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

Oct 2025
Rachel Pollard is featured in the NextGen Voices creative writing contest National assessments in verse in Science! Read her haiku here.
Oct 2025
Amy Moreno is featured in a NYU Tandon Newsletter Ph.D. Pulse article! Read their interview on LinkedIn here.
Sep 2025
Our publication Nanoparticle-Mediated Antagonism of Sustained Endosomal Signaling of the Calcitonin-like Receptor Provides Enhanced and Persistent Relief of Oral Cancer Pain by Chloe J. Peach, Nguyen Huu Tu, Parker K. Lewis, Rachel E. Pollard, Badr Sokrat, Sam Nicholson, Kai Trevett, Naomi Barrett, Francesco De Logu, Jiaqi Zhu, Rocco Latorre, Shavonne Teng, Michael J. Therien, Dane D. Jensen, Brian L. Schmidt, Nigel W. Bunnett, and Nathalie M. Pinkerton* is accepted to Biomaterials!