Maksim Royzen
Assistant Professor
Chemistry
University at Albany
United States of America
Biography
Originally from the Soviet Union, Royzen received his B.S. in chemistry from Dartmouth College in 1998. He earned his Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry from New York University in 2006. Prior to UAlbany, Royzen completed postdoctoral training at the University of Delaware, joining the research group of Professor Joseph Fox. He also spent time at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the laboratory of Professor Stephen Lippard as a Kirschstein NIH postdoctoral fellow. Royzen has been part of UAlbany’s Department of Chemistry since 2013. Much of his lab work focuses on developing new applications of bio-orthogonal chemistry that include drug delivery, RNA synthesis, and investigation of RNA-protein interactions. He recently discovered an innovative treatment strategy for sarcoma patients. It was featured on News Channel 13 WNYT – Albany and in various medical publications including Medgadget and Science Daily.
Research Interest
Bio-orthogonal chemistry, RNA synthesis, drug delivery, pharmaceutical chemistry, bioconjugation
Publications
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M Seebald, Leah & DeMott, Christopher & Ranganathan, Srivathsan & Nii Asare Okai, Papa & Glazunova, Anastasia & Chen, Alan & Shekhtman, Alexander & Royzen, Maksim. (2017). Cu(II)-Based Paramagnetic Probe to Study RNA-Protein Interactions by NMR. Inorganic chemistry. 56. . 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02286.
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Khan, Irfan & Seebald, Leah & Robertson, Neil & Veysel Yigit, Mehmet & Royzen, Maksim. (2017). Controlled in-cell activation of RNA therapeutics using bond-cleaving bio-orthogonal chemistry. Chem. Sci.. 8. . 10.1039/C7SC01380A.
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Robertson, Neil & Yang, Yang & Khan, Irfan & Lamantia, Vincent & Royzen, Maksim & Veysel Yigit, Mehmet. (2017). Single-trigger dual-responsive nanoparticles for controllable and sequential prodrug activation. Nanoscale. 9. . 10.1039/C7NR04138A.
