R. M. Kannan, PhD

Professor

Department of Chem. Eng. & Mat. Sci.
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Director, NICHD Perinatology Research Branch-Nanotechnology Lab
Member of Karmanos Cancer Institute

Phone : (313)-577-3879
Email: rkannan@che.eng.wayne.edu

Curriculum Vitae: pdf

Education:

B.E. (Hons.): Birla Institute of Technology and Science, 1987
Ph.D.: California Institute of Technology, 1994
Postdoctoral Associate: University of Minnesota, 1994-1995

Awards and Honors:

Director, Nanotechnology Lab, NICHD Perinatology Research Branch, 2008-
NIH Study section membership (NCI Special Emphasis Panels, IMST W53 SBIR)
Editorial Board, NanoMedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Ralph C. Wilson Foundation Scholar (2007)
Fellow, The American Academy of Nanomedicine, 2006-
NSF CAREER Award (1999)
3M Non-tenured Faculty Award (1998 – 2000, 2001-2002)
Wayne State University Faculty Research Award (1997-1998, 1998-1999)
Unilever Award for outstanding Ph.D. thesis in polymer Science by ACS (1995)
American Chemical Society Honor symposium for Unilever award (1995)
Charles Lee Powell Foundation Graduate Fellowship at Caltech (1992-1994)
Du Pont Graduate Fellowship at Caltech (1989 – 1990)

Research Interests:

Development of dendrimer/hyperbranched polymer based targeted drug delivery systems (Applications to Asthma, Cancer and Thrombolysis drugs): Synthesis, in-vitro, in-vivo characterization, microscopy
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Development of method to produce highly dispersed, highly reinforced polymer clay nanocomposites utilizing a patented supercritical carbon dioxide process
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Instruments in lab:

Rheo-optical FTIR spectroscope

Flow birefringence RSAII rheometer

Fluorescence microscopy

High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Differential Scanning Calorimeter

Funding:

NSF-CAREER DMR 9876221

Children's Research Center of Michigan - Children's Hospital of Michigan

NASA, National Institute of Health - PPRU

3M, GE, WSU Institute of Manufacturing Research

List Of Publications