Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley, 2004-2006 Dr. rer. nat., Technical University Kaiserslautern, 2003 Diploma, Technical University Munich, 2000 Intermediate Diploma, University of Bielefeld, 1997

Physical Chemistry/Biological Chemistry

Research in the Reinhard Lab focuses on new optical materials and their application to interrogate fundamental life processes. We are exploring the interface between nanotechnology and biological systems.

"Plasmonically Enhanced Chiral Optical Fields and Forces in Achiral Split Ring Resonators", M.H. Alizadeh, B. M. Reinhard, ACS Photonics, accepted. "Plasmonic nanoshell functionalized etched fiber Bragg gratings for highly sensitive refractive index measurements", J. Burgmeier, A. Feizpour, W. Schade, B. M. Reinhard, Opt. Lett. 40,546(2015). "Collective Photonic-Plasmonic Resonances in Noble Metal – Dielectric Nanoparticle Hybrid Arrays", Y. Hong, B.M. Reinhard, Opt. Mater. Express. 4,2409(2014). "Quantifying Lipid Contents in Enveloped Virus Particles with Plasmonic Nanoparticles", A. Feizpour, X. Yu, H. Akiyama, C.M. Miller, E. Edmans, S. Gummuluru, B.M. Reinhard, SMALL. DOI:10.1002/smll.201402184. "Glycosphingolipid-functionalized nanoparticles recapitulate CD169-dependent HIV-1 uptake and trafficking in dendritic cells", X. Yu, A. Feizpour, N. P. Ramirez, L. Wu, H. Akiyama, F. Xu, S. Gummuluru &B. M. Reinhard, Nature Communications. 5,4136 (2014). "Rational Assembly of Optoplasmonic Hetero-nanoparticle Arrays with Tunable Photonic–Plasmonic Resonances", Y. Hong, Y. Qiu, T. Chen, B. M. Reinhard, Adv. Funct. Mater. 24,739 (2014). "Nanoconjugation: A Materials Approach to Enhance Epidermal Growth Factor Induced Apoptosis", L. Wu, X. Yu, A. Feizpour, B. M. Reinhard , Biomater. Sci., 2, 156 (2014). "Probing Subdiffraction Limit Separations with Plasmon Coupling Microscopy: Concepts and Applications", L. Wu, B. M. Reinhard , Chem. Soc. Rev. ,43,3884 (2014). "Glass Transition Temperature of Polymer-Nanoparticle Composites: Effect of Polymer-Particle Interfacial Energy", F. Chen, A. Clough, B. M. Reinhard, M. Grinstaff, N. Jiang, T. Koga, O. K. C. Tsui, Macromolecules, 46, 4663 (2013). "Tailoring Plasmon Coupling in Self-Assembled One-Dimensional Au Nanoparticle Chains through Simultaneous Control of Size and Gap Separation", T. Chen, M. Pourmand, A. Feizpour, B. Cushman, B.M. Reinhard, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4, 2147 (2013). "Demonstration of Efficient On-Chip Photon Transfer in Self-Assembled Optoplasmonic Networks", W.Ahn, Y. Hong, S. V. Boriskina, B.M. Reinhard, ACS Nano 7, 4470 (2013). "Interferon-Inducible Mechanism of Dendritic Cell-Mediated HIV-1 Dissemination Is Dependent on Siglec-1/CD169″, W. B. Puryear, H. Akiyama, S. D. Geer, N. P. Ramirez, X. Yu, B.M. Reinhard, S. Gummuluru PLOS Pathogens, 9, 1003291 (2013). "Generation of scalable quasi-3D metallo-dielectric SERS substrates through orthogonal reactive ion etching", W.Ahn, Y. Qiu, B.M. Reinhard, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 1, 3310 (2013). "Illuminating the Lateral Organization of Cell-Surface CD24 and CD44 through Plasmon Coupling between Au Nanoparticle Immunolabels", X. Yu, J. Wang, A. Feizpour, B.M. Reinhard, Analytical Chemistry, 85, 1290 (2013). "Enhanced Light Focusing in Self-Assembled Optoplasmonic Clusters with Subwavelength Dimensions", Y. Hong, M. Pourmand, S. V. Boriskina, B.M. Reinhard, Adv. Mater., 25, 115 (2013).