Andrew Tsourkas
Associate Professor
Bioengineering (BE)
Honors and Awards: National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Award - 2011, NSF CAREER Award - 2010
Research Expertise: Cellular Imaging | Bioengineered Therapeutics | Devices and Drug Delivery
Andrew's research is focused on developing nanosensors that can be used to non-invasively image molecular markers of disease in a clinical setting. These imaging agents will allow for more informed diagnoses, detect diseases at an earlier stage, and provide a mechanism to quantify therapeutic response. Andrew's research group has developed fluorescent probes for imaging RNA, bioluminescent probes for imaging apoptosis and proliferation, and magnetic nanoparticles for imaging cell surface receptor expression.
Member of:
Affiliations: Assistant Professor of Radiology (SOM)
Education:
PhD Biomedical Engineering - Georgia Tech & Emory University
MS Mechanical Engineering - Johns Hopkins University
BS Mechanical Engineering - Cornell University
Recent Publications 
- Selective Targeting of Brain Tumors with Gold Nanoparticle-Induced Radiosensitization, Joh, D.Y. | Sun, L. | Stangl, M. | Al Zaki, A. | Murty, S. | Santoiemma, P.P. | Davis, J.J. | Baumann, B.C. | Alonso-Basanta, M. | Bhang, D. | Kao, G.D. | Tsourkas, A. | Dorsey, J.F., PLoS ONE, 2013
- Effect of ligand density, receptor density, and nanoparticle size on cell targeting, Elias, D.R. | Poloukhtine, A. | Popik, V. | Tsourkas, A., Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 2013
- Emerging role of radiolabeled nanoparticles as an effective diagnostic technique, de Barros, A.L.B. | Tsourkas, A. | Saboury, B. | Cardoso, V.N. | Alavi, A., EJNMMI Research, 2012
- Biodegradable polydisulfide dendrimer nanoclusters as MRI contrast agents, Huang, C.-H. | Nwe, K. | Al Zaki, A. | Brechbiel, M.W. | Tsourkas, A., ACS Nano, 2012
- Multifunctional nanoparticles: Cost versus benefit of adding targeting and imaging capabilities, Cheng, Z. | Al Zaki, A. | Hui, J.Z. | Muzykantov, V.R. | Tsourkas, A., Science, 2012