Dr. Michael Nash

Research Interests:

Cellulosome engineering, second-generation biofuels, Nanoscale interfaces, molecular recognition, intelligent polymers, single-molecule assembly, thermophoresis, plasmon-enhanced spectroscopies, lipid bilayer biophysics, bioconjugate nanoparticles, biomedical diagnostics, drug delivery.

Extramural Research Awards:

• from 5/13         ETH Zürich, Society in Science Foundation – The Branco Weiss Fellowship,
                          Awarded May 2012, deferred until May 2013
• 03/11-05/13    Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Post Doctoral Research Fellowship
• 09/08-12/10    National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
• 09/07-08/08    U.S. Department of Homeland Security Graduate Research Fellowship

Education:

• 12/10 Ph.D. in Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Washington, Seattle

• 03/06 B.S. in Cybernetics with Highest Honors, University of California, Los Angeles

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

1. Nash, M. A., and Gaub, H. E. (2012)
   Single Molecule Adhesion of a Stimuli-Responsive Oligo(ethylene glycol) Co-polymer to Gold.
   ACS Nano, 6(12): 10735–10742.
2. Stahl, S. W.*, Nash, M. A.*, Fried, D. B, Slutzki, M., Barak, Y., Bayer, E. A., and Gaub, H. E. (2012)
   Single-Molecule Dissection of the High-Affinity Cohesin-Dockerin Complex.
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(50): 20431–20436. [*Equally contributing]
3. Nash, M. A., Waitumbi, J., Yager, P., Hoffman, A. S., and Stayton, P. S. (2012)
   Multiplexed Enrichment and Detection of Malarial Biomarkers using a Stimuli-Responsive Iron Oxide and Gold Nanoparticle Reagent System.
   ACS Nano, 6(8): 6776–6785.
4. Nash M. A., Hoffman J. M., Stevens D. Y., Hoffman A. S., Stayton P. S., Yager P. (2010)
   Laboratory Scale Protein Striping System for Patterning Biomolecules onto Paper Based Immunochromatographic Test Strips.
   Lab on a Chip, 10(17): 2279–2282
5. Nash M. A., Lai J. J., Hoffman A. S., Yager P., Stayton P. S. (2010)
   “Smart” Diblock Copolymers as Templates for Magnetic-Core Gold-Shell Nanoparticle Synthesis.
   Nano Letters, 10(1):85–91
6. Nash M. A., Yager P., Hoffman A. S., Stayton P. S. (2010)
   Mixed Stimuli-Responsive Magnetic and Gold Nanoparticle System for Rapid Purification, Enrichment, and Detection of Biomarkers.
   Bioconjugate Chemistry, 21(12):2197–2204
7. Warner C. L., Addleman R. S., Cinson A. D., Droubay T. C., Engelhard M. H., Nash M. A., Yantasee W., Warner M. G. (2010)
   High Performance Superparamagnetic Nanoparticle Based Heavy Metal Sorbents for Removal of Contaminants from Natural Waters.
   ChemSusChem, 3(6):749–757 *Cover article
8. Lai J. J., Nelson K. E., Nash M. A., Hoffman A. S., Yager P., Stayton P. S. (2009)
   Dynamic Bioprocessing and Microfluidic Transport Control with Smart Magnetic Nanoparticles in Laminar-Flow Devices.
   Lab on a Chip, 9(14):1997–2002
9. Malmstadt N., Nash M. A., Purnell R. F., Schmidt J. J. (2006)
   Automated Formation of Lipid-Bilayer Membranes in a Microfluidic Device.
   Nano Letters, 6(9):1961–1965.