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Anton Naumov

Anton Naumov, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

817-257-7124 SWR 305

Program Affiliations

Davis CollegePhysics & Astronomy

Education

Ph.D., Rice University, 2011
MS, Rice University, 2008
BS, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2005

Areas of Focus

Biophysics, nanotechnology, applications of nanomaterials in biotechnology for drug delivery, imaging and biosensing. Optical properties of nanomaterials and their applications in optoelectronics.

Lab website

Naumov lab

  • 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
  • Topkiran, U. C., Valimukhametova, A. R., Vashani, D., Paul, H., Dorsky, A., Sottile, O., Johnson, D. A., Burnett, W., Coffer, J. L., Akkaraju, G. R., and Naumov, A. V. (2025). Holistic Investigation of Graphene Quantum Dot Endocytosis. Small, 21(9):e2406095. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202406095
  • Valimukhametova, A. R., Fannon, O., Topkiran, U. C., Dorsky, A., Sottile, O., Gonzalez-Rodriguez, R., Coffer, J., and Naumov, A. V. (2024). Five near-infrared-emissive graphene quantum dots for multiplex bioimaging. 2D Materials, 11(2):025009. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2053-1583/ad1c6e
  • Lee, B., Gries, K., Valimukhametova, A. R., McKinney, R. L., Gonzalez-Rodriguez, R., Topkiran, U. C., Coffer, J., Akkaraju, G. R., and Naumov, A. V. (2023). In Vitro Prostate Cancer Treatment via CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Facilitated by Polyethyleneimine-Derived Graphene Quantum Dots. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(48). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202305506
  • Valimukhametova, A. R., Lee, B. H., Topkiran, U. C., Gries, K., Gonzalez-Rodriguez, R., Coffer, J. L., Akkaraju, G., and Naumov, A. (2023). Cancer Therapeutic siRNA Delivery and Imaging by Nitrogen- and Neodymium-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 9(6):3425-3434. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c00369
  • Lee, B., Stokes, G. A., Valimukhametova, A., Nguyen, S., Gonzalez-Rodriguez, R., Bhaloo, A., Coffer, J., and Naumov, A. V. (2023). Automated Approach to In Vitro Image-Guided Photothermal Therapy with Top-Down and Bottom-Up-Synthesized Graphene Quantum Dots. Nanomaterials (Basel), 13(5). https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/13/5
  • Valimukhametova, A. R., Zub, O. S., Lee, B. H., Fannon, O., Nguyen, S., Gonzalez-Rodriguez, R., Akkaraju, G. R., and Naumov, A. V. (2022). Dual-Mode Fluorescence/Ultrasound Imaging with Biocompatible Metal-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c00794
  • Campbell, E., Hasan, M. T., Gonzalez-Rodriguez, R., Truly, T., Lee, B. H., Green, K. N., Akkaraju, G., and Naumov, A. V. (2021). Graphene Quantum Dot Formulation for Cancer Imaging and Redox-Based Drug Delivery. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 37:102408. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1549963421000514
  • Hasan, M. T., Lee, B. H., Lin, C.-W., McDonald-Boyer, A., Gonzalez-Rodriguez, R., Vasireddy, S., Tsedev, U., Coffer, J., Belcher, A., and Naumov, A. V. (2021). Near-Infrared Emitting Graphene Quantum Dots Synthesized from Reduced Graphene Oxide for in vitro/in vivo/ex vivo Bioimaging Applications. 2D Materials, 8(3):035013. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2053-1583/abe4e3
  • Lee, B. H., McKinney, R. L., Hasan, M. T., and Naumov, A. V. (2021). Graphene Quantum Dots as Intracellular Imaging-Based Temperature Sensors. Materials, 14(3):616. https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/3/616
  • Frieler, M., Pho, C., Lee, B. H., Dobrovolny, H., Akkaraju, G. R., and Naumov, A. V. (2021). Effects of Doxorubicin Delivery by Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots on Cancer Cell Growth: Experimental Study and Mathematical Modeling. Nanomaterials, 11(1):140. https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/11/1/140
  • Heller, D. A., et al. (incl. Naumov, A. V., Yudasaka, M.) (2020). Banning Carbon Nanotubes Would be Scientifically Unjustified and Damaging to Innovation. Nature Nanotechnology, 15(3):164-166. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-020-0656-y
  1. Naumov A. V. Biodistribution, Pharmacokinetics and Toxicology of Graphene Quantum Dots – an In Vivo Study, Electrochemical Society Meeting, Montreal, Canada, May 2025 (invited)
  2. Naumov A.V. Development of Graphene Quantum dots with near-infrared spectral signatures for bioimaging applications, Workshop on Nanotube Optics and Nanospectroscopy, Heidelberg, Germany, September 16, 2024.
  3. Naumov A. V. Gene Delivery and Imaging by Graphene Quantum Dots, NT24 International Conference, Boston, MA, June 2024. (invited)
  4. Naumov A. V. Quantitative Fluorescence Bioimaging with Graphene Quantum Dots, Electrochemical Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 30 2024.
  5. Naumov A. V. Engineering Graphene Quantum Dots for Bioapplications, Invited Seminar at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland June 7, 2024. (invited)
  6. Naumov A.V. Graphene Quantum Dots for Cancer Therapy and Diagnostics NT23 Conference, Arcachon, France, June 7, 2023.
  7. Naumov A.V. Graphene Quantum Dots for Multifaceted Diagnostics Electrochemical Society Spring Meeting, Boston, MA, May 29, 2023.
  8. Naumov A. V. Enhancing gene therapy with carbon nanotechnology. IEEE Metrocon, Fort Worth, TX, November 4, 2022. (invited)
  9. Naumov A.V. Cancer Detection and Drug/Gene Delivery with Biocompatible Graphene Quantum Dots Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Great Britain, Belfast, Northern Ireland, September 9, 2022. (invited)
  10. Naumov A.V. CRISPR/Cas9-based cancer therapy delivery by carbon nanomaterials , Electrochemical Society Spring Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 2, 2022. (invited)

 

  • Materials Research Society
  • Electrochemical Society
  • American Physical Society
  • 2025: TCU Deans Award for Research and Creative Activity
  • 2020: Elected as Member at Large at the Electrochemical Society
  • 2018: Albert Nelson Marquee Award from Who is Who in America
  • 2012: Outstanding Researcher US Perm. Residence
  • 2010: NRC Fellowship
  • 2009: Micron Technology Award

Last Updated: August 07, 2026

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