About

Moh El-Naggar

Assistant Professor of Physics

Contact Information
E-mail: mnaggar@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-2394
Office: SSC 215C

LINKS
NanoBio Lab
 

Education
Ph.D. Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, 2006
 

Postdoctoral Training
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Southern California, 2006-2008  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
Mohamed El-Naggar's research interests lie at the intersection of physics, biology, and nanotechnology. His work targets one of the most exciting frontiers in biophysics: the interface between biological and inorganic systems. From a basic biological physics standpoint, his team studies cell-surface interactions as well as the electronic and enzymatic activity of extracellular nanostructures involved in microbe-inorganic interactions. Armed with the basic knowledge, they harness this understanding towards a new generation of biotechnological devices that exploit extracellular electron transport in the areas of bioenergy, bioremediation, and biosynthesis of nanomaterials. Current experimental work focuses on:

1. Electron transport in biomolecular nanostructures.

2. Bioenergy production in Microbial Fuel Cells.

3. The enzymatic activity of extracellular nanostructures. Implications for bioenergy and bioremediation.

4. Biological routes to nanomaterial synthesis.

5. New imaging technologies and algorithms.

 
 
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