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Anton Naumov

Anton Naumov, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

817-257-7124 SWR 305

Program Affiliations

College of Science & EngineeringPhysics & 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

  1. A.V. Naumov. Chapter 6: Drug and gene delivery by single-walled carbon nanotubes. Bioanalytical Applications of Carbon Nanotubes, World Scientific Publishing 2025.
  2. M. Kim, A. Naumov, E. Randall, D. Goerzen. Chapter 12: Toxicology and Biocompatibility of Carbon Nanotube Materials. Bioanalytical Applications of Carbon Nanotubes, World Scientific Publishing 2025.
  3. Valimukhametova A, Zub O, Castro-Lopez N, Vashani D, Paul H, Topkiran UC, Gasimli A, Malkova K, Wormley FL Jr, Naumov AV. Combination Diagnostics In Vivo: Dual-Mode Ultrasound/NIR Fluorescence Imaging with Neodymium- and Thulium-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots. ACS Appl Bio Mater. 8, 5 2025
  4. Topkiran UC, Valimukhametova AR, Vashani D, Paul H, Dorsky A, Sottile O, Johnson DA, Burnett W, Coffer JL, Akkaraju GR, Naumov AV. Holistic Investigation of Graphene Quantum Dot Endocytosis. Small. 2025 Mar;21(9):e2406095. doi: 10.1002/smll.202406095.
  5. Valimukhametova AR, Fannon O, Topkiran UC, Dorsky A, Sottile O, Gonzalez-Rodriguez R, Coffer J, Naumov AV. Five near-infrared-emissive graphene quantum dots for multiplex bioimaging. 2d Mater. 2024 Apr;11(2) PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11326670.
  6. Valimukhametova AR, Fannon O, Topkiran UC, Dorsky A, Sottile O, Gonzalez-Rodriguez R, Coffer J, Naumov AV. Five near-infrared-emissive graphene quantum dots for multiplex bioimaging. 2d Mater. 2024 Apr;11(2) PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11326670.
  7. Lee B, Gries K, Valimukhametova AR, McKinney RL, Gonzalez-Rodriguez R, Topkiran UC, Coffer J, Akkaraju GR, Naumov AV. In Vitro Prostate Cancer Treatment via CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Facilitated by Polyethyleneimine-Derived Graphene Quantum Dots. Adv Funct Mater. 2023 Nov 23;33(48) PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10746168.
  8. Valimukhametova AR, Lee BH, Topkiran UC, Gries K, Gonzalez-Rodriguez R, Coffer JL, Akkaraju G, Naumov A. Cancer Therapeutic siRNA Delivery and Imaging by Nitrogen- and Neodymium-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots. ACS Biomater Sci Eng. 2023 Jun 12;9(6):3425-3434. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11334710.
  9. Lee B, Stokes GA, Valimukhametova A, Nguyen S, Gonzalez-Rodriguez R, Bhaloo A, Coffer J, Naumov AV. Automated Approach to In Vitro Image-Guided Photothermal Therapy with Top-Down and Bottom-Up-Synthesized Graphene Quantum Dots. Nanomaterials (Basel). 2023 Feb 22;13(5) PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10005083.
  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 22, 2025

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