Recent Invited Talks and Conference Presentations
(since 2007)

"Comparative Mössbauer Investigations of Chemically Synthesized vs. Mechanochemically Produced ZnFe₂O₄ Nanoparticles", 12th International Conference on Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies (NN15), July 8, 2015, Thessaloniki, Greece

"Magnetism at the Nanoscale: Fundamentals & Applications", Physics Seminar, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, February 5, 2015

"Nanoparticle Magnetism through the Lens of Mössbauer Spectroscopy", Physics Seminar, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA, January 22, 2015

"Nanomagnetism and You", Start Talking Science, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, August 21, 2014

"Spin Dynamics in the Ferritins at Low Iron Loading", PASPS VIII, International Conference on the Physics and Applications of Spin Phenomena in Solids, Washington, DC, July 2014

"Iron Loading in the Ferritins" COMPLOIDS Workshop on Soft Matter, Laboratory for Research in the Structure of Matter (LRSM), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, April 2013

"Biology at the service of Nanotechnology", Physics Seminar, Brazilian Center for Research in Physics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 2013

"Materials by Design: What can Nature teach us?" Physics Seminar, Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niteroi, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 8, 2013

"Comparative Study of Surfactant-Coated Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications", National Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Boston, MA, January 25, 2013

"Magnetic Relaxation Processes in Functionalized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and their Assemblies", 244th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Philadelphia, PA, August 2012

"Surfactant assisted high energy ball milling of γ-Fe₂O₃ nanoparticles for bionanotechnology", 244th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Philadelphia, PA, August 2012

"Morphological, Thermal, and Magnetic Analysis of Ball-Milled Magnetic Nanoparticles", March Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) (Condensed Matter Physics), Baltimore, MD, March 2013

"Spin Dynamics in Recombinant H-Chain Ferritin Reconstituted with 500 Fe/protein" American Physical Society March Meeting (APS), Boston, MA, March 2012

"Micromagnetic Characterization of Functionalized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and their Assemblies", DECHEMA’s congress engine conference “Nanomaterials for Biomedical Technologies 2012” Mar. 6 – 7, 2012, Frankfurt, Germany.

“Enhancing the Multiferroic Properties of BiFeO₃ at the Nanoscale” Presented at the Materials Research Society Meeting (MRS), Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 2011, Boston, MA

 "Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoparticulate Magnetic Materials" Invited Tutorial Talk BuildMoNa Workshop, Department of Physics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany October 28-29, 2010

"Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biology and Medicine", Biology Seminar, Villanova University, Sept. 2009

"Gummic Acid Stabilized γ-Fe2O3 Aqueous Suspensions for Biomedical Applications", Invited Talk, International Symposium for the Industrial Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ISIAME), Budapest, Hungary, August 17-22, 2008

"Electronic and Magnetic Characterization of Iron Oxoanion Nanophases Grown within the Apoferritin Cavity" 5th International Workshop on Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, July 14-16, 2008

"Bio-Inspired Nanomaterials" Invited Talk, Seminar, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, April 2008

“Electron Paramagnetic Resonance of Magnetic Core/Shell Nanoarchitectures”  International Conference on Molecular Magnetism, Florence, 2008

"Principles of Biomimetics in Core Nanotechnologies", Invited Talk at the summer school titled "Micro-Nanotechnology and Nanobiotechnology" organized by Nano2Life (the first European Network of Excellence in the field of nanobiotechnology), Athens, Greece, July 2007 and July 2008 This Plenary lecture, may be viewed in video available in e-learning section of the Nano2Life (Bringing Nanotechnologies to Life) website: http://www.nano2life.org/

 "The Physics of the Nanoworld" Invited Talk, Seminar, Department of Physics, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA, April 2007

"Nanobiotechnology" Invited Talk, Seminar, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, March 2007

"Monodispersed, Single Crystalline γ-Fe2O3/SiO2 Architectures for Nano-Biotechnology", Invited Talk, 4th International Workshop on Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, July 16-20, 2007

"Single Crystalline γ-Fe2O3/SiO2 Core/Shell Nanoarchitectures", 6th International Conference on Fine Particle Magnetism (ICFPM) New Trends in Nanoparticle Magnetism, Rome, Italy, Oct. 9 – 12, 2007

"Mössbauer Phase Determination of HuHf Ferritin Reconstituted at 500Fe/Protein under O2 vs. H2O2 Oxidation", 6th International Conference on Fine Particle Magnetism (ICFPM) New Trends in Nanoparticle Magnetism, Rome, Italy, Oct. 9 – 12, 2007

"Electronic and Magnetic Characterization of in vivo Produced vs. in vitro Reconstituted Horse Spleen Ferritin", Materials Research Society Symposium, Boston, MA, USA, Nov. 26-30, 2007