Meet Our Team

Meet the dedicated minds behind Dragnea Research, a team of innovative scientists and researchers driven by curiosity and a passion for discovery.

Bogdan Dragnea Ph.D
Bogdan Dragnea Ph.DPrincipal Investigator
Provost Professor and Adjunct Professor of Physics and Biochemistry
Irina B Tsvetkova Ph.D.
Irina B Tsvetkova Ph.D.Research Scientist
Bioenabled materials. Experiments in spherical crystallography with virus proteins and nanoparticles.
Ayesha Amjad
Ayesha AmjadGraduate Student
Kristen White
Kristen WhiteGraduate Student
Interactions of complex bio derived nanoparticles for photonics and beyond through experimentation and theoretical simulations.
Tianran Li
Tianran LiGraduate Student
Simulation and instrumentation for light matter interaction in fluorescent virus system.
Jeevesh Magnani
Jeevesh MagnaniGraduate Student
Photothermal microscopy of nanoparticles in ice.
Lena Lowry
Lena LowryUndergraduate Student
Grace Clemmer
Grace ClemmerUndergraduate Student
John Hoy
John HoyUndergraduate Student

Dragnea Research gratefully acknowledges support throughout the years from:

NSF

NSF - CHE, DMR, and CBET programs

Army

The Army Research Office

DOE

DOE Basic Energy Sciences

HFSP

The Human Frontier Science Program

NIH

NIH - NIGMS program

NIH-NIGSM

NIH - NIGMS program