Paul Derry

Education and Training

• Austin College, Sherman, BA, 2011
• Rice University, MS, 2013
• Rice University, Doctor of Philosophy , 2016
• Department of Neurology, Baylor College, Postdoctoral, 2017

Research Interests

• My research is focused on three key areas. First, the redox properties of colloidal carbon nanomaterials derived from materials other than graphene oxide are not well-established. My effort here is to better understand how these materials interact with other reactive species and how they may be applied therapeutically in neurological disease and injury. Second, I study how nanomaterial synthesis alters the performance of carbon nanomaterials in vitro in models of oxidative stress. Lastly, I am interested in understanding how carbon nanomaterials interact with the mitochondria and if they can be used therapeutically in instances of mitochondrial disease. These projects are part of a larger collaborative effort to design therapeutic carbon nanomaterials from labs throughout the Texas Medical Center: the Tour Lab at Rice University, the Tsai Lab at University of Texas Health Science Center, and the Robertson Lab at Baylor College of Medicine.