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

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

Enhanced Surface Acidity for Surfactant-Free Suspensions of Carboxylated Carbon Nanotubes Purified by Centrifugation, Braun, E.I.; Draper, R. and Pantano, P., Analytical Chemistry Research 2016, 8, 26-33.  - Publication

Toxicity Assessment and Bioaccumulation in Zebrafish Embryos Exposed to Carbon Nanotubes Suspended in Pluronic® F-108, Wang, R.; Meredith, A.N.; Lee Jr., M.L.; Detusch, D.; Miadzvedskaya, L.; Braun, E. Pantano, P.; Harper, S. and Draper, R., Nanotoxicology 2016, 10, 689-698.  - Publication

Rapid Detection of Polyethylene Glycol Sonolysis upon Functionalization of Carbon Nanomaterials, Murali, V.S.; Wang, R.; Mikoryak, C.A.; Pantano, P. and Draper, R.K., Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2015, 240, 1147-1151.  - 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]

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

Multiwalled-Carbon Nanotube Properties and Macrophage Proinflamatory Responses

NIH - NIEHS with Dr. Rockford Draper

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

Semiconductor Research Corporation with Drs. Rockford Draper and Ruhung 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.

UTD Affiliations

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