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AWARDS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2026 – Finalist, TechConnect World 2026 Innovation Spotlights \u2014 Critical Technology Spotlights (Advanced Materials track) for BactiBlank antibiofilm coating, Raleigh, NC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026 – Featured PI Highlight, Provost\u2019s TPAC-RL Spring 2026 Faculty Newsletter, University of Notre Dame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024- Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility Award for Best Imaging Publication to Kevin Armknecht of Nallathamby lab  (Nanoscale Advances<\/em>, 2024, 6, 1145-1162).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024- Nanoscale Advances<\/em>, 2024, 6, 1145-1162 included in the 2024 Popular Advances collection (including articles which have been very well received by the community).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023- 1st<\/sup> Prize for poster in \u201cAntimicrobial Countermeasures for Wound Infections in Military Personnel\u201d at the 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium in Orlando, FL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016-  $1000 for prototype submission to the InnoCentive Challenge “Minimally Invasive Skin Biopsy Technique for Gene  Expression Measurement” (<\/a>I<\/a>D<\/a> 993366<\/a>9<\/a>)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016- 5th<\/sup> Annual Harper Research Day Poster Competition prize from the Mike and Josie Harper Cancer Research Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015- Pfizer Young Investigator Poster Award for the work on “Modular Assembly of Surface Functionalized Core-Shell  Nanoparticles as Novel Image Contrast Agents”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015- $3000 InnoCentive Challenge Prize for solving “Incorporating Drugs into an Exosome” (<\/a>ID<\/a> 993367<\/a>5<\/a>)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CURRENT FEDERAL AND FOUNDATION FUNDING ($1,423,830\/-)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2026 \u2013 2028 Monoclonal Antibody-Conjugated Nanoparticles for Precision CMV Antiviral Delivery<\/strong> NIH R21. Maria Pilar-Perez Romero (PI), P.D. Nallathamby (Co-I). 1R21AI203022-01 $434,500.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026 \u2013 2029 Evaluation of Novel Antibacterial Nanoparticle Therapeutics for the Treatment of Combat-Relevant Pathogens in vitro and Pre-Clinical Animal Models<\/strong>, DHA MID (Invited), $295,000<\/strong>; 1 month Co-PI effort +  12 months graduate student; SCORE: 1.3\u20131.5 (Outstanding); Resubmitted October 16, 2024; Co-PI. ( Army Acquisition Contract Awarded pending ND Signature) Start Date: August 21, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 \u2013 2027 Multispecific Bridge Nanoparticles to Engage T Cells and Off-the-Shelf CAR-T Cells Against Antigen(+) EC Tumors to Enhance Antitumor Immune Activity<\/strong>, CDMRP-PRCRP IDEA award (Invited) HT94252510332, $694,330<\/strong>; 1.5 months effort, PI; Collaboration with IUSM-SB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Externally Funded Projects Completed (Previous years):<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023 \u2013 2024 AFM study to Elucidate Mechano-Electrical Differences in Cell Membranes of Cancer Cells and Normal Primary Cells using Magnetoelectric Nanoparticles<\/strong>, DOE-CNMS2022-B-01661, $0 (user facility access for instrument and CNMS PI time); PI: P.D. Nallathamby\/L. Collins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022 \u2013 2024 Off-the-Shelf CAR-T (uCAR-T) Cell Re-targeted to Multiple Cancer Types using Dual-Antibody, Bridge Nanoparticles and Controllable uCART Activation<\/strong>, CTSI-Think Tank\/IU-B, $10,000; 0.05 months effort, PI; Milestone I met, applying for Phase II in vivo studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021\u2013 2022 Aptima \/Sentinel\/ND\/Purdue “SMARTWATCH: Sensor-based Monitoring and Assessment via Remote Telemetry and Wearables for Augmentation of Tactical Care and Health”, NBMC-AFRL, $1,384,355.19; 4.2% FTE as senior personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020\u2013 2021 P.D. Nallathamby, S. Zhang, F. Liu “Neutralizing the Cardiotoxicity of Anthracyclines”, American Cancer Society- Institutional Research Grant, $32,450, in vivo <\/em>experiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018- 2021 P.D. Nallathamby, S. Zhang, P. Helquist “Magnetic Nanocarrier-based, Precise Chemotherapeutic Delivery to Metastatic Cancer Cells In Vivo<\/em>“, American Cancer Society- Institutional Research Grant, $30,000, in vivo <\/em>experiments and 8% FTE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019 \u2013 2020 P.D. Nallathamby, S.W. Lee, J. Hopf “Biomimetic Infection Reporting Antimicrobial Nanoparticles for Wound and Surgical Site Applications”, Clinical Translational Sciences Institute-Project Development Team, $20,000 in vitro<\/em>\/ in vivo <\/em>supplies and 25% stipend post-doctoral salary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PATENTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2026 – U.S. Patent 12,576,160 B2 \u2014<\/strong> \u201cDual antibody bridge nanoparticles for efficient targeting of cancer cells using immunotherapy (universal CAR-T cells) or other anticancer therapeutics.\u201d Inventor: P.D. Nallathamby. Issued March 17, 2026<\/strong> (Notice of Allowance Jan. 21, 2026); University of Notre Dame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024 – U.S. Patent 12,161,725 B2 \u2014<\/strong> \u201cPhage-Mimicking Nanoparticles.\u201d Inventors: P.D. Nallathamby, J. Hopf. Licensed to nanoBLASTx, LLC<\/strong> via the Notre Dame IDEA Center, March 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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