Matt Tirrell

Professor and Chair, Bioengineering Professor, Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical Engineering Core Member, UCB/UCSF Graduate Group in Bioengineering 306 Stanley Hall mailcode: 1762 510-642-5833 fax: 510-642-5835 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Membership effective July

Research Interests

Tirrell's research is focused on the manipulation and measurement of surface properties of polymers, bringing microscopic measurements of intermolecular forces to bear on polymer surface problems, and new insight into polymer technology particularly in the area of surface modification with amphiphilic polymers and bimolecular materials.

Research Summary

Tirrell's research is focused on the manipulation and measurement of surface properties of polymers, bringing microscopic measurements of intermolecular forces to bear on polymer surface problems, and new insight into polymer technology particularly in the area of surface modification with amphiphilic polymers and bimolecular materials.

Selected Publications

“Microsurface potential measurements: Repulsive forces between polyelectrolyte brushes in presence of multivalent counterions”, C. Schneider, A. Jasufi, R. Farina, F. Li, P. Pincus, M. Tirrell, and M. Ballauff, Langmuir, 24, 10612-10615 (2008).

“Peptide-Mediated Targeting of Liposomes to Tumor Cells”, E. Rezler, D. Kahn, R. Tu, M. Tirrell and G. Fields, Methods in Molecular Biology, 386, 269-298 (2007).

“Noncovalent Self-assembling Nucleic Acid-Lipid Based Materials”, W. Smitthipong, T. Neumann, S. Gajria, Y. Li, A. Chworos, L. Jaeger and M. Tirrell, Biomacromolecules, 10, 221-228 (2008).

“Targeting of albumin-embedded paclitaxel nanoparticles to tumors”, P. Karmali, V. Kotamraju, M. Kastantin, M. Black, D. Missirlis, M. Tirrell and E. Ruoslahti, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 5, 73-82 (2009).

“Reversible Structural Switching of a DNA-DDAB Film”, T. Neumann, S. Gajria, M. Tirrell and L. Jaeger, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 3440-3441 (2009).