Arun Kumar PhD
Assistant Professor
Medical Laboratory Sciences
305 Willard Education Hall Building
302-831-4552
302-831-4180 (fax)
arunk@udel.edu
Education
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PhD- University of Delhi, Delhi India 2003
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Post-Doctoral- New Mexico State University, NM USA 2003-2004
Research Interests
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Nanomedicine
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Nanotoxicity
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Tissue engineering and biomedical devices
Professional Experience
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2010- Sep 2011 Director Nanomedicine Division, Center for Diagnostic Nanosystem, Marshall
University, WV 25755
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2005-2010 Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology,
College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa FL 33612
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2004-2005 Research Assistant Professor, Nanomaterial and Nanomanufacturing Research
Center, College of Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa FL 33620
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My research interests are nanomedicine, nanotoxicity, tissue engineering and biomedical
devices. Nanomedicine will have extraordinary and far-reaching implications for the medical
profession, for the definition of disease, for the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions
including aging, and ultimately for the improvement and extension of natural human biological
structure and function. Currently I am investigating nanoencapsulated natural compounds to treat
cardiac disorders and a novel way to deliver nanoparticles coupled with drugs to the deep lung
utilizing a biocompatible cell-based system and deliver therapy through the peripheral vasculature
instead of a pulmonary route. Further, I am expanding this approach to develop cell-based
therapeutic applications to diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, brain trauma,
cardiomyopathies, cancer, gene therapy and chronic lung disease.
Selected Publications
1. Initial Observations of Cell-Mediated Drug Delivery to the Deep Lung Arun Kumar, Mark Glam,
Nagwa El-Badri, S. Mohapatra, Edward Haller, S Park, Leslie Patrick, Leigh Nattkemper, Dawn
Vo, and Don F. Cameron Cell Transplantation, Vol. 20, pp. 609–618, 2011
2. Multifunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery of Drug Arun Kumar, P. K.
Jena, S. Behera, Richard F. Lockey and S. Mohapatra Nanomedicine vol.6 Issue 1
pages 64-69 Feb 2010.
3. Magneto impedance biosensor for Fe3O4 nanoparticles intracellular uptake evaluation, Arun
Kumar, V. Fal-Miyar, J. A. García and A. Cerdeira, S.Mohapatra, H. Srikanth, G.
V.Kurlyandskaya, Applied PhysicsLetters 91, 143902 2007
4. Analysis of Mesocavity DNA Biochip for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Diagnosis, Zekri,
Souheil, Arun Kumar, S. R.Singh, A. Kumar, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, Volume 3,
Number 2, June (2007) pp. 139-147(9).
5. Ultra-sensitive detection of cortisol with enzyme fragment complementation technology using
functionalized nanowire Arun. Kumar, Milorad Gordic, Shekhar Bhansali and S. Mohapatra
communicated to Biosensor & Bioelectronics (Elsevier UK) Volume 22, Issues 9-10, 15 April
(2007), Pages 2138-2144.
6. Development of Hyaluronic acid-Fe2O3 hybrid magnetic nanoparticles for targeted delivery of
peptide, Arun Kumar, B. Sahoo, Alison Jones, Sumita Behera and S. Mohapatra, Nanomedicine:
Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine,3 (2007) 132-137.