Dr. Lajos “Lou” Balogh

Lajos “Lou” Balogh, Ph.D. is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine. He was formerly a Professor at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY and at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. Lou also handles private consulting engagements through AA NANOMED Consulting.
 
Lou earned his Ph.D. from the Kossuth L. University (KLTE) in Hungary in Chemical Technology. After being on the faculty of KLTE for 15 years teaching Chemical Engineering and researching pharmaceutics and polymers, he was invited to work at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, and moved to the USA. In 1996 he joined the ARL-MMI Dendrimer Center of Excellence in Midland, MI, as a senior associate scientist before moving to Ann Arbor.
 
He has authored/coauthored over 150 scientific publications and has been awarded 12 patents in various disciplines. He is a world-recognized scientist in the field of nanomedicine, composite nanoparticles, and dendrimers. His present research interests involve the design, synthesis, and characterization of multifunctional hybrid nanodevices for targeted delivery of smart contrast agents and anticancer drugs as well as the interactions of these nanodevices with cells and tissues, especially as it applies to cancer.
 
Lou is a member of numerous expert committees, including the NIH NANO and the EPA Nanotechnology study sections. Lou is one of the five Founders of the American Society for Nanomedicine (ASNM). He is also a member of the Steering Committee of the American National Standard Institute Nanotechnology Panel and serves on the TC-229 Technical Advisory Committee to the International Standard Organization on Nanotechnology.
 
His patents include Initiation via haloboration in living cationic polymerization, Method and articles for transfection of genetic material, Nanocomposites of dendritic polymers, Laser-based method and system for enhancing optical breakdown, Antimicrobial dendrimer nanocomposites and a method of treating wounds, Dendrimer-based nanoscopic sponges and metal composites, and Acoustic monitoring method and system in laser-induced optical breakdown (LIOB).
 
Lou’s papers include Poly(Amidoamine) Dendrimer-Templated Nanocomposites. 1. Synthesis of Zerovalent Copper Nanoclusters, Nanoparticle Targeting of Anticancer Drug Improves Therapeutic Response in Animal Model of Human Epithelial Cancer, Interaction of Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimers with Supported Lipid Bilayers and Cells: Hole Formation and the Relation to Transport, Electrostatic Multilayer Deposition of a Gold-Dendrimer Nanocomposite, and Dendrimer-Silver Complexes and Nanocomposites as Antimicrobial Agents.