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- Sneha Kelkar and Theresa Reineke present talks at the ACS Meeting in Boston
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Dr. Theresa M. Reineke
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Dr. Theresa M. Reineke Education: NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 2000-2002Ph.D. The University of Michigan, 2000 M.S. Arizona State University, 1998 B.S. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 1995 Biography:Theresa M. Reineke is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the Virginia Tech. She is a materials chemist with research interests in the design and development of macromolecules for biomedical applications. After receiving an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1995, she completed her graduate studies at Arizona State University (M.S. degree) and The University of Michigan (Ph.D. degree) with Dr. Omar Yaghi studying the synthesis and characterization of metal-organic framework materials. After completing her Ph.D. in 2000, she was awarded a National Institutes of Health National Research Service Award to study the synthesis and biological characterization of carbohydrate-containing polymers for gene therapy in the laboratory of Dr. Mark E. Davis at the California Institute of Technology. In 2002 she joined the faculty at the University of Cincinnati as an Assistant Professor. In 2008, she relocated her research program and group to Virginia Tech as an Associate Professor of Chemistry and member of the Macromolecular Interfaces Institute. Currently, her research group and program are devoted to studying carbohydrate-containing polymers and beta-cyclodextrin “click clusters” that bind, compact, and deliver therapeutic DNA in vitro and in vivo. Her group is also developing new macromolecules for targeted drug delivery and diagnostic imaging, and novel theranostic agents for combined therapeutic delivery and diagnostic imaging. In addition to running a large research program, Dr. Reineke serves on the International Advisory Board of Macromolecular Bioscience (Wiley InterScience), the Molecular Conjugates Committee of the American Society of Cell and Gene Therapy, the Scientific Advisory Board for Techulon, Inc., and as an American Chemical Society POLY Division CouncilorAwards and Honors:2009 NIH Director's New Innovator Award Research Areas:
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