PIERRE & MARIE CURIE UNIVERSITY (PARIS VI) Paris, France Habilitation to Direct Research, Physical Chemistry/Nanomaterials, February 1994 Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, October 1987; Work done at the Coll??ge de France, Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory. M. S. Condensed Matter Physics, June 1984. FACULTY OF SCIENCES TUNIS, Tunisia B. S. Physics, June 1982; graduated with Honors.

Chemistry of Materials/Nanoscience/Photochemistry/Spectroscopy and Dynamics/Synthesis and Catalysis

Research areas: We focus on understanding, controlling and tailoring the interfaces between inorganic nanocrystals and biological (as well as non-biological) systems. This requires making progress on few parallel tracks, including: nanoparticle design, structural and optical characterization, ligand design and characterization, chemical interfacing of QDs, Au nanoparticles and magnetic nanocrystals with biological systems, biosensing assemblies, in vivo imaging and sensing.

Research tools: synthetic organic and inorganic chemistry; 1H NMR; X-ray and light scattering techniques; TEM and SEM; Optical spectroscopy; energy transfer (FRET); FT-IR; Cell growth; Cell imaging.

G. Palui, F. Aldeek, W. Wang, and H. Mattoussi, ??Strategies for Interfacing Inorganic Nanocrystals with Biological Systems based on Polymer-Coating,?? Chem. Soc. Rev., 44, 193 ?C 227 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C4CS00124A W. Wang, X. Ji, H-B. Na, M. Safi, Alexandria Smith, G. Palui, J.M. Perez, and H. Mattoussi, ??A Multi-Dopamine-Modified Polymer as a Ligand Optimally Suited for Interfacing Magnetic Nanoparticles with Biological Systems,?? Langmuir 30, 6197?6208 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/la500974r F. Aldeek, M. Safi, N. Zhan G. Palui, and H. Mattoussi, ??Understanding the Self-Assembly of Proteins onto Gold Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots Driven by Metal-Histidine Coordination,?? ACS Nano 7, 10197?C10210 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/nn404479h.

N. Zhan, G. Palui, M. Safi, and H. Mattoussi, ??Multidentate Zwitterionic Ligands Provide Compact and highly biocompatible Quantum Dots,?? J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 13786-13795 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/ja405010v