Nanobio Interfaces Staff

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Tijana Rajh, Group Leader
Bldg 440 - Room A125, Phone: 630.252.5334, Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: rajh@anl.gov

• Ph.D., University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
• Research is focused on surface modification of nanocrystalline TiO2 nanoparticles for light-induced metal sequestration, deposition of metallic nanocircuits, and integration with biomolecules

Nancy Dietz-Rago, Materials Scientist
Bldg 205 - Room R125, Phone: 630.252.9798, Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: dietz@anl.gov

Nada M. Dimitrijevic, Physical Chemist
Bldg 200 - Room E101, Phone: 630-252-3590, Fax: 630-252-9289, E-mail: dimitrijevic@anl.gov

• PhD, University of Belgrade
• Synthesis and characterization of nanoscale inorganic materials and bioinorganic hybrids and assembly in organized structures.
• Study of semiconductor assisted photocatalysis, solar fuel production and solar energy conversion, and light induced charge transfer across bioinorganic surfaces.
• Expertise in in situ electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic characterization of charge separation and transfer processes in inorganic and bioinorganic materials.

Sarah Hurst, Director's Postdoc (Supervisor, Tijana Rajh)
Bldg. 440 - Room A122, Phone: 630.252.1472, Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: shurst@anl.gov

Galyna Krylova, Postdoc (Supervisor, Elena Shevchenko)
Bldg. 440 - Room A132B, Phone: 630.252.4874 , Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: galyna-krylova@anl.gov

Paul Podsiadlo, Argonne Scholar (Supervisor, Elena Shevchenko)
Bldg 440 - Room A132C, Phone: 630.252.5390, Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: ppodsiadlo@anl.gov

Elena Rozhkova, Assistant Scientist
Bldg 440 - Room A127, Phone: 630.252.2863, Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: rozhkova@anl.gov

• Ph.D., Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology,  Russia
• Research interests are at the interface of bio(in)organic chemistry and materials and life sciences. In particular, current projects include:
  • Functional nanobio materials design and interfacial chemistry;
  • Synchrotron X-ray visualization of cellular bioenergetic processes;
  • Molecular signal transduction and cell actuation with nanoscale materials;
  • Bio-inspired catalysis and photocatalysis;
  • Metals in complex biological systems

Elena Shevchenko, Scientist
Bldg 440 - Room A126, Phone:630.252.7633 , Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail:eshevchenko@anl.gov

• Ph.D., University of Hamburg, Germany
• Research interests include synthesis of nanoscale materials (magnetic, semiconductor, metallic oxide nanoparticles) with controllable size and shape; nanoparticle design (nanoscale multicomponent nanoparticles, such as core shells, dumbbells); and design of multifunctional materials through self-assembly of nanoparticles and study of the collective properties of such materials

Dmitri Talapin, Joint Appointment
University of Chicago, Phone: 773.834.2607, Fax: 773.702.5863, E-mail: dvtalapin@uchicago.edu

Katherine Becker, Senior Secretary
Bldg 440 - Room A131, Phone: 630.252.4958, Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: kmbecker@anl.gov