Christopher DelRe, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor, Nanoscience Initiative

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

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.