Dr. Masudur Rahman

Assistant Professor - Department of Biomedical Engineering
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WAEC 3221
304-696-5683

Biography

Dr. Masudur Rahman “Masud” is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering. He earned a Ph.D. in LifeScience Engineering and M.Eng. in Material Science with a focus on anticancer drug development from the Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan. He did NSF Postdoctoral training at Marshall University. He has several years of industrial background in engineering the DNA for next-generation therapeutics. DNA nanotechnology is his research interest for the development of therapeutic and diagnostics applications. His teaching experience includes Nanomedicine, Medical Imaging, Biomaterial, Nanotechnology, and Nanochemistry He loves to spend time on indoor plants and traveling.

Rahman M, Boggs Z, Neff D, Norton M. The Sapphire (0001) Surface: A Transparent and Ultraflat Substrate for DNA Nanostructure Imaging. Langmuir. 2018 Dec 11;34(49):15014-15020. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01851. Epub 2018 Aug 27. PubMed PMID: 30110549.
Rahman M, Day BS, Neff D, Norton ML. Origami Arrays as Substrates for the Determination of Reaction Kinetics Using High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy.Langmuir. 2017 Aug 1;33(30):7389-7392. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01556. Epub 2017 Jul 19. PubMed PMID: 28679055.
Rahman M, Neff D, Green N, Norton ML. DNA Origami Reorganizes upon Interaction with Graphite: Implications for High-Resolution DNA Directed Protein Patterning. Nanomaterials (Basel). 2016 Oct 31;6(11). doi: 10.3390/nano6110196. PubMed PMID: 28335324; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5245763.
Wu TC, Rahman M, Norton ML. From nonfinite to finite 1D arrays of origami tiles. Acc Chem Res. 2014 Jun 17;47(6):1750-8. doi: 10.1021/ar400330y. Epub 2014 May 6. PubMed PMID: 24803094.
Rahman M, Neff D, Norton ML. Rapid, high yield, directed addition of quantum dots onto surface bound linear DNA origami arrays. Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Apr 4;50(26):3413-6. doi: 10.1039/c3cc49637f. Epub 2014 Feb 11. PubMed PMID: 24513858.
Mangalum A, Rahman M, Norton ML. Site-specific immobilization of single-walled carbon nanotubes onto single and one-dimensional DNA origami. J Am Chem Soc.2013 Feb 20;135(7):2451-4. doi: 10.1021/ja312191a. Epub 2013 Feb 8. PubMed PMID: 23384162