Park, Joon-Seo, PhD

E-mail: Joon-Seo.Park@RoswellPark.org

Dr. Joon-Seo Park joined the NanoBiotechnology Center at

the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in July, 2007. Dr. Park completed his Ph.D. in chemistry with Prof. T. Randall Lee at the University of Houston in 2004. His dissertation project involved the synthesis and characterization of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on gold generated by the adsorption of chelating alkanethiols. He worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the research group of Prof. Nicholas L. Abbott at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His postdoctoral researches included the development of liquid crystal-based chemical and biological sensors through the preparation of oligopeptide-modified interfaces.

Dr. Park’s research at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute involves the preparation of biomedical nanodevices thorough the modification of dendrimers for their applications including cancer therapy, drug delivery, and diagnostic imaging. He is broadly interested in the design and engineering of nanostructured materials for biomedical applications.

Dr Park is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Selected publications

Jung J-H, Park J-S, Hoffman DM, Lee TR. Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of ReOMe₂(bipy)X Complexes. Polyhedron. 2001;20:2129-2136.
Lee T-C, Hounihan DJ, Colorado R, Jr, Park J-S, Lee TR. Stability of Aliphatic Dithiocarboxylic Acid Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2004;108:2648-2653.
Park J-S, Smith AC, Lee TR. Loosely Packed Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold Generated from 2-Alkyl-2-methylpropane-1,3-dithiols. Langmuir. 2004;20:5829-5836.
Heo RW, Park J-S, Goodson JT, Claudio GC, Takenaga M, Albright TA, Lee TR. ROMP of t-Butyl-Substituted Ferrocenophanes Affords Soluble Conjugated Polymers that Contain Ferrocene Moieties in the Backbone. Tetrahedron. 2004;60:7225-7235.
Heo RW, Park J-S, Lee TR. Synthesis and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) of Aryl-Substituted 1,1’-(1,3-Butadienylene)ferrocenes. Macromolecules. 2005;38:2564-2573.
Park J-S, Vo AN, Barriet D, Shon Y-S, Lee TR. Systematic Control of the Packing Density of Alkyl Chains in Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold Generated from Chelating Alkanethiols. Langmuir. 2005;21:2902-2911.
Isaacs SR, Cutler EC, Park J-S, Lee TR, Shon Y-S. Synthesis of Tetraoctylammonium-Protected Gold Nanoparticles with Improved Stability. Langmuir. 2005;21:5689-5692.
Park J-S, Jang C-H, Tingey ML, Lowe AM, Abbott NL. Influence of 4-Cyano-4’-biphenylcarboxylic Acid on the Orientational Behavior of Cyanobiphenyl Liquid Crystal. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2006;304:459-473.
Park J-S, Teren S, Tepp WH, Beebe DJ, Johnson EA, Abbott NL. Formation of Oligopeptide-Based Polymeric Membranes at Interfaces Between Aqueous Phases and Thermotropic Liquid Crystals. Chemistry of Materials. 2006;18:6147-6151.
Koenig GM, Jr., Meli M-V, Park J-S, de Pablo JJ, Abbott NL. Coupling of the Plasmon Resonance of Chemically Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles to Local Order in Thermotropic Liquid Crystals. Chemistry of Materials. 2007;19:1053-1061.