{"id":122,"date":"2017-09-03T12:05:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T16:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/?page_id=122"},"modified":"2026-07-27T07:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:13:18","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/?page_id=122","title":{"rendered":"About the PI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-987 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/files\/2020\/02\/Nallathamby-Prakash-6329-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/files\/2020\/02\/Nallathamby-Prakash-6329-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/files\/2020\/02\/Nallathamby-Prakash-6329-714x1024.jpg 714w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/files\/2020\/02\/Nallathamby-Prakash-6329-768x1101.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/files\/2020\/02\/Nallathamby-Prakash-6329-1072x1536.jpg 1072w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/files\/2020\/02\/Nallathamby-Prakash-6329.jpg 1332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Associate Director of Research and Assistant Professor of Practice at The Notre Dame Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health (IPH) | Assistant Research Professor in the Bioengineering graduate program in Aerospace &amp; Mechanical Engineering (concurrent)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Co-Navigator for University of Notre Dame&#8217;s Indiana Clinical Translational Sciences Institute (I-CTSI) (Fall 2023 to present)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>NDNANO Assistant Research Professor (Adjunct-Bioengineering program in Aerospace &amp; Mechanical Engineering), 2019<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Gordon Battelle Postdoctoral Fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2013<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Ph.D. (Biomedical Sciences) Old Dominion University, 2010<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>B.Tech. (Industrial Biotechnology) &#8211; A.C.Tech., Anna University, 2003<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">I am a nanoparticle engineer with more than 15 years of multidisciplinary expertise in the synthesis of nanomaterials, biomedical imaging, cancer biology, nanotoxicology, and targeted therapeutics\/ diagnostics. Contact me for collaborations, partnerships, and consulting opportunities.<br \/>\nThe driving force behind my research is to make nanoparticle-based technologies accessible to all research groups. I use my unique interdisciplinary research experience with nanoscale sensor materials, to elucidate inter-cell trafficking and defense mechanisms of abnormal cells (e.g., cancer) with the aim of exploiting this knowledge for early detection and targeted therapies. I have secondary research interests in nanotoxicology and\u00a0scaling\u00a0up the synthesis of nanomaterials from lab scale to pilot scale with a niche focus on anisotropic and Janus nanoparticles. I have tertiary interests in the application of plasmonic nanomaterials in the field of metamaterials, sensors, catalysis\u00a0and improving the efficiency of renewable energy sources.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">I have won multiple awards as a consultant for Innocentive (a crowd-sourced initiative by former Eli Lilly scientists), and I am a successful applicant for research grants in an academic setting. My combined work experience in industry, academics and as a consultant gives me a diverse skill set that makes me highly adaptable and allows me to work strongly in an individual as well as in a team setting.<br \/>\nAs part of my research, I have<br \/>\n\u2013 published more than 37 peer-reviewed journal articles,<br \/>\n\u2013 been cited more than 3295 times, h-index 26, i-10 index 35<br \/>\n\u2013 co-authored 1 book chapter,<br \/>\n\u2013 2 full patent, and 9 patent applications<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Contact Info<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Office:<\/strong><br \/>\nTel (574) 631-7868<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:pnallath@nd.edu\">pnallath@nd.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/engineering.nd.edu\/profiles\/pnallathamby\">https:\/\/research.nd.edu\/people\/prakash-nallathamby\/ http:\/\/engineering.nd.edu\/profiles\/pnallathamby<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Linkedin:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/prakashdn\">http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/prakashdn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong><br \/>\nBerthiaume Institute for Precision Health<br \/>\nMcCourtney hall<br \/>\n54417, Leahy Drive<br \/>\nUniversity of Notre Dame<br \/>\nNotre Dame, IN\u00a046556<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Director of Research and Assistant Professor of Practice at The Notre Dame Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health (IPH) | Assistant Research Professor in the Bioengineering graduate program in Aerospace &amp; 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