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Allison M. Dennis, PhD

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Boston University College of Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Materials Science & Engineering

PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
BS, Rice University

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	Nanotechnology Innovation Center
	The Dennis Lab
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ORCID : 0000-0001-5759-9905

Allison M. Dennis completed her B.S. in Bioengineering and B.A. in German from Rice University in 2002. From 2002-2003, she performed research in the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology at the Universität Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany as a Fulbright Scholar. Dr. Dennis earned her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2009, followed by post-doctoral research in nanomaterials chemistry at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In 2013, Dr. Dennis joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Division of Materials Science and Engineering at Boston University, where she is also a member of the Photonics Center and the Nanotechnology Innovation Center (BUNano). Dr. Dennis’ research group uses advanced Quantum Dot chemistries for applications in fluorescent biosensing and biomedical imaging.

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Boston University
BU-BMC Cancer Center

BU Research

Biodegradable and Biocompatible Semiconductor Nanoparticles for Deep Tissue Imaging
04/01/2020 - 03/31/2023 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences
5R21GM135849-02

Deep tissue photoacoustic imaging with degradable inorganic nanoparticles (Scialog-Dennis)
08/01/2021 - 12/31/2022 (PI)
Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Multiplexed Imaging in the Near Infrared with Indium Phosphide Quantum Shells
07/01/2019 - 07/31/2022 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences
5R01GM129437-03

In Vivo Mapping of Enzyme Activity using SWIR-emitting, Self-illuminating Quantum Dot Sensors
04/01/2022 - 06/30/2022 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering
1R21EB032647-01A1

Clare Booth Luce Fellowship - Margaret Chern
09/01/2015 - 08/31/2017 (PI)
The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.

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Ouyang T, Chen YC, Kundu K, Zhong X, Mei Y, Nalluri A, Dennis AM, Reinhard BM. Correction to "Direct Excitation Transfer in Plasmonic Metal-Chalcopyrite Hybrids: Insights from Single Particle Line Shape Analysis". ACS Nano. 2024 Dec 21. PMID: 39707988

Duda M, Joshi P, Borodziuk A, Sobczak K, Sikora-Dobrowolska B, Mackowski S, Dennis AM, Klopotowski L. Multimodal Temperature Readout Boosts the Performance of CuInS2/ZnS Quantum Dot Nanothermometers. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2024 Nov 06; 16(44):60008-60017. PMID: 39437320; PMCID: PMC11551904; DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c14541;

Vincely VD, Zhong X, Huda K, Katakam SP, Kays JC, Dennis AM, Bayer CL. Bornite (Cu5FeS4) nanocrystals as an ultrasmall biocompatible NIR-II contrast agent for photoacoustic imaging. Photoacoustics. 2024 Dec; 40:100649. PMID: 39347465; PMCID: PMC11439559; DOI: 10.1016/j.pacs.2024.100649;

Zhong X, Patel A, Sun Y, Saeboe AM, Dennis AM. Multiplexed Shortwave Infrared Imaging Highlights Anatomical Structures in Mice. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Oct 21; 63(43):e202410936. PMID: 39014295; PMCID: PMC11473221; DOI: 10.1002/anie.202410936;

Ouyang T, Chen YC, Kundu K, Zhong X, Mei Y, Nalluri A, Dennis AM, Reinhard BM. Direct Excitation Transfer in Plasmonic Metal-Chalcopyrite-Hybrids: Insights from Single Particle Line Shape Analysis. ACS Nano. 2024 Aug 13; 18(32):21565-21575. PMID: 39078293

Zhong X, Patel A, Sun Y, Saeboe AM, Dennis AM. Multiplexed Short-wave Infrared Imaging Highlights Anatomical Structures in Mice. bioRxiv. 2024 Jan 30. PMID: 38352582; PMCID: PMC10862713; DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.29.577849;

Sun Y, Zhong X, Dennis AM. Minimizing near-infrared autofluorescence in preclinical imaging with diet and wavelength selection. J Biomed Opt. 2023 Sep; 28(9):094805. PMID: 37035712; PMCID: PMC10075996; DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.28.9.094805;

Kuszynski JE, Kays JC, Conti CR, McGill SA, Dennis AM, Strouse GF. Effective Mass for Holes in Paramagnetic, Plasmonic Cu5FeS4 Semiconductor Nanocrystals. J Phys Chem C Nanomater Interfaces. 2022 Aug 04; 126(30):12669-12679. PMID: 37560086; PMCID: PMC10410696; DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c03459;

Grazon C, Chern M, Lally P, Baer RC, Fan A, Lecommandoux S, Klapperich C, Dennis AM, Galagan JE, Grinstaff MW. The quantum dot vs. organic dye conundrum for ratiometric FRET-based biosensors: which one would you chose? Chem Sci. 2022 Jun 07; 13(22):6715-6731.View Related Profiles.

Dennis, Allison
Klapperich, Catherine
Galagan, James
Grinstaff, Mark

PMID: 35756504; PMCID: PMC9172442; DOI: 10.1039/d1sc06921g;

An X, Kays JC, Lightcap IV, Ouyang T, Dennis AM, Reinhard BM. Wavelength-Dependent Bifunctional Plasmonic Photocatalysis in Au/Chalcopyrite Hybrid Nanostructures. ACS Nano. 2022 Apr 26; 16(4):6813-6824. PMID: 35349253; PMCID: PMC9676104; DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c01706;

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Rendos A, Cao W, Chern M, Lauricella M, Succi S, Werner JG, Dennis AM, Brown KA. Electric field induced macroscopic cellular phase of nanoparticles. Soft Matter. 2022 Mar 09; 18(10):1991-1996. PMID: 35080230

Toufanian R, Zhong X, Kays JC, Saeboe AM, Dennis AM. Correlating ZnSe Quantum Dot Absorption with Particle Size and Concentration. Chem Mater. 2021 Sep 28; 33(18):7527-7536. PMID: 35221489; PMCID: PMC8872037; DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c02501;

Kays JC, Conti CR, Margaronis A, Kuszynski JE, Strouse GF, Dennis AM. Controlled Synthesis and Exploration of CuxFeS4 Bornite Nanocrystals. Chem Mater. 2021 Sep 28; 33(18):7408-7416. PMID: 35221488; PMCID: PMC8872038; DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c02029;

Saeboe AM, Nikiforov AY, Toufanian R, Kays JC, Chern M, Casas JP, Han K, Piryatinski A, Jones D, Dennis AM. Extending the Near-Infrared Emission Range of Indium Phosphide Quantum Dots for Multiplexed In Vivo Imaging. Nano Lett. 2021 04 14; 21(7):3271-3279.View Related Profiles.

Dennis, Allison
Jones, Dennis

PMID: 33755481; PMCID: PMC8243857; DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00600;

Toufanian R, Chern M, Kong VH, Dennis AM. Engineering Brightness Matched Indium Phosphide Quantum Dots. Chem Mater. 2021 Mar 23; 33(6):1964-1975. PMID: 34219920; PMCID: PMC8243842; DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c03181;

Chern M, Garden PM, Baer RC, Galagan JE, Dennis AM. Transcription Factor Based Small-Molecule Sensing with a Rapid Cell Phone Enabled Fluorescent Bead Assay. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2020 11 23; 59(48):21597-21602.View Related Profiles.

Dennis, Allison
Galagan, James
Baer, R

PMID: 32945589; PMCID: PMC8243852; DOI: 10.1002/anie.202007575;

Chen M, Grazon C, Sensharma P, Nguyen TT, Feng Y, Chern M, Baer RC, Varongchayakul N, Cook K, Lecommandoux S, Klapperich CM, Galagan JE, Dennis AM, Grinstaff MW. Hydrogel-Embedded Quantum Dot-Transcription Factor Sensors for Quantitative Progesterone Detection. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2020 Sep 30; 12(39):43513-43521.View Related Profiles.

Dennis, Allison
Klapperich, Catherine
Galagan, James
Grinstaff, Mark
Baer, R

PMID: 32893612

Chern M, Toufanian R, Dennis AM. Quantum dot to quantum dot Förster resonance energy transfer: engineering materials for visual color change sensing. Analyst. 2020 Aug 24; 145(17):5754-5767. PMID: 32715305; PMCID: PMC8275315; DOI: 10.1039/d0an00746c;

Chen M, Nguyen TT, Varongchayakul N, Grazon C, Chern M, Baer RC, Lecommandoux S, Klapperich CM, Galagan JE, Dennis AM, Grinstaff MW. Surface Immobilized Nucleic Acid-Transcription Factor Quantum Dots for Biosensing. Adv Healthc Mater. 2020 09; 9(17):e2000403.View Related Profiles.

Dennis, Allison
Klapperich, Catherine
Galagan, James
Grinstaff, Mark
Baer, R

PMID: 32691962

Nguyen TT, Chern M, Baer RC, Galagan J, Dennis AM. A Förster Resonance Energy Transfer-Based Ratiometric Sensor with the Allosteric Transcription Factor TetR. Small. 2020 04; 16(17):e1907522.View Related Profiles.

Dennis, Allison
Galagan, James
Baer, R

PMID: 32249506; PMCID: PMC7359203; DOI: 10.1002/smll.201907522;

Grazon C, Baer RC, Kuzmanovic U, Nguyen T, Chen M, Zamani M, Chern M, Aquino P, Zhang X, Lecommandoux S, Fan A, Cabodi M, Klapperich C, Grinstaff MW, Dennis AM, Galagan JE. A progesterone biosensor derived from microbial screening. Nat Commun. 2020 03 09; 11(1):1276.View Related Profiles.

Dennis, Allison
Klapperich, Catherine
Galagan, James
Cabodi, Mario
Grinstaff, Mark
Baer, R

PMID: 32152281; PMCID: PMC7062782; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14942-5;

Kays JC, Saeboe AM, Toufanian R, Kurant DE, Dennis AM. Shell-Free Copper Indium Sulfide Quantum Dots Induce Toxicity in Vitro and in Vivo. Nano Lett. 2020 03 11; 20(3):1980-1991. PMID: 31999467; PMCID: PMC7210713; DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b05259;

Chern M, Grazon C, Dennis AM. Phase Transfer and DNA Functionalization of Quantum Dots Using an Easy-to-Prepare, Low-Cost Zwitterionic Polymer. Methods Mol Biol. 2020; 2135:125-139. PMID: 32246332

Saeboe AM, Kays JC, Dennis AM. Encapsulating Quantum Dots in Lipid-PEG Micelles and Subsequent Copper-Free Click Chemistry Bioconjugation. Methods Mol Biol. 2020; 2135:95-108. PMID: 32246330

Grazon C, Chern M, Ward K, Lecommandoux S, Grinstaff MW, Dennis AM. A versatile and accessible polymer coating for functionalizable zwitterionic quantum dots with high DNA grafting efficiency. Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Sep 21; 55(74):11067-11070.View Related Profiles.

Dennis, Allison
Grinstaff, Mark

PMID: 31453992

Cao W, Chern M, Dennis AM, Brown KA. Measuring Nanoparticle Polarizability Using Fluorescence Microscopy. Nano Lett. 2019 08 14; 19(8):5762-5768. PMID: 31309825; PMCID: PMC7271685; DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02402;

Bhuckory S, Kays JC, Dennis AM. In Vivo Biosensing Using Resonance Energy Transfer. Biosensors (Basel). 2019 Jun 03; 9(2). PMID: 31163706; PMCID: PMC6628364; DOI: 10.3390/bios9020076;

Chern M, Kays JC, Bhuckory S, Dennis AM. Sensing with photoluminescent semiconductor quantum dots. Methods Appl Fluoresc. 2019 Jan 24; 7(1):012005. PMID: 30530939; PMCID: PMC7233465; DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/aaf6f8;

Johnson CA, Chern M, Nguyen TT, Dennis AM, Goldfarb JL. Ligands and media impact interactions between engineered nanomaterials and clay minerals. NanoImpact. 2019 Jan; 13:112-122. PMID: 31819907; PMCID: PMC6901284; DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2019.01.004;

Toufanian R, Piryatinski A, Mahler AH, Iyer R, Hollingsworth JA, Dennis AM. Bandgap Engineering of Indium Phosphide-Based Core/Shell Heterostructures Through Shell Composition and Thickness. Front Chem. 2018; 6:567. PMID: 30515380; PMCID: PMC6255924; DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00567;

Dawood F, Wang J, Schulze PA, Sheehan CJ, Buck MR, Dennis AM, Majumder S, Krishnamurthy S, Ticknor M, Staude I, Brener I, Goodwin PM, Amro NA, Hollingsworth JA. The Role of Liquid Ink Transport in the Direct Placement of Quantum Dot Emitters onto Sub-Micrometer Antennas by Dip-Pen Nanolithography. Small. 2018 Jun 27; e1801503. PMID: 29952107; DOI: 10.1002/smll.201801503;

Atha DH, Nagy A, Steinbrück A, Dennis AM, Hollingsworth JA, Dua V, Iyer R, Nelson BC. Quantifying engineered nanomaterial toxicity: comparison of common cytotoxicity and gene expression measurements. J Nanobiotechnology. 2017 Nov 09; 15(1):79. PMID: 29121949; PMCID: PMC5679359; DOI: 10.1186/s12951-017-0312-3;

Chern M, Nguyen TT, Mahler AH, Dennis AM. Shell thickness effects on quantum dot brightness and energy transfer. Nanoscale. 2017 Nov 02; 9(42):16446-16458. PMID: 29063928; DOI: 10.1039/c7nr04296e;

Dennis AM, Delehanty JB, Medintz IL. Emerging Physicochemical Phenomena along with New Opportunities at the Biomolecular-Nanoparticle Interface. J Phys Chem Lett. 2016 Jun 02; 7(11):2139-50. PMID: 27219278; DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00570;

Chou KF, Dennis AM. Förster Resonance Energy Transfer between Quantum Dot Donors and Quantum Dot Acceptors. Sensors (Basel). 2015 Jun 05; 15(6):13288-325. PMID: 26057041; PMCID: PMC4507609; DOI: 10.3390/s150613288;

Mangum BD, Wang F, Dennis AM, Gao Y, Ma X, Hollingsworth JA, Htoon H. Competition between auger recombination and hot-carrier trapping in PL intensity fluctuations of type II nanocrystals. Small. 2014 Jul 23; 10(14):2892-901. PMID: 24715631; DOI: 10.1002/smll.201302896;

Dennis AM, Mangum BD, Piryatinski A, Park YS, Hannah DC, Casson JL, Williams DJ, Schaller RD, Htoon H, Hollingsworth JA. Suppressed blinking and auger recombination in near-infrared type-II InP/CdS nanocrystal quantum dots. Nano Lett. 2012 Nov 14; 12(11):5545-51. PMID: 23030497; PMCID: PMC3498532; DOI: 10.1021/nl302453x;

Kundu J, Ghosh Y, Dennis AM, Htoon H, Hollingsworth JA. Giant nanocrystal quantum dots: stable down-conversion phosphors that exploit a large stokes shift and efficient shell-to-core energy relaxation. Nano Lett. 2012 Jun 13; 12(6):3031-7. PMID: 22568894; DOI: 10.1021/nl3008659;

Dennis AM, Rhee WJ, Sotto D, Dublin SN, Bao G. Quantum dot-fluorescent protein FRET probes for sensing intracellular pH. ACS Nano. 2012 Apr 24; 6(4):2917-24. PMID: 22443420; PMCID: PMC3758920; DOI: 10.1021/nn2038077;

Rivera EM, Provencio CT, Steinbruck A, Rastogi P, Dennis A, Hollingsworth J, Serrano EE. Imaging heterostructured quantum dots in cultured cells with epifluorescence and transmission electron microscopy. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng. 2011 02 10; 7909:79090N. PMID: 21808662; PMCID: PMC3146175; DOI: 10.1117/12.875737;

Dennis AM, Sotto DC, Mei BC, Medintz IL, Mattoussi H, Bao G. Surface ligand effects on metal-affinity coordination to quantum dots: implications for nanoprobe self-assembly. Bioconjug Chem. 2010 Jul 21; 21(7):1160-70. PMID: 20568725; PMCID: PMC2917641; DOI: 10.1021/bc900500m;

Medintz IL, Pons T, Susumu K, Boeneman K, Dennis A, Farrell D, Deschamps JR, Melinger JS, Bao G, Mattoussi H. Resonance Energy Transfer Between Luminescent Quantum Dots and Diverse Fluorescent Protein Acceptors. J Phys Chem C Nanomater Interfaces. 2009 Oct 05; 113(43):18552-18561. PMID: 20161358; PMCID: PMC2777665; DOI: 10.1021/jp9060329;

Boeneman K, Mei BC, Dennis AM, Bao G, Deschamps JR, Mattoussi H, Medintz IL. Sensing caspase 3 activity with quantum dot-fluorescent protein assemblies. J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Mar 25; 131(11):3828-9. PMID: 19243181; PMCID: PMC2679970; DOI: 10.1021/ja809721j;

Dennis AM, Bao G. Quantum dot-fluorescent protein pairs as novel fluorescence resonance energy transfer probes. Nano Lett. 2008 May; 8(5):1439-45. PMID: 18412403

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 44 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2020

Bar chart showing 44 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2020

Year	Publications
2008	1
2009	2
2010	1
2011	1
2012	3
2014	1
2015	1
2016	1
2017	2
2018	2
2019	5
2020	9
2021	4
2022	4
2023	1
2024	6

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