Andre Gesquiere
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Central Florida
United States of America
Biography
Professional Preparation ï‚· 1997, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium, Chemistry, M.Sc./B.Sc. ï‚· 2001, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium, Chemistry, Ph.D. ï‚· 2002-2002, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. ï‚· 2002-2005, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin. Appointments ï‚· 2011-present, Associate Professor, University of Central Florida ï‚· 2005–2011, Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida Honors ï‚· Research Incentive Award, University of Central Florida, 2014 ï‚· National Science Foundation CAREER award (2008-2013) ï‚· Fellow of the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders (1997-1999 and 1999-2001)
Research Interest
Nanoscience, nanotechnology, the physical chemistry of organic materials, optical and electronic processes in materials and devices for energy conversion, photophysics and photochemistry of nanomaterials, supramolecular chemistry and self-assembly of functional organic materials, scanning probe microscopy, biophysics, and imaging of biological systems including live cells.
Publications
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Molecular Packing in Organic Solar Cell Materials: Insights from the Emission Line Shapes of P3HT/PCBM Polymer Blend Nanoparticles. Crotty, A. M.; Gizzi, A. N.; Rivera-Jacquez, H. J.; Masunov, A. E.; Hu, Z.; Geldmeier, J. A.; Gesquiere, A. J. J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 19975-19984
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Conducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Targeted Cancer Therapy. Mona Doshi, Marissa Krienke, Saeid Khederzadeh, Henry Sanchez, Alicja Copik, Jeremiah Oyer, Andre J Gesquiere RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 37943 - 37956
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Development and Characterization of Conducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy In Vitro Mona Doshi, Alicja Copik, Andre J. Gesquiere Photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy 2005, 12, 476-89
