Research

Interests

I was once told that research can be a means of furthering social justice causes and this lens had a profound impact on the way I conduct myself in the lab. I've always been drawn to the motive of improving peoples' health and through previous research, I have understood the extent at which nanomaterials can contribute to this. I want to continue developing my breadth of knowledge in advanced materials in hopes of solving the unmet needs of our communities. At the Abramson Lab, I hope to develop unique solutions to various issues in the healthcare workflow to improve the quality of care delivered to patients.

Publications

Khan, M. A., Ghanim, R. W., Kiser, M. R., Moradipour, M., Rogers, D. T., Littleton, J. M., Rankin, S., Knutson, B. L. (2022). Strategy for Conjugating Oligopeptides to Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Using Diazirine-Based Heterobifunctional Linkers. Nanomaterials, 12(4), 608.

He, Y., Khan, A., Drake, A., Ghanim, R., Garay, J., Shirodkar, A., Strzalka, J., Zhang, Q., Knutson, B., Rankin, S. "Formation of Vertically Oriented Channels during Calcination of Surfactant-Templated Titania-doped Mesoporous Silica Thin Films." The Journal of Physical Chemistry C,

Khan, A., Kiser, M., Moradipour, M., Nadeau, E., Ghanim, R., Webb, B., Rankin, S., Knutson, B. “Effect of Confinement in Nanopores on RNA Interactions with Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 124(39) (2020), 8549-8561.

Ghanim, R., Khan, A., Kiser, M., Moradipour, M., Rogers, D., Littleton, J., Bradley, L., Lynn, B., Rankin, S., Knutson, B. “Novel Strategy for Functional Oligopeptide Conjugation inside the Mesopores of Silica Nanoparticles.” AIChE 2019 Student Conference Orlando, FL

Khan, A., Ghanim, R., Garay J., Shirodhkar, A., Ke, Y., Moradipour, M., Knutson, B., Rankin, S. “Mesostructure transformation kinetics and mechanism during thermal treatment for the synthesis of nanoporous SiO2 -TiO2 mixed thin films with sub-3 nm vertical pore channels.” AIChE 2018 Annual Meeting Pittsburgh, PA

Presentations