Students and faculty in the UPenn/Drexel IGERT Program are involved in a variety of research areas, loosely organized into the four themes below. For information on who is involved in each area, please visit our Faculty page.

Or, read a profile of some of our current IGERT students' work!

Steven Spurgeon

More coming soon!

Drug Delivery &
Biomedical Applications

• Effect of Environmental Parameters on the Structure of Proteins
• Nano-fibers & Polymersomes as Drug Delivery Systems
• Hydrogel-Nanoparticle Complexes • Biologically Inspired Nanoscience

Nanoscale Devices

• Design of Molecular Devices
• Charge Mediated Assembly of Functional
Nanostructures
• Magnetic Field Driven Assembly of Magnetic
Nano-Particles
• Nanofluidics

Nanofibrous Materials

• Conductive Polymer Structures
• Electroactive, Bioactive & Structural Nanofibers
• Electrospinning

Nanotubes & Nanostructures

• Carbon Nanotubes
• Carbide Derived Carbon
• Nanostructured Materials
Processing