Education Background
- B.S. Chemistry (1986)
University of California at Los Angeles
- M.S., Analytical Chemistry (1988)
California State Polytechnic University at Pomona
- Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry (1993)
University of California at Riverside
- CNRS Postdoctoral Fellow (1993-1994)
Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France
- Postdoctoral Fellow (1994-1996)
Department of Chemistry, Tufts University
Research Interests
- Drug delivery, neurochemical dynamics, cell-based biosensors, and other high-throughput screening assays.
Contact Information
Email: pantano@utdallas.edu
Phone : 972-883-6226
Fax : 972-883-2925
Mail Station: BE 26
www.utdallas.edu/~pantano
Paul Pantano
Dr. Pantano is an associate professor of chemistry and a site director of the Robert A. Welch Foundation Summer Scholar Program.
The driving force of PantanoLABO is the development of elegant analytical techniques and methodologies to understand complex chemical systems.
Areas of expertise include chemical microscopy, modified protein surfaces, optical and electrochemical sensors and arrays, and in situ biological measurements such as monitoring the oxidative stress response of single cells and tissue.
Current research involves:
- characterizing the intracellular fate and potential cytotoxicity of nanoparticles (e.g. SWCNTs),
- fabricating disposable chemical sensors for the analysis of pharmaceutically relevant analytes,
- understanding the interfacial phenomena responsible for increasing the bioanalytical performance of protein arrays and other platforms that unite complex molecules and solid surfaces.
Selected Publications
Encoded molecular sieve particle-based sensors. Balkus, K. J.; Pantano, P.; Meek, C. C.; Coutinho, D. H., U.S. Patent No. 6,790,672 (2004).
Fluorescence microscopy and flow cytofluorometry of reactive oxygen species. Carranza, S. E.; Pantano, P., Appl. Spectrosc. Rev. 38: 245-261 (2003).
Microwell array photoimprint lithography: micropost sensors and guidance of PC12 neurite processes. Quah, S.-K.; Danowski, K. L.; Pantano, P., Biomed. Microdevices 4: 123-130 (2002).
Thin film fiber optic electrode sensor array and apparatus. Pantano, P.; Jin, E. S.; Khan, S. S.; Stokes, H. W., U.S. Patent No. 6,487,326 (2002).
Spatial confiment of avidin domains in microwell arrays, Meek, C. C.; Pantano, P. Lab on a Chip 1: 158-163 (2001).
Updated: November 11, 2005
