Megan Farell

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2020

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Tennessee, 2015

e-mail: mxf5340[at]psu.edu

Publications

"Two-dimensional materials for combination therapy to address challenges in the treatment of cancer," Self, A.; Farell, M.; Samineni, L.; Kumar, M.; Gomez, E.W., Advanced NanoBiomed Research, 2023, 2300070.

"Lipid-Functionalized Graphene Loaded with hMnSOD for Selective Inhibition of Cancer Cells," Farell, M.; Self, A.; Guza, C.; Song, H.; Apollon, L.; Gomez, E.W.; Kumar, M., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12, 11, 12407-12416. (2020).

"Artificial water channels enable fast and selective water permeation through water-wire networks," Song, W.; Joshi, H.; Chowdhury, R.; Najem, J.; Shen, Y.X.; Lang, C.; Henderson, C.B.; Tu, Y.M.; Farell, M.; Pitz, M.E.; Maranas, C.D.; Cremer, P.S.; Hickey, R.J.; Sarles, S.A.; Hou, J.; Aksimentiev, A.; Kumar, M., Nature Nanotechnology, 15: 73-79 (2020).

"Characterization of the Lipid Structure and Fluidity of Lipid Membranes on Epitaxial Graphene and Their Correlation to Graphene Features," Farell, M.; Wetherington, M.; Shankla, M.; Chae, I.; Subramanian, S.; Kim, S.H.; Aksimentiev, A.; Robinson, J.; Kumar, M., Langmuir, 35: 4726-4735 (2019). 

"Biomimetic and bioinspired approaches for wiring enzymes to electrode interfaces" Saboe, P.O.; Conte, E.; Farell, M.; Bazan, G.C., Kumar, M. Energy & Environmental Science, 10: 14-42 (2017).   

"Biomimetic wiring and stabilization of photosynthetic membrane proteins with block copolymer interfaces" Saboe, P.O.; Conte, E.; Stanley, C.; Feroz, H.; Ferlez, B.; Farell, M.; Poyton, M.F.; Sines, I.T.; Yan, H.; Bazan, G.C.; Globeck, J.; Kumar. M. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 40: 15457-15463 (2016).  

Awards

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Graduate Excellence Fellowship, Penn State