Research Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota
My name is Dr. Dhiraj Kumar, working as a Research Assistant Professor at School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota. I have a Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering with a specialization in Nanomedicine and degrees in Chemistry and Nanobiotechnology. I am interested in developing surface-engineered nanoparticle (NPs) formulations and NPs-polymer composite-based biomaterials for biomedical applications. The current focus is on inorganic-organic nanoparticulates as nanotherapeutic and diagnostic agents for cancer targeting, drug-molecular delivery and alter cell response for therapeutic application in medicine and dentistry, NPs-polymer composites, biodegradation models, cytocompatibility assessment, and microbiology-cell biology.