Geoffrey Bothun’s Research Profile

August 21, 2019
Bothun, Geoff, 2021

Recent Grants1

Grant Portion Amount
9/13/2022. Co-PI. National Institutes of Health. “Sources, Transport, Exposure & Effects of PFAS (STEEP) Center – Renewal” $76,384.00 (4%) of total $1,909,600.00.
1/25/2021. Co-PI. National Institute of Environmental Health Services. “GSO/CI/NIEHS – STEEP Year 5 Budget Request.” $10,155.63 (9.49%) of total $107,014.00
1/25/2021. Co-PI. National Institute of Environmental Health Services. “GSO/CI/NIEHS – STEEP Year 5 Budget Request.” $10,155.63 (9.49%) of total $107,014.00
4/6/2020. PI. National Science Foundation. “Accumulation and transformation of micro and Nano plastics within the sea surface microlayer.” $423,191.00 (100%)
12/27/2018. PI. University of Maryland. “Molecular Engineering of Food-Grade Dispersants as Highly Efficient and Safe Products for the Treatment of Oil Spills” $29,277.00 (100%)
10/3/2018. PI. University of Maryland. “Molecular Engineering of Food-Grade Dispersants as Highly Efficient and Safe Products for the Treatment of Oil Spills.” $56,355.00 (100%)
9/30/2018. Co-PI. National Science Foundation. “Remotely Activated Biomaterial Scaffolds for Flexibly Directing the Recruitment and Differentiation of Bone Progenitor Cells.” $12,500.00 (25%) of total $50,000.00
9/24/2018. Co-PI. National Institute of Health. “CI – STEEP – Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of Perfluoroalkyl Substances.” $14,012.97 (11.7%) of total $119,769.00
9/20/2018. Co-PI. National Science Foundation. “RII Track-1: Enhancing Rhode Island’s Coastal Environment to Enable Growth in a Blue Economy.” $3,024,834.75 (75%) of total $4,033,113.00
9/10/2018. Co-PI. National Science Foundation. “MRI: Acquisition of a Confocal High Content Screening System to Enhance Bioengineering, and Biomedical Research.” $89,316.90 (10%) of total $893,169.00
8/29/2018. PI. RI Science and Technology Advisory Council. “EPSCoR: RII Track 1: STAC Match.” $380,000.00 (100%)
7/30/2018. PI. University of Maryland. “Molecular Engineering of Food-Grade Dispersants as Highly Efficient and Safe Products for the Treatment of Oil Spills.” $58,552.00 (100%)
5/9/2018. Co-PI. National Institute of Health. “CI-STEEP-Sources, Transport, Exposure, and Effects of Perfluoroalkyl Substances.” $1,238.32 (11.7%) of total $10,584.00
3/30/2018. Co-PI. National Institute of Health. “CI-STEEP-Sources, Transport, Exposure, and Effects of Perfluoroalkyl Substances.” $187,134.01 (11.7%) of total $1,599,436.00
3/8/2018. PI. University of Maryland. “Molecular Engineering of Food-Grade Dispersants as Highly Efficient and Sale Products for the Treatment of Oil Spills.” $29,276.00 (100%)
3/7/2018. PI. RI Science and Technology Advisory Council. “EPSCoR: RII Track 1: STAC match.” $380,000.00 (100%)
10/4/2017. Co-PI. National Institute of Health. “CI – STEEP – Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of Perfluoroalkyl Substances.” $195,375.60 (11.7%) of total $1,669,877.00
9/22/2017. PI. RI Commerce Corporation. “Evaluation of a New Cleaning Process for Medical Devices.” $50,000.00 (100%)
9/21/2017. Co-PI. National Science Foundation. “RII Track-1: Enhancing Rhode Island’s Coastal Environment to Enable Growth in a Blue Economy.” $3,401,639.25 (75%) of total $4,535,519.00
8/11/2017. PI. University of Maryland. “Molecular Engineering of Food-Grade Dispersants as Highly Efficient and Safe Products for the Treatment of Oil Spills.” $28,178.00 (100%)
6/12/2017. PI. National Science Foundation. “Nanoparticle-Bacterial Membrane Interactions and Their Role in Nanotoxicology.” $59,789.00 (100%)
1/31/2017. PI. University of Maryland. “Molecular Engineering of Food-Grade Dispersants as Highly Efficient and Safe Products for the Treatment of Oil Spills.” $28,178.00 (100%)

Recent Publications1

Citation Journal Impact Factor
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 2021 JIF 5.628
Poonia M, Kuster T, Bothun GD. Organic Anion Detection with Functionalized SERS Substrates via Coupled Electrokinetic Preconcentration, Analyte Capture, and Charge Transfer. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022. doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c02934 2021 JIF 9.441
Marques E, Pfohl M, Wei W, et al. Replacement per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are potent modulators of lipogenic and drug metabolizing gene expression signatures in primary human hepatocytes. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 2022; 442, 115991. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2022.115991 2021 JIF 4.137
Naumann A, Alesio J, Poonia M, Bothun GD. PFAS fluidize synthetic and bacterial lipid monolayers based on hydrophobicity and lipid charge. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022; 10(2), 107351. doi: 10.1016/j.jece.2022.107351 2021 JIF 7.487
Tsengam IKM, Omarova M, Kelley EG, et al. Transformation of Lipid Vesicles into Micelles by Adding Nonionic Surfactants: Elucidating the Structural Pathway and the Intermediate Structures. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2022. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb. 1c09685 2021 JIF 0.800, 2020 JIF 0.515
Alesio JL, Slitt A, Bothun GD. Critical insights into the binding of poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to albumin protein. Chemosphere, 2022; 287, 131979. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131979 2021 JIF 8.125
Corcoran LG, Almaraz BAS, Amen KY, et al. Using Microemulsion Phase Behavior as a Predictive Model for Lecithin- Tween 80 Marine Oil Dispersant Effectiveness. Langmuir, 2021; 37(27), 8115-8128. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00651 2021 JIF 4.058
Küster T, Bothun GD. In situ SERS detection of dissolved nitrate on hydrated gold substrates. Nanoscale Advances, 2021; 3, 4098-4105. doi: 10.1039/D1NA00156F 2021 JIF 5.108
Ganji N., Bothun GD. Albumin protein coronas render nanoparticles surface active: consonant interactions at air-water and at lipid monolayer interfaces. Environmental Science: Nano, 2021; doi: 10.1039/D0EN00934B 2021 JIF 8.056
Fedorenko M., Alesio J., Fedorenko A., Slitt A., Bothun GD. Dominant entropic binding of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) to albumin protein revealed by 19F NMR. Chemosphere, 2021; 263, 128083. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128083 2021 JIF 8.125, 2020 JIF 6.897
Madani SZM, Safaee MM, Mitchell Gravely, et al. Carbon Nanotube-Liposome Complexes in Hydrogels for Controlled Drug Delivery via Near-Infrared Laser Stimulation. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2020; 4(1), 331-342. doi: 10.1021/acsanm.0c02700 2021 JIF 5.638, 2020 JIF 4.870
Abbasi A, Silva de Oliveira TT, Bothun GD, Bose A. Carbon Black Templated Gold Nanoparticles for Detection of a Broad Spectrum of Analytes by Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS). ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2020; 3(3), 2605–2613. doi: 10.1021/acsanm.0c00004 2021 JIF 5.638, 2020 JIF 4.870
Fernandes JC, Agrawal NR, Aljirafi FO, et al. Does the Solvent in a Dispersant Impact the Efficiency of Crude-Oil Dispersion? Langmuir, 2019; 35(50), 16630-16639. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02184 2021 JIF 4.058, 2019 JIF 3.613
Pan A, Jakaria MG, Meenach SA, Bothun GD. Radiofrequency and Near-Infrared Responsive Core–Shell Nanostructures Using Layersome Templates for Cancer Treatment. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2019; 3(1), 273-281. doi: 10.1021/acsabm.9b00797 2021 JIF 3.952, 2019 JIF 2.572
Hossain T, Bothun GD, Ilias S. Transport of Liquid and Supercritical CO2 and Selected Organic Solvents Through Surface Modified Mesoporous γ-alumina and Titania Membranes. Seperation Science and Technology, 2019; 54(13), 2098-2011. doi: 10.1080/01496395.2019.1594901 2021 JIF 2.788, 2019 JIF 1.016
Omarova M, Swientoniewski LT, Tsengam IKM, et al. Biofilm Formation by Hydrocarbon-Degrading Marine Bacteria and Its Effects on Oil Dispersion. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019; 7(17), 14490-14499. doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b01923 2021 JIF 8.413, 2019 JIF 7.814
Hossain T, Bothun, GD, Ilias S. Transport of Liquid and Supercritical CO2 and Selected Organic Solvents Through Surface Modified Mesoporous γ-Alumina and Titania Membranes. Separation Science and Technology, 2019; 1-14. doi: 10.1080/01496395.2019.1594901 2021 JIF 2.788, 2019 JIF 1.726
Chakraborty S, Abassi A, Bothun G, et al. Phospholipid Bilayer Softening Due to Hydrophobic Gold Nanoparticle Inclusions. Langmuir, 2018. doi:10.1021 2021 JIF 4.058, 2018 JIF 3.758
Abbasi A, Bothun GD, Bose A. Attachment of Alcanivorax borkumensis to Hexadecane-in-Artificial Sea Water Emulsion Droplets. Langmuir, 2018; 34(18), 5352-5357. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00082 2021 JIF 4.058, 2018 JIF 3.758
Ganji N, Khan IA, Bothun GD. Surface Activity of Poly(ethylene glycol)-Coated Silver Nanoparticles in the Presence of a Lipid Monolayer. Langmuir, 2018; 34(5), 2039–2045. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03743 2021 JIF 4.058, 2018 JIF 3.758

Honors & Awards

  • 2017 NSF CAREER Award

 

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