Faculty Publications

• Smart, B. M., Haffner, L. M., Barger, K. A., Ciampa, D. A., Hill, A. S., Krishnarao, D., and Madsen, G. J. (2023). The Diffuse Ionized Gas Halo of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Astrophysical Journal, 948(2):118. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/acc06e
• Barger, K. A., Nidever, D. L., Huey-You, C., Freeman, P., Birdwell, A., Rueff, K., Lehner, N., Wakker, B. P., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Benjamin, R., and Ciampa, D. A. (2020). Exploring Hydrodynamical Instabilities along the Infalling High-Velocity Cloud Complex A. The Astrophysical Journal, 902(2):154. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/abb376
• Barger, K. A., Lehner, N., and Howk, J. C. (2016). Down-the-barrel and Transverse Observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud: Evidence for a Symmetric Galactic Wind on the Near and Far Sides of the Galaxy. The Astrophysical Journal, 817(2):91. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-637X/817/2/91
• Fox, A. J., Lehner, N., Lockman, F. J., Wakker, B. P., Hill, A. S., Heitsch, F., Stark, D. V., Barger, K. A., Sembach, K. R., and Rahman, M. (2016). On the Metallicity and Origin of the Smith High-velocity Cloud. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 816(1):L11. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8205/816/1/L11
• Fox, A. J., Wakker, B. P., Barger, K. A., Hernandez, A. K., Richter, P., Lehner, N., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Charlton, J. C., Westmeier, T., Thom, C., Tumlinson, J., Misawa, T., Howk, J. C., Haffner, L. M., Ely, J., Rodriguez-Hidalgo, P., and Kumari, N. (2014). The COS/UVES Absorption Survey of the Magellanic Stream. III. Ionization, Total Mass, and Inflow Rate onto the Milky Way. The Astrophysical Journal, 787(2):147. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/787/2/147

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• Dobrovolny, H.M. (2026). Mathematical Modeling of Cell-Cell Fusion Assays to Characterize Virus-Mediated Cell Fusion. Advances in Experimental Measurement, (book chapter). https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-22637-2_17
• Sage, H. and Dobrovolny, H.M. (2026). Exploring the effect of density dependent infection rate in a within host viral infection model. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering. https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2026061
• Chiarelli, A. and Dobrovolny, H.M. (2026). A mathematical model for temperature effects on virus-mediated cell fusion. Journal of Theoretical Biology. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022519326000366
• Makam, S. and Dobrovolny, H.M. (2026). Mathematical Modeling of the Role of Cytokines in Sindbis Virus Treatment of Glioblastoma. CPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology. https://ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/psp4.70205
• Satani, S., Suri, A., and Dobrovolny, H.M. (2025). Mathematical Modeling of Oncolytic Vaccinia Virus Therapy Highlights Neutrophil Impact on Tumor Suppression. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 22(233):20250481. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article/22/233/20250481

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• Otto, J. M., Frinchaboy, P. M., Myers, N. R., Johnson, J. W., Donor, J., Hossain, A., Mészáros, S., Wallace, H., Cunha, K., Bhattarai, B., et al. (2026). The Open Cluster Chemical Abundances and Mapping Survey. VIII. Galactic Chemical Gradient and Azimuthal Analysis from SDSS/MWM DR19. The Astronomical Journal, 171(2):91. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae28d8
• Wiggins, A. I., Quinn, J. R., Oeur, M., Loebman, S. R., Frinchaboy, P. M., Daniel, K. J., McCluskey, F., Otto, J. M., Woodward, H. R., D'Onghia, E., et al. (2025). Understanding the Origin and Dynamical Evolution of the Unique Open Star Cluster Berkeley 20 Using FIRE Simulations. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae21bf
• Sinha, A., Zasowski, G., Frinchaboy, P., Cunha, K., Souto, D., Tayar, J., and Stassun, K. (2024). A Comprehensive Study of Open Cluster Chemical Homogeneity Using APOGEE and Milky Way Mapper Abundances. The Astrophysical Journal, 975(1):89. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad78e1
• Sales-Silva, J. V., Cunha, K., Smith, V. V., Daflon, S., Souto, D., Guerço, R., Queiroz, A., Chiappini, C., Hayes, C. R., Masseron, T., et al. (2024). A Perspective on the Milky Way Bulge Bar as Seen from the Neutron-capture Elements Cerium and Neodymium with APOGEE. The Astrophysical Journal, 965(2):119. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad28c2
• Schiavon, R. P., Phillips, S. G., Myers, N., Horta, D., Minniti, D., Allende Prieto, C., Anguiano, B., Beaton, R. L., Beers, T. C., Brownstein, J. R., et al. (2024). The APOGEE value-added catalogue of Galactic globular cluster stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 528(2):1393-1407. https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/528/2/1393/7296142

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• Gryczynski, Z., Jablonska, A., Lee, B., Laursen, B. W., Sørensen, T. J., Pham, D., Sagoo, R., Pham, T., and Gryczynski, I. (2026). Room temperature luminescence of a triangulenium dye ADOTA in PVA films. Methods and Applications in Fluorescence. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2050-6120/ae484d
• Grubbs, M. A., Lee, B., Ojeda-Hernandez, L., Dzyuba, S. V., Gryczynski, Z., and Coffer, J. L. (2026). Exceptional fine structure in the photoluminescence excitation spectra of perovskites: Evidence for direct exciton phonon coupling. Applied Physics Letters, 128(8):082104. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article/128/8/082104/3381318
• Jablonska, A., Lee, B., Petty, R. M., Pham, D., Sagoo, R., Pham, T. T., Gryczynski, Z., and Gryczynski, I. (2026). Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of Quinine Sulfate in PVA Films: The Effect of Humidity. Optics, 7(1):7. https://www.mdpi.com/2673-3269/7/1/7
• Ta, D. D., Lee, B., Jablonska, A., Burnett, W. L., Sagoo, R., Pham, D., Ceresa, L., Chavez, J. L., et al. (2025). Symmetric Bis-Kryptopyrrol-2-Yl Squaraine as a Viscosity Probe and Dual-State Emitter. ChemPhotoChem. https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cptc.202500024
• Petty, R. M., Ceresa, L., Alexander, E., Pham, D., Sabnis, N., Fudala, R., Lacko, A. G., Krishnamoorthy, R. R., Gryczynski, Z., and Gryczynski, I. (2025). Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer for Drug Loading Assessment in Reconstituted High-Density Lipoprotein Nanoparticles. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26(7):3276. https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/26/7/3276

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• Miller, B., Manfredi, G., Pirjol, D., and Rouet, J.-L. (2023). From chaos to cosmology: insights gained from 1D gravity. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 40(7):073001. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6382/acb8fb

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• Valimukhametova, A., Castro-Lopez, N., Sharma, P., Malkova, K., Gasimli, A., Topkiran, U. C., Paul, H., Vashani, D., Zub, O., Wormley, F. L., Jr., and Naumov, A. V. (2026). Evaluating NIR-II-Emissive Graphene Quantum Dot Biodistribution, Toxicity, and Clearance for In Vivo Fluorescence Imaging. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 9(19):8961-8977. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsanm.6c01014
• Sharma, P., Valimukhametova, A., Castro-Lopez, N., Gunderson, L. P. K., Vashani, D., Chumley, M. J., Wormley, F. L., Jr., and Naumov, A. V. (2026). Multiplex In Vivo Imaging of Biodistribution and Pharmacokinetics of CoMoCAT Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 9(10):4631-4641. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsabm.6c00374
• Kim, M., Naumov, A., Randall, E., and Goerzen, D. (2025). Chapter 12: Toxicology and Biocompatibility of Carbon Nanotube Materials. Handbook of Carbon Nanomaterials: Bioanalytical Applications of Carbon Nanotubes, World Scientific Publishing. https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/14067
• Naumov, A. V. (2025). Chapter 6: Drug and gene delivery by single-walled carbon nanotubes. Handbook of Carbon Nanomaterials: Bioanalytical Applications of Carbon Nanotubes, World Scientific Publishing. https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/14067
• Valimukhametova, A., Zub, O., Castro-Lopez, N., Vashani, D., Paul, H., Topkiran, U. C., Gasimli, A., Malkova, K., Wormley, F. L. Jr, and Naumov, A. V. (2025). Combination Diagnostics In Vivo: Dual-Mode Ultrasound/NIR Fluorescence Imaging with Neodymium- and Thulium-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 8(5):4303-4314. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsabm.5c00404

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• Chapagain, P. R., Granitzer, P., Rumpf, K., and Strzhemechny, Y. M. (2026). Effect of nitrogen atmosphere and vacuum conditions on charge dynamics in mesoscale porous silicon. Journal of Applied Physics, 140(2):025702. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/article/140/2/025702/3397958
• Johnson, D. A., Ahluwalia, P., Brannon, J. H., Jodhka, P., Wayman, V., Rabine, Z., and Strzhemechny, Y. M. (2025). Influence of morphology and surface properties on the antibacterial action of GaOOH microparticles. Biointerphases, 20:011004. https://pubs.aip.org/avs/bip/article-abstract/20/1/011004/3336615
• Caron, A. J., Ali, I. J., Delgado, M. J., Johnson, D., Reeks, J. M., Strzhemechny, Y. M., and McGillivray, S. M. (2024). Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Mediate Bacterial Toxicity in Mueller-Hinton Broth via Zn2+. Frontiers in Microbiology, 15:1394078. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1394078/full
• Johnson, D. A., Reeks, J. M., Caron, A. J., McGillivray, S. M., Wiglusz, R. J., and Strzhemechny, Y. M. (2023). Surface Photovoltage Response of ZnO to Phosphate-Buffered Saline Solution with and without Presence of Staphylococcus aureus. Nanomaterials, 13(10):1652. https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/13/10/1652
• Johnson, D., Reeks, J. M., Caron, A., Tzoka, I., Ali, I., McGillivray, S. M., and Strzhemechny, Y. M. (2022). Influence of Surface Properties and Microbial Growth Media on Antibacterial Action of ZnO. Coatings, 12(11):1648. https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/12/11/1648

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