Dr. Ana Cartaya successfully defended her PhD thesis, 鈥淎ntioxidant Response Activating nanoparticles (ARAPas): Treating Arterial Disease in 3D” under the guidance of Edward Bahnson, PhD, on October 31.

Publications
Beam JE, Maiocchi S,听Cartaya A, Rowe SE, Bahnson ESM, Conlon BP.Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Jun 29;10(3):e0085822. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00858-22. Epub 2022 May 16.PMID:听35575507听Free PMC article.
Maiocchi S, Cartaya A, Thai S, Akerman A, Bahnson E.Biomater Sci. 2022 Mar 2;10(5):1231-1247. doi: 10.1039/d1bm01421h.PMID:听35076645听Free PMC article.
Limas JC, Corcoran LC, Baker AN,听Cartaya AE, Ayres ZJ.Chemistry. 2022 Feb 16;28(9):e202102957. doi: 10.1002/chem.202102957. Epub 2022 Jan 24.PMID:听35075707
听Cartaya AE, Lutz H, Maiocchi S, Nalesnik M, Bahnson EM.Antioxidants (Basel). 2021 Apr 29;10(5):709. doi: 10.3390/antiox10050709.PMID:听33946889听Free PMC article.
听Kassam HA, Bahnson EM,听Cartaya A, Jiang W, Avram MJ, Tsihlis ND, Stupp SI, Kibbe MR.Pharmacol Res Perspect. 2020 Dec;8(6):e00672. doi: 10.1002/prp2.672.PMID:听33090704听Free PMC article.
听Kalyanram P , Ma H , Marshall S , Goudreau C ,听Cartaya A听, Zimmermann T , Stadler I , Nangia S , Gupta A .Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2020 Jul 21;22(27):15197-15207. doi: 10.1039/d0cp00696c. Epub 2020 May 18.PMID:听32420558
听Cartaya A, Maiocchi S, Bahnson EM.Curr Pathobiol Rep. 2019 Sep;7(3):47-60. doi: 10.1007/s40139-019-00196-4. Epub 2019 Jun 27.PMID:听31396435听Free PMC article.
Awards, Honors & Highlights
Pharmacology Student Scholar Award, 2021
F31 fellowship from the National Health Lung and Blood Instittue (NHLBI), 2021
Young Investigator Award for the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine (SfRBM), 2019
Below are pics from Dr. Cartaya’s thesis defense, PHCO white coat ceremony and celebratin.
We wish you all the best, Ana!