BC Nanotech Researchers & Capabilities

Surname, First Name, Institution

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Bally, Marcel

Drug delivery systems for use in the treatment of cancer: preclinical cancer models, pharmacodynamics, liposomes, lipids, drug screening, and drug combination development.

www.bccrc.ca/at/people_mbally.html

Feng, Martin

Research on wood adhesives and their applications in wood composite products, including the development of new generation of wood adhesives using nanotechnology.

www.forintek.ca

Huber, Trisha

Synthesis and characterization of conducting polymer-carbon nanotube composites.

Jensen, Erik

Dynamics of chemical reactions at surfaces, electron and photon stimulated desorption, photochemistry of molecules at surfaces.

www.unbc.ca/physics

Knudson, Robert

Composite wood products and processes. Implementing technology transfer to industrial operations. Recommending and implementing process and product improvements based on technical data and business needs.

www.forintek.ca

Lane, Pierre

Biophotonics for early detection of disease using biomedical optics, confocal microscopy, spectroscopy, fluorescence, optical signal and image processing. Optical fiber communications, spatial light modulation. Digital signal and image processing.

www.bccrc.ca/ci/people_plane.html

MacAulay, Calum

Cancer detection and treatment. Biomedical imaging, biomedical optics, tissue spectroscopy, quantitative cytology, quantitative histology, confocal microscopy, genomic analysis and its linkage to nanophotonics. Genetic links to cancer. Nanophotonic engineered contrast agents used to molecularly label target cells.

www.bccrc.ca/ci/people_cmacaula.html

Morris, Paul

Short-term protection of wood during harvesting, transport and storage, and long-term durability in service. Treatments to enhance decay, termite and UV resistance. Test methods for evaluating durability.

www.forintek.ca

Waterhouse, Dawn

Lipid-based formulations of anticancer drugs, including cytotoxic drugs encapsulated within liposomes and therapeutic antibodies conjugated to liposomal exteriors. Duel-function therapeutic and targeting agents. Antisense oligonucleotide formulations and siRNA.

www.bccrc.ca/at/people_dwater.html

Wong, Darrell

Wood machining, tool material development and testing. Surface analysis, quality control, production analysis. and process simulation and optimization.

www.forintek.ca

Zeng, Haishan

Nanoparticle-enhanced light-tissue interactions, optical spectroscopy and imaging for medical diagnosis, endoscopy. Application of MEMS in medical devices, nanoparticle applications in medical imaging and therapy. Fluorescence imaging, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy. Early cancer detection.

www.bccrc.ca/ci/people_hzeng.html