Antimicrobial Nanomaterials for Treatment of Multi-Drug Resistant Infections
Date: Friday, October 23, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM IST | 8:30 AM EDT
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Topic: Antimicrobial Nanomaterials for Treatment of Multi-Drug Resistant Infections
Date: Friday, October 23, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM IST | 8:30 AM EDT
Speaker: Prof. Vincent Rotello
Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, United States
Biography: Professor Vincent Rotello is the Charles A. Goessmann Professor of Chemistry and a University Distinguished Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry from the Illinois Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. from Yale University, followed by an NSF postdoctoral fellowship at MIT. Dr. Rotello's research uses synthetic organic chemistry to bridge the synthetic and biological worlds, spanning nanotechnology, bionanotechnology, bioconjugation, nanomedicine, and point-of-care diagnostics, with over 700 peer-reviewed publications to his name. His numerous honors include the NSF CAREER Award, the Sloan Fellowship, the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (2023), and recognition as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher for multiple years. He is a Fellow of the AAAS, the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering.