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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1999 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Cassandra L. Fraser is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Materials Science. Within these broader fields, their work addresses subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Bioengineering, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Endocrinology.

The main topics covered in Fraser's research include:

  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management

Frequent collaborators in Fraser's publications are:

  • Christopher A. DeRosa
  • Meng Zhuang
  • Anthony C. Bruce
  • Bruce A. Corliss
  • Shayn M. Peirce

Fraser's work has appeared in various publication venues such as:

  • Current Biology
  • Advances in Skin & Wound Care
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Fluorescence

Selected papers by Fraser include:

  • Biosurfactant-Mediated Membrane Depolarization Maintains Viability during Oxygen Depletion in Bacillus subtilis (2020, Current Biology)
  • Oxygen-Sensing Biomaterial Construct for Clinical Monitoring of Wound Healing (2020, Advances in Skin & Wound Care)
  • Nitric oxide stimulates type IV MSHA pilus retraction in Vibrio cholerae via activation of the phosphodiesterase CdpA (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Difluoroboron β-diketonate polylactic acid oxygen nanosensors for intracellular neuronal imaging (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Multi-Stimuli Responsive Luminescent β-Diketones and Difluoroboron Complexes with Heterocyclic Substituents (2020, Journal of Fluorescence)

Fraser has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2015 and was named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1999.

Best Publications

  • A dual-emissive-materials design concept enables tumour hypoxia imaging

    Guoqing Zhang;Gregory M. Palmer;Mark W. Dewhirst;Cassandra L. Fraser

  • Polymorphism and Reversible Mechanochromic Luminescence for Solid-State Difluoroboron Avobenzone

    Guoqing Zhang;Jiwei Lu;Michal Sabat;Cassandra L. Fraser

  • Multi-emissive difluoroboron dibenzoylmethane polylactide exhibiting intense fluorescence and oxygen-sensitive room-temperature phosphorescence.

    Guoqing Zhang;Jianbin Chen;Sarah J. Payne;Steven E. Kooi

  • Synthesis of Glycopolymers of Controlled Molecular Weight by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Using Well-Defined Functional Group Tolerant Ruthenium Carbene Catalysts

    Cassandra Fraser;Robert H. Grubbs

  • Mechanochromic Luminescence and Aggregation Induced Emission of Dinaphthoylmethane β-Diketones and Their Boronated Counterparts

    Tristan Butler;William A. Morris;Jelena Samonina-Kosicka;Cassandra L. Fraser

  • In vivo optical molecular imaging and analysis in mice using dorsal window chamber models applied to hypoxia, vasculature and fluorescent reporters

    Gregory M Palmer;Andrew N Fontanella;Siqing Shan;Gabi Hanna

  • Aromatic difluoroboron β-diketonate complexes: effects of π-conjugation and media on optical properties.

    Songpan Xu;Ruffin E. Evans;Tiandong Liu;Guoqing Zhang

  • Alkyl chain length effects on solid-state difluoroboron β-diketonate mechanochromic luminescence

    Nguyen D. Nguyen;Guoqing Zhang;Jiwei Lu;Arianna E. Sherman

  • The Relationship of Solid‐State Plasticity to Mechanochromic Luminescence in Difluoroboron Avobenzone Polymorphs

    Gamidi Rama Krishna;Mangalampalli S. R. N. Kiran;Cassandra L. Fraser;Upadrasta Ramamurty

  • Efficient Synthesis of 4-, 5-, and 6-Methyl-2,2‘-bipyridine by a Negishi Cross-Coupling Strategy Followed by High-Yield Conversion to Bromo- and Chloromethyl-2,2‘-bipyridines

    Scott A. Savage;and Adam P. Smith;Cassandra L. Fraser

  • Bimetallic reactivity. Investigation of metal-metal interaction in complexes of a chiral macrocyclic binucleating ligand bearing 6- and 4-coordinate sites

    Cassandra Fraser;B. Bosnich

  • Boron polylactide nanoparticles exhibiting fluorescence and phosphorescence in aqueous medium.

    Anne Pfister;Guoqing Zhang;Jessica Zareno;Alan F. Horwitz

  • Site-isolated luminescent europium complexes with polyester macroligands: metal-centered heteroarm stars and nanoscale assemblies with labile block junctions.

    Jessica L Bender;Perry S Corbin;Cassandra L Fraser;David H Metcalf

  • Architectural Diversity via Metal Template-Assisted Polymer Synthesis: A Macroligand Chelation Approach to Linear and Star-Shaped Polymeric Ruthenium Tris(bipyridine) Complexes

    Xufeng Wu;Cassandra L. Fraser

  • Oxygen Sensing Difluoroboron Dinaphthoylmethane Polylactide

    Christopher A. DeRosa;Jelena Samonina-Kosicka;Ziyi Fan;Hansford C. Hendargo

  • Mechanochromic luminescence of halide-substituted difluoroboron β-diketonate dyes

    William A. Morris;Tiandong Liu;Cassandra L. Fraser

  • Reversible solid-state mechanochromic fluorescence from a boron lipid dye

    Guoqing Zhang;Jonathan P. Singer;Steven E. Kooi;Ruffin E. Evans

  • Degradable Cyclooctadiene/Acetal Copolymers: Versatile Precursors to 1,4-Hydroxytelechelic Polybutadiene and Hydroxytelechelic Polyethylene

    Cassandra Fraser;Marc A. Hillmyer;Elvin Gutierrez;Robert H. Grubbs

  • Bimetallic reactivity, synthesis, structure and reactivity of homo- and heterobimetallic complexes of a binucleating macrocyclic ligand containing 6- and 4-coordination sites

    Cassandra Fraser;Laura Johnston;Arnold L. Rheingold;Brain S. Haggerty

  • Emission Color Tuning with Polymer Molecular Weight for Difluoroboron Dibenzoylmethane‐Polylactide

    Guoqing Zhang;Steven E. Kooi;J. N. Demas;Cassandra L. Fraser

  • SYNTHESIS OF METAL-CENTERED STAR-SHAPED POLYOXAZOLINES USING FE(II) AND RU(II) TRIS-BIPYRIDINE DERIVATIVES AS MULTIFUNCTIONAL INITIATORS

    Jaydeep J. S. Lamba;Cassandra L. Fraser

  • Synthetic Metal Containing Polymers

    Cassandra L. Fraser

Frequent Co-Authors

James N. Demas
James N. Demas University of Virginia
Michal Sabat
Michal Sabat University of Virginia
Mark W. Dewhirst
Mark W. Dewhirst Duke University
Upadrasta Ramamurty
Upadrasta Ramamurty Nanyang Technological University
B. Bosnich
B. Bosnich University of Chicago
Edwin L. Thomas
Edwin L. Thomas Texas A&M University
Arnold L. Rheingold
Arnold L. Rheingold University of California, San Diego
Daniel B. Kearns
Daniel B. Kearns Indiana University
Kerwyn Casey Huang
Kerwyn Casey Huang Stanford University
Augustine M. Urbas
Augustine M. Urbas United States Air Force Research Laboratory

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