Samantha Meenach

Research

  • Pharmaceutical Engineering
  • Particle Formulation and Engineering
  • Tumor-Penetrating Nanoparticles
  • In Vitro Analysis of Dry Powder Particles
  • Dry Powder Aerosol Nanocomposite Microparticles
  • Pulmonary Drug Delivery
  • Aerosol Deposition
  • Air-Liquid Interface Culture

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering. University of Kentucky, 2010
  • M.S., Chemical Engineering. University of Kentucky, 2008
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering. University of Kentucky, 2005

Selected Publications

Anik MI, Pan A, Jakaria MG, Meenach SA, Bothun GD. Protein-Templated Core/Shell Au Nanostructures for Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species Detection by SERS. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022, doi: 10/1021/acsanm.2c02641
Jakaria MG, Sorkhdini P, Yang D, Zhou Y, Meenach S. Lung Cell Membrane-Coated Nanoparticles capable of Enhanced Internalization and Translocation in Pulmonary Epithelial Cells. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2021; 613(11), 121418. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.121418
Ivone R, Fernando A, DeBoef B, Meenach SA, Shen J. Development of Spray-Dried Cyclodextrin-Based Pediatric Anti-HIV Formulations. AAPS PharmSciTech, 2021; 22(5), 1-10. doi: 10.1208/s12249-021-02068-w
Shah NK, Ivone R, Shen J, Meenach SA. A comparison of centrifugation and tangential flow filtration for nanoparticle purification: A case study on acetalated dextran nanoparticles. Particuology, 2020; 50, 189-196. doi: 10.1016/j.partic.2019.06.004
Pan A, Jakaria MG, Meenach SA, Bothun GD. Radiofrequency and Near-Infared Responsive Core-Shell Nanostructures Using Layersome Templates for Cancer Treatment. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2019. doi: 10.1021/acsabm.9b00797
Guzmán EAT, Sun Q, Meenach SA. Development and Evaluation of Paclitaxel-Loaded Aerosol Nanocomposite Microparticles and Their Efficacy Against Air-Grown Lung Cancer Tumor Spheroids. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2019; 5(12), 6570-6580. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b00947
Shah NK, Wang Z, Gupta SK, Le Campion A, Meenach SA. Sustained Release of a Model Water-Soluble Compound via Dry Powder Aerosolizable Acetalated Dextran Microparticles. Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, 2019; 24(9), 1133-1143. doi: 10.1080/10837450.2019.1641727
Shah NK, Ivone R, Shen J, Meenach SA. A Comparison of Centrifugation and Tangential Flow Filtration for Nanoparticle Purification: A Case Study on Acetalated Dextran Nanoparticles. Particuology, 2019; 50, 189-196. doi: 10.1016/j.partic.2019.06.004
Shah NK, Gupta SK, Wang Z, Meenach SA. Enhancement of Macrophage Uptake Via Phosphatidylserine-Coated Acetalated Dextran Nanoparticles. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 2019; 50, 57-65. doi: 10.1016/j.jddst.2019.01.013

Recent Grants

7/3/2023. Co- PI. NIH - National Institutes of Health /DHHS. “Hands-on Education and Research for Biomedical and Analytical Learning (HERBAL).”
4/17/2023. PI. NIH - National Institutes of Health /DHHS. “ESTEEMED Scholars Program at the University of Rhode Island.”
12/13/2022. PI. Ocean State Research Institute Inc. “Platelet-Coated Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Pulmonary Fibrosis.”
11/9/2022. PI. Ocean State Research Institute Inc. “Role of Endothelial Anoctamin-1 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.”
11/9/2022. PI. Ocean State Research Institute Inc. “Role of Endothelial Anoctamin-1 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.”
9/10/2018. Co-PI. National Science Foundation. “MRI: Acquisition of a Confocal High Content Screening System to Enhance Bioengineering, and Biomedical Research.”

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