Michael P. Luciano

Graduate Student 2013 – 2017

Career

• Postdoctoral appointment at National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health (group of Dr. M.J. Schnermann)

Education

• B.S. Merrimak College, 2012
• Ph.D. University of Connecticut, 2017
• Thesis title: Porphyrinoids with Designed Properties

Research Focus

• Synthesis of quinoline-annulated porphyrins
• Evaluation of quinoline-annulated porphyrins as photoacoustic imaging agents
• Super-sized Pyrrole-modified porphyrins made along the “Mending and Breaking” strategy