Since September 2006, I have been a postdoctoral fellow at the Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, where I work in the group of Prof. Zahi Fayad. We collaborate with several researchers including Prof. Edward Fisher, an expert in cardiovascular disease, and Dr. Willem Mulder, an expert in lipid-nanoparticle contrast agents. My research focuses on multifunctional nanoparticles for biomedical applications, in particular as contrast agents for molecular imaging. While at Mount Sinai, I have synthesized a variety of high density lipoprotein based contrast agents that have been applied in cardiovascular disease. In June 2009, I was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association to investigate gold nanoparticles as contrast agents for computed tomography to detect the risk of a heart attack. In August 2010, I was awarded an NIH K99 fellowship to develop diagnostically active nanoparticles to deliver morpholinos, a type of therapeutic agent.

In summer 2012 I will be moving to the Department of Radiology at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania as an assistant professor and starting my own group. I will be recruiting staff, such as postdoctoral fellows, technicians, graduate students and undergraduates. Interested candidates can contact me at davidcormode@gmail.com.

Prior to working at Mount Sinai, I obtained my DPhil (PhD) from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, in the group of Prof. Paul Beer. There I worked on a variety of sensors for anions involving porphyrins, gold nanoparticles and gold surfaces.

On this webpage you can use the links above to find more information about my research, a publications list, my CV and links to other sites. Feel free to contact me with any questions or suggestions at davidcormode@gmail.com.