Welcome to the Pinkerton Research Group at NYU Tandon

Based in NYU Tandon's Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, the Pinkerton Research Group focuses on developing responsive soft materials for bio-applications ranging from controlled drug delivery to medical imaging.

We are dedicated to creating highly engineered nano-structured biomaterials to address unmet needs in medicine, developing scalable processes to synthesize these complex biomaterials, and training the next generation of chemical engineering leaders in academia and industry.

Research Themes

Designing responsive soft materials for innovative drug delivery approaches.
Developing scalable, continuous flow processes for the synthesis of therapeutic nanoparticles.
Creating tools to study nano-bio interactions in vitro and in vivo.

Recent News

Jul 2026
Nathalie Pinkerton and Kara Margolis are awarded an NYU Discovery Grant!
Jul 2026
Our publication Engineering nanoscale drug delivery systems for pain by R.E. Pollard, ​et al. is accepted to WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology!
Jul 2026
Congratulations to our amazing PI Nathalie for being awarded the prestigious NIH NIBIB Trailblazer award!
Jun 2026
Evalia Koumpourlis is awarded the Thompson Bartlett Fellowship!