Marinella Sandros's Biography

Marinella Sandros, Assistant Professor of Nanoscience, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Dr. Marinella Sandros currently holds an assistant professor position in the department of Nanoscience at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro since August 2010. Her doctoral training was in bioinorganic chemistry from Wayne State University followed by her postdoctoral fellowship in biomedical engineering at McGill University. Dr. Sandros has extensive expertise in synthesizing and characterizing various types of nanomaterials (i.e. quantum dots, gold and upconverting nanoparticles) to enhance their biointerfacing properties using different methods of coatings for biological applications. Furthermore, she has over 12 yrs experience in developing novel fluorescent, Raman and Surface Plasmon Resonance imaging (SPRi)-based biosensors through the integration of nanomaterials with biological interfaces. Currently, her group focuses on developing ultrasensitive SPRi based platform to detect diagnostic biomarkers present in serum. Finally, Dr. Sandros has authored numerous high impact journals demonstrating her stong expertise in developing, characterizing and applying nanomaterials.