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Curriculum Vitae

1998-2002: B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2000 (June-November): Research Assistant to Dr. J.J. McCarthy, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2001-2002: Research Assistant to Dr. Alan Russell, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2002-present: Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, Dr. Norman Wagner, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
2005-present: Research Assistant (as part of dissertation) to Dr. Eric Wickstrom, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Publications

  1. Opitz, A.W., Wagner, N.J. (2006) Structural Investigations of PAMAM Dendrimers in Methanol Using Molecular Dynamics. in preparation.
  2. Opitz, A.W., Amirkhanov, N.V., Wickstrom, E., Wagner, N.J. (2006) Determination of the Mass Transfer Constant of PAMAM Dendrimers into Pancreatic Cancer Cells. in preparation.

Invited Seminars/Presentations

2000: Student Poster Presentation at the Annual AIChE Meeting: “Cellular Flow Reactor.” Los Angeles, California
2004: Invited Poster Session, International Fine Particle Research Institute Annual Meeting: “Antisense Nanoparticles for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Oncogene Expression in the Pancreas.” Newark, Delaware

Awards

Robert L. Pigford Fellowship

Memberships

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE)