Overview

Based in NYU’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. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, we use tools from chemical and materials engineering, nanotechnology, chemistry and biology to create soft materials via scalable synthetic processes. We focus on understanding how process parameters control the final material properties, and in turn, how the material behaves in biological systems.

Research Projects

Light-Responsive Materials

We are developing new light responsive chemistries to enable spatiotemporal control of drug release from nanoparticle-based drug delivery vehicles.

Sequential NanoPrecipitation Processes

We are redefining controlled nanoprecipitation processes to enable precise control over nanomaterial properties.

Designer Nanoparticles for Pain

In collaboration with the Bunnett, Jensen and Schmidt labs at the NYU College of Dentistry, we are developing novel nanoparticle-based therapeutic strategies to address chronic pain.
Special thanks to our group's collaborators:
We are incredibly grateful for the generous financial support provided by the following organizations: