- Assistant Professor, Nanoscience Initiative
Christopher DelRe, Ph.D.
Chris received his BS/MS degree in materials science and engineering from Drexel University (2010 – 2015). He then received a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the University of California, Berkeley (2015 – 2020). During his Ph.D., Chris focused on stabilizing enzymes and using enzymes as building blocks to design protein-based materials. His major research contributions involve manipulating the interactions between embedded enzymes and their host polymers, leading to single-use plastics that can be depolymerized on-demand at the material’s end-of-life into recyclable and metabolizable by-products. After completing his Ph.D., Chris started a postdoctoral fellowship in chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard University (2021 – 2023), where he interfaced proteins with porous nanocrystals to control their self-assembly, stability, and pore accessibility in water. The DelRe lab at ASRC and CUNY currently focused on engineering new materials based on confined proteins and synthetic polymers.
Publications
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K. Barriales, S. Khandaker, A. Jain, D. Sementa, M. N. Nair, T. Wang, J. Tang, C. DelRe, and R.V. Ulijn, Aqueous Graphene Dispersion and Biofunctionalization via Enzymatic Oxidation of Tripeptides, Small, 2024. |
N.A. Alcantar, S. Banta, A.D. Cak, X. Chen, C. DelRe, L.F. Deravi, J.S. Dordick, B.M. Giebel, D. Greenfield, P.M. Groffman, M. Holford, G. John, N.S. Joshi, N.A. Kotov, J. K. Montclare, B.S. Moore, J.H. Ortony, A.B. Reinmann, J. Son, R.E. Stark, R.V. Ulijn, C.J. Vörösmarty, C.J. Wilson, Bioinspired Green Science and Technology Symposium in NYC, Matter, 2022, 5, 7, 1980-1984. |
