We develop fundamental understanding and process engineering to control a spectrum of advanced materials for semiconductor device and nanotechnology applications, ranging from nanoparticle catalysts and magnetic nanoparticles to impedance glucose sensor devices and ultrawide bandgap electronics to supramolecular assemblies and interfacial engineering of nanomaterials.
Faculty
MY RESEARCH GROUP IS GENERATING INSIGHTS AND SOLUTIONS TO problems with genome engineering, specifically CRISPR/Cas systems. Over the past few years, the slow-progressing field of genome engineering has been transformed by the breakthrough of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) with astronomical applications in science, medicine, agriculture, biotechnology, and biomanufacturing. Originally derived from the bacterial immune system, the CRISPR/Cas9 technology works by introducing two components inside cells, a Cas9 nuclease that acts like molecular scissors and a guide RNA (sgRNA) that binds with Cas9 and directs the complex to the target DNA to create double-stranded cuts in the DNA.…
MY RESEARCH GROUP SEEKS TO PROVIDE INSIGHTS AND SOLUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF SUPRAMOLECULAR BIOMATERIALS. We are aiming at engineering structural and functional properties of supramolecular biomaterials for target applications including smart capsules, micro-reactors, antibacterial and/or drug release coatings. The vision of our lab is to utilize soft matter assembly and recombinant technology for the creation of advanced biomaterials.…
HEALTH SENSORS
We aim to develop a highly sensitive and low-cost heart attack sensor technology, which can be implemented in a wireless-capable, real-time and handheld sensor for personal and medical usages. Acute myocardial infraction (AMI) causes one of the highest mortality rates worldwide. The existing methods employed by first responders, hospitals and clinics are time consuming and require trained personnel to perform tests.…
Dr. Rinaldi-Ramos’s research advances the fundamental science and biomedical application of magnetic nanoparticles, with a current emphasis on magnetic particle imaging (MPI) as a quantitative, noninvasive imaging platform for nanomedicine and cell therapy. His laboratory integrates nanoparticle synthesis and formulation, magnetic and physicochemical characterization, imaging physics, data analysis, and biological evaluation to develop MPI methods for quantitative tracking of nanoparticles and cell-based therapies.…
WE STUDY POLYMERS, PROTEINS, AND THEIR HYBRIDS TO DESIGN THE NEXT GENERATION OF SOFT MATERIALS using molecular dynamics simulations, high throughout computations, and enhanced sampling methods. To sustain materials discovery in the future given the limited resources at our disposal, predictive engineering techniques must be employed to allow for efficient design and optimization of materials.…
Education
PhD 2014, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Chemical Engineering
Postdoctoral Training 2014-2018, Tufts University, Biomedical Engineering
Awards & Distinctions
- UF Innovation of the Year Award, 2025
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Edie Term Professorship in Chemical Engineering, 2024-2027
UF Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty Excellence Award, 2024
Shining Star Award, Regenerative Engineering Society, 2024
NIH R35 Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award, 2022
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