. Multifunctional core-shell polymeric and hybrid nanoparticles as anticancer nanomedicines5. Multifunctional Core Shell Nanostructures as Theranostics6. Prospects of precision therapy and imaging of glioblastoma in vivo using quantum dots7. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles as drug carrier for cancer therapy and bioimaging8. Current approaches in breast cancer targeting pharmaceuticals9. Novel multifunctional nano-carrier mediated co-delivery for targeting and treatment of prostate cancer10. Nanoparticles and their promising applications in therapeutics and diagnostics of various neurological disorders11. Conventional and current imaging techniques in cancer research and clinics12. Synthetic microbial ecology and nanotechnology for production of taxol and its precursors: a step towards sustainable production of cancer therapeutics13. Polymeric and lipid-based systems for controlled drug release: an engineering point of view14. Mercaptosuccinic Acid Capped CdTe/CdS/ZnS nanoparticles Core-Double Shell Quantum Dots: Structural Optical Imaging and Cytotoxic Assessment on Normal and Cancer Cells15. Quantum Dots in Pharmaceutical Sciences16. Liposomes and Micelles as Lipid Based Nanocarriers for Diagnostic and Imaging Purposes17/ Dendrimer-drug conjugates: synthesis, characterization and application in anticancer drug delivery