Brian Yust, PhD, MSc

Dr. Yust is a biophysicist who works at the intersection of photonics, material science, and biology to design and implement novel nanomaterials for biomedical applications. He has ongoing projects involving rare earth nanoparticles for photodynamic cancer therapy as well as contrast agents for non-ionizing medical imaging modalities, such as MRI and near-infrared. Brian has recently been developing a novel nanoparticle based detection system for glucose metabolism in the presence of sucralose and other sugar substitutes. Other research interests include nanoscale interactions at the organic-inorganic interface, using light to activate and manipulate materials on the nanoscale, using nanoparticles to detect and destroy multidrug-resistant bacteria, and new synthesis methods of multifunctional nanoparticles.

Nanoparticle synthesis, Nanoparticle applications, Nanomedicine, Biomedical imaging, Biophotonics, Spectroscopy, Multifunctional materials, Optically active materials, Bio-sensing