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

• Derry's research focuses on three key areas. First, the redox properties of colloidal carbon nanomaterials derived from materials other than graphene oxide are not well-established. His efforts in this area are to better understand how these materials interact with other reactive species and how they may be applied therapeutically in neurological disease and injury. Second, he studies how nanomaterial synthesis alters the performance of carbon nanomaterials in vitro in models of oxidative stress. Lastly, he is 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.