Paul Pantano

Postdoctoral Scientist - Bioanalytical Chemistry
Tufts University - 1996

Postdoctoral Scientist - Bioanalytical Chemistry
Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France - 1994

Ph.D. - Analytical Chemistry
University of California at Riverside - 1993

M.S. - Analytical Chemistry
California State Polytechnic University at Pomona - 1988

B.S. - Chemistry
University of California at Los Angeles - 1986

Huynh M.T.; Mikoryak, C.; Pantano, P. and Draper, R.* Scavenger Receptor A1 Mediates the Uptake of Carboxylated and Pristine Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Coated with Bovine Serum Albumin, Nanomaterials 11, 539 (2021). Editors Choice  - publications

Huynh M.T.; Veyan, J.F.; Pham, H.; Rahman, R.; Yousuf, S.; Brown, A.; Lin, J.; Balkus, Jr., K.J.; Diwakara, S.D.; Smaldone, R.A.; LeGrand, B.; Mikoryak, C.; Draper, R.K. and Pantano, P.* The Importance of Evaluating the Lot-to-Lot Batch Consistency of Commercial Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Products, Nanomaterials 10, 1930 (2020). - publications

Karimi, S.; Troeung, M.; Wang, R.; Draper, R.K.; Pantano, P.;* Crawford, S. and Aravamudhan, S. Acute and Chronic Toxicity to Daphnia Magna of Colloidal Silica Nanoparticles in a Chemical Mechanical Planarization Slurry after Polishing a GaAs Wafer, NanoImpact 13, 56-65 (2019). - publications

Acute and Chronic Toxicity of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles in Chemical Mechanical Planarization Slurries with Daphnia Magna, Karimi, S.; Troeung, M.; Wang, R.; Draper, R.K. and Pantano, P., Environmental Science: Nano 2018, 5, 1670-1684. - Publication

Quantitation of Cell-associated Carbon Nanotubes: Selective Binding and Accumulation of Carboxylated Carbon Nanotubes by Macrophages, Wang, R.; Lee, Jr., M.; Kinghorn, K.; Hughes, T.; Chuckaree, I.; Lohray, R.; Chow, E.; Pantano, P. and Draper, R.K., Nanotoxicology 2018, 12, 677-698. - Publication

Factors Affecting the 13.56-MHz Radio-Frequency Mediated Heating of Gold Nanoparticles, Pantano, P.; Harrison. C.D.; Poulose, J.; Urrabazo Jr., D.; Norman, T.Q.; Braun, E.I.; Draper, R.K. and Overzet, L.J., Applied Spectroscopy Reviews 2017, 52, 821-836.  - Publication

Use of Raman Spectroscopy to Identify Carbon Nanotube Contamination at an Analytical Balance Workstation, Braun, E.I.; Huang, A.; Tusa, C.A.; Yukica, M.A. and Pantano, P., Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 2016, 13, 915-923.  - Publication

The Impact of Cellular Location on the Near Infrared-Mediated Thermal Ablation of Cells by Targeted Carbon Nanotubes, Murali, V.S.; Wang, R.; Mikoryak, C.; Pantano, P. and Draper, R.K., Nanotechnology 2016, 27, 425102 (15 pgs).  - Publication

Undergraduate Research Mentoring - UT Dallas Provost [2014]

Faculty Teaching Award - School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics [2014]

Faculty Teaching Award - School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics [2001]

Associate Professor
The University of Texas at Dallas [2002–Present]

Site Director
Welch Foundation Summer Scholars Program [1997–2024]

Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Dallas [1996–2002]

Investigating the Effects of Shear Forces upon the Structural Stabilities of Polymeric Components of Nanoparticle Formulations used to Deliver Drugs

Key Investigators:   Nosakhare Famous Igie and Dr. Perouza Parsamian 

Multiwalled-Carbon Nanotube Properties and Macrophage Proinflamatory Responses

NIH - NIEHS with Professor Rockford Draper

Bioaccumulation, Biopersistence, & Toxicity of CMP Nanoparticles in Mammalian & Aquatic Models

Semiconductor Research Corporation with Professor Rockford Draper and Dr. Ru-Hung Wang

Determining the Intracellular Fate of Raman-active Nanoparticles in Macrophage Cells

14th Annual WITec Raman Imaging Symposium, Ulm, Germany

Acute and Chronic Toxicity of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles in Chemical Mechanical Planarization Slurries to Daphnia Magna

Center for Environmental NanoScience and Risk, University of South Carolina 

Patents

• Method to Measure Carbon Nanotubes Taken-Up by a Plurality of Living Cells, U. S. Patent No. 8,632,671 awarded 01/21/14 .
• Encoded Molecular Sieve Particle-Based Sensors. U. S. Patent No. 6,790,672 awarded 7/ 14/04.
• Thin Film Fiber Optic Electrode Sensor Array and Apparatus for Concurrent Viewing and Chemical Sensing of a Sample, U. S. Patent No. 6,487,326 awarded 11/26/02.
• Superresolution Imaging Fiber for Subwavelength Light Energy Generation and Near-Field Optical Microscopy, U. S. Patent No. 5,633,972 awarded 5/27/97.

Chemist Earns Provost Award for Undergraduate Research Mentoring

Dr. Paul Pantano, associate professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Dallas, recently received the 2014 Provost’s Award for Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring.
Created by the Office of Undergraduate Education and the Office of the Provost, the award recognizes a faculty member who excels in the development of UT Dallas undergraduates into future researchers.

NSM Honors Teachers, Advisor for Dedication, Service to Students

The School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics recently recognized individuals for their dedication and service to UT Dallas students, including Dr. Paul Pantano, associate professor of chemistry, who earned the Outstanding Teaching Award for a faculty member.

Mentoring Research Students

Twenty-eight graduate, fifty-three undergraduate, and nine high school students have performed research in PantanoLABO.

Primary Teaching Responsibilities

Graduate Analytical Techniques Lecture
Sophomore Quantitative Analysis Lecture and Laboratory 

UTD Affiliations

Bionanosciences Group (2004 - 2022) 
Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute (2003 - 2022)

Total External Funding for Original Investigation ($5,177,514 total)

- Sponsors have included the National Science Foundation, the American Heart Association, the National Institutes of Health, the Semiconductor Research Corporation, the Department of Defense, and the Robert A. Welch Foundation. []