Title：Multifunctional nanomaterials for environmental science and nanomedicine

Speaker：Prof. Miryana Hémadi, Université de Paris

Time：December 16, 2019 ,15:00 PM

Venue：Central Campus, Tang Aoqing Building 9th floor Lecture Hall

Brief Bio: Miryana Hémadi received her PhD in Physical Chemistry from Université Paris Diderot in 2004. During her 3-year post-doc from 2005 to 2008 at the Collège de France, she acquired skills and expertise on the synthesis of nanoparticles by soft chemistry and on the encapsulation of microorganisms in silica gel by sol-gel chemistry, and at Université Paris Diderot in the field of protein-protein interaction, iron transport in biological media and heavy-metal chelation. In September 2008 she became Assistant Professor at Université Paris Diderot (196 h courses per year). After obtaining my Habilitation degree (HDR), i.e. Accreditation to Direct Research, in June 2016, she became Associate Professor. She has expertise on iron transport in biological media, on heavy-metal chelation for decontamination, on surface functionalization and on drug targeting and delivery in cancerous and infected cells by the main iron-acquisition pathway.

She is currently developing her own research topics based on the synthesis of nanomaterials (iron oxide nanoparticles, Carbon Dots, etc.) and their surface functionalization with proteins and chelating agents for biomedical applications (drug delivery/drug targeting, thermal therapies in cancerous or infected cells) and also for environmental issues (decontamination from heavy metals and other pollutants; extraction by magnetic harvesting).