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Assistant Professor
Manos_Gkikas@uml.edu
Tuesday and Friday : 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Manos_Gkikas@uml.edu
Polymer Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Biomaterials/Translational Medicine
Contrast Agents for X-ray Imaging (Cancer, Lung Inflammation, Arthritis), Hemostatic Nanomaterials, Synthetic Functional Poly(olefins), Drug Delivery Carriers for Alzheimer's Disease, Water Vapor Barrier Coatings for Flexible Substrates, Organophosphate Decontamination, Therapeutic/Diagnostic Materials for Pre-Clinical Applications.
Post-Doctoral, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012-2016
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Athens, 2008-2013
M.Sc., Polymer Chemistry, University of Athens, 2006-2008
B.S., Chemistry, University of Athens, 2002-2006
Antibacterial Drugs / Nature Publication (2022)
Mass Life Science Award - Women's Health (2020) #1
Mass Life Science Award - Women's Health (2020) #2
Mass Life Science Award - Women's Health (2020) #3
Mass Life Science Award - Women's Health (2020) #4
Mass Life Science Award - Women's Health (2020) #5
Mass Life Science Award - Women's Health (2020) #6
UML Internal Seed Grant for COVID Research (2020)
Massachusetts Technology Trasfer Office (MTTC) Acorn Award - Alzheimer's Disease (2019)
Mass Life Science High School Apprenticeship Program (2018)
UML Recognition for Total Expenditures over $300,000 (2022)
UML Internal Seed Grant for COVID Research (2020)
UML Independent Alumni Association Award (2019-2020)
UML Seed Grant for Young Faculty Interdisciplinary Research (2019) - UMass Lowell, KCS
UMass Acorn Award (2018-2019) - UMass Techlology Transfer Center (UMTTC)
UMass I-Corps Award (2018-2019) - UMass Lowell
Giants Endowed Fund for Advanced Research (2018-2019) - UMass Lowell, KCS
UMass Consortium on Imaging and Informatics Award (2017-2018) - UMTTC
Giants Endowed Fund for Advanced Research (2017-2018) - UMass Lowell, KCS
UMass I-Corps Award (2017-2018) - UMass Lowell
Completion of the NSF/NIH I-Corps Program (2017) - UMass Medical School/UMCCTS
Manos Gkikas received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemistry from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece in 2013, where he focused on polymer science and organic chemistry. After working as a postdoctoral scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, he joined UMass Lowell, Department of Chemistry, in 2016 as an Assistant Professor. His research interests include Ligand-Specific X-ray Nano-Contrast Agents for Cancer/Arthritis/Lung Inflammation Diagnostics, Hemostatic Nanomaterials, Alzheimer's Disease Drug Delivery Formulations, Water Vapor Barrier Coatings for Flexible Films/Electronics, Cationic Polymerization-Derived Poly(olefins) and Functional Butyl Rubber Materials. He has strong collaborations with UMass Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Texas A&M, and the Biomedical Imaging Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and is a member of the UML Sports Collaborative for Open Research and Education (SCORE), the UML Center for Pathogen Research & Training (CPRT), the UMass NeuroNexus Initiative, and the UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science. He also serves as a Reviewer for many high impact journals.
(recognition by the University for the 5th year in different categories)
