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

June 2025
Our publication Process and Formulation Parameters Governing Polymeric Microparticle Formation via Sequential NanoPrecipitation (SNaP) by Parker K. Lewis, Nouha El Amri, Erica E. Burnham, Natalia Arruz, and Nathalie M. Pinkerton
is accepted to ACS Engineering Au and featured as an ACE Editor's Choice paper!
May 2025
Congratulations to our graduating students, Amy McKinstry, Maya Metri, Parker Lewis, Steven Martinez, and Sue Li!
May 2025
Parker Lewis defends his PhD Thesis!