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  • 2018 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2015 - OSA Fellows Konstantin V. Sokolov University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA For key contributions to the development and applications of plasmonic nanoparticles for imaging and therapy in biomedicine.

Overview

Konstantin V Sokolov is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on engineering and materials science, with specific expertise in biomedical engineering, biomaterials, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

Their work extensively covers topics including photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging, nanoparticle-based drug delivery, nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, and the synthesis and applications of gold and silver nanoparticles. Additional topics of interest include optical coherence tomography applications, ultrasound imaging and elastography, and the characterization and applications of magnetic nanoparticles.

Konstantin V Sokolov has authored several significant publications, such as:

  • Roadmap for metal nanoparticles in radiation therapy: current status, translational challenges, and future directions, 2020, Physics in Medicine and Biology
  • Clinically translatable quantitative molecular photoacoustic imaging with liposome-encapsulated ICG J-aggregates, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Prospecting Cellular Gold Nanoparticle Biomineralization as a Viable Alternative to Prefabricated Gold Nanoparticles, 2022, Advanced Science
  • Fate of Antibody-Targeted Ultrasmall Gold Nanoparticles in Cancer Cells after Receptor-Mediated Uptake, 2021, ACS Nano
  • Intratumoral Biosynthesis of Gold Nanoclusters by Pancreatic Cancer to Overcome Delivery Barriers to Radiosensitization, 2024, ACS Nano

Frequent co-authors include Dmitry Nevozhay, Richard R. Bouchard, Sangheon Han, Salavat R. Aglyamov, and Kirill V. Larin. Konstantin V Sokolov has published multiple papers in venues such as ACS Nano, Biomedical Optics Express, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Nature Communications, and proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

Konstantin V Sokolov has been recognized as an SPIE Fellow in 2018 and as an OSA Fellow in 2015 for contributions related to the development and applications of plasmonic nanoparticles for imaging and therapy in biomedicine.

Best Publications

  • Two-photon luminescence imaging of cancer cells using molecularly targeted gold nanorods.

    Nicholas J. Durr;Timothy Larson;Danielle K. Smith;Brian A. Korgel

  • Real-Time Vital Optical Imaging of Precancer Using Anti-Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Antibodies Conjugated to Gold Nanoparticles

    Konstantin Sokolov;Michele Follen;Jesse Aaron;Ina Pavlova

  • Enhancement of Molecular Fluorescence near the Surface of Colloidal Metal Films

    Konstantin V Sokolov;George Chumanov;Therese M. Cotton

  • Multiwavelength photoacoustic imaging and plasmon resonance coupling of gold nanoparticles for selective detection of cancer.

    Srivalleesha Mallidi;Timothy Larson;Justina Tam;Pratixa P. Joshi

  • Directional conjugation of antibodies to nanoparticles for synthesis of multiplexed optical contrast agents with both delivery and targeting moieties

    S. Kumar;J. Aaron;Konstantin V Sokolov

  • Colloidal metal films as a substrate for surface-enhanced spectroscopy

    George Chumanov;Konstantin Sokolov;Brian W. Gregory;Therese M. Cotton

  • Enhanced thermal stability of silica-coated gold nanorods for photoacoustic imaging and image-guided therapy

    Yun Sheng Chen;Wolfgang Frey;Seungsoo Kim;Kimberly Homan

  • Photoacoustic imaging and temperature measurement for photothermal cancer therapy

    Jignesh Shah;Suhyun Park;Salavat R. Aglyamov;Timothy Larson

  • Understanding the contributions of NADH and collagen to cervical tissue fluorescence spectra: Modeling, measurements, and implications

    Rebekah A. Drezek;Konstantin V. Sokolov;Urs Utzinger;Iouri Boiko

  • Plasmonic nanosensors for imaging intracellular biomarkers in live cells.

    Sonia Kumar;Nathan Harrison;Rebecca Richards-Kortum;Konstantin V Sokolov

  • Optical systems for in vivo molecular imaging of cancer.

    Konstantin V Sokolov;Jesse Aaron;Betsy Hsu;Dawn Nida

  • Reflectance spectroscopy with polarized light: is it sensitive to cellular and nuclear morphology.

    Konstantin Sokolov;Rebekah A. Drezek;Kirk Gossage;Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum

  • Preventing protein adsorption and macrophage uptake of gold nanoparticles via a hydrophobic shield.

    Timothy A. Larson;Pratixa P. Joshi;Konstantin V Sokolov

  • Plasmonic intravascular photoacoustic imaging for detection of macrophages in atherosclerotic plaques.

    Bo Wang;Evgeniya Yantsen;Timothy Larson;Andrei B. Karpiouk

  • Molecular specific optoacoustic imaging with plasmonic nanoparticles.

    Srivalleesha Mallidi;Timothy Larson;Jesse Aaron;Konstantin V Sokolov

  • Hybrid plasmonic magnetic nanoparticles as molecular specific agents for MRI/optical imaging and photothermal therapy of cancer cells

    Timothy A. Larson;James Bankson;Jesse Aaron;Konstantin V Sokolov

  • Small Multifunctional Nanoclusters (Nanoroses) for Targeted Cellular Imaging and Therapy

    Li Leo Ma;Li Leo Ma;Marc David Feldman;Marc David Feldman;Jasmine M. Tam;Amit S. Paranjape

  • Microanatomical and biochemical origins of normal and precancerous cervical autofluorescence using laser-scanning fluorescence confocal microscopy.

    Ina Pavlova;Konstantin Sokolov;Rebekah Drezek;Anais Malpica

  • Multispectral optical imaging device for in vivo detection of oral neoplasia

    Darren M. Roblyer;Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum;Konstantin V. Sokolov;Adel K. El-Naggar

  • Plasmon resonance coupling of metal nanoparticles for molecular imaging of carcinogenesis in vivo

    Jesse Aaron;Nitin Nitin;Kort Travis;Sonia Kumar

Frequent Co-Authors

Stanislav Emelianov
Stanislav Emelianov Georgia Institute of Technology
Keith P. Johnston
Keith P. Johnston The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas E. Milner
Thomas E. Milner University of California, Irvine
Brian A. Korgel
Brian A. Korgel The University of Texas at Austin
Igor Nabiev
Igor Nabiev Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
Therese M. Cotton
Therese M. Cotton Iowa State University
Kirill V. Larin
Kirill V. Larin University of Houston
Richard W. Smalling
Richard W. Smalling The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Rebekah A. Drezek
Rebekah A. Drezek Rice University

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