Faculty Profile for Dr. Tania Betancourt

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Dr. Tania Betancourt
Professor — Chemistry and Biochemistry
CENT 340E
phone: (512) 245-7703
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Thapa, K., FitzSimons, T., Otakpor, M., Siller, M., Crowell, A., Zepeda, J., … Betancourt, T. (2023). Photothermal Modulation of Dynamic Covalent Poly(ethylene glycol)/PEDOT Composite Hydrogels for On-Demand Drug Delivery. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, 52180–52196. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c11288
  • Heshmati Aghda, N., Dabbaghianamiri, M., Tunnell, J., & Betancourt, T. (2022). Design of Smart Nanomedicines for Effective Cancer Treatment. Int. J. Pharm., 621, 121791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.121791
  • Heshmati Aghda, N., Torres Hurtado, S., Abdulsahib, S., Lara, E. J., Tunnell, J., & Betancourt, T. (2021). Dual Photothermal/Chemotherapy of Melanoma Cells with Albumin Nanoparticles Carrying Indocyanine Green and Doxorubicin Leads to Immunogenic Cell Death. Macromol. Biosci. https://doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202100353
  • Huff, M. E., Gokmen, F. O., Barrera, J. S., Lara, E. J., Tunnell, J., Irvin, J. A., & Betancourt, T. (2020). Induction of Immunogenic Cell Death in Breast Cancer by Conductive Polymer Nanoparticle-Mediated Photothermal Therapy. ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS, 2(12), 5602–5620. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.0c00938
  • Wang, K. W., Betancourt, T., & Hall, C. K. (2018). Computational Study of DNA-Cross-Linked Hydrogel Formation for Drug Delivery Applications. Macromolecules, 51(23), 9758–9768. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01505

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2022 College Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, College of Science and Engineering. July 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2021 College Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, College of Science and Engineering. July 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Science and Engineering 2018 Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Service, Texas State University. September 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Science and Engineering Distinction Award for Excellence in Service. 2015
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Service Award, Texas State University. 2015

Selected Grants

  • Lewis, Karen A, Whitten, Steven T (Co-Principal), Hough, Loren (Co-Principal), Hodby, Eleanor (Co-Principal), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Close, Eleanor W (Supporting), Rangelov, Blagoy (Supporting), Islam, Tanzima Z (Supporting), Betancourt, Tania (Supporting), Berry, Joe (Supporting), Finklestein, Noah (Supporting), MacGregor, Meredith (Supporting), Brown, Jed (Supporting), Eaves, Joel (Supporting). Creating Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education, Sloan Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $249299. (Submitted: September 2, 2022, Funded: January 2023 - Present). Grant.
  • Lewis, Karen A (Principal), Luxford, Cynthia J (Co-Principal), Wheeler, Brittany Marie (Co-Principal), Webre, Whitney Ann (Co-Principal), Holland, Cory Lee (Co-Principal), Betancourt, Tania (Supporting), Brittain, William J (Supporting), Hudnall, Todd W (Supporting), Irvin, Jennifer A (Supporting), Kerwin, Sean Michael (Supporting), Kornienko, Alexander Vladimir (Supporting), Peterson, Ryan Loren (Supporting), Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Supporting). REU Site: A Chemistry REU on Molecular Innovation and Exploration (CheMIE), National Science Foundation, Federal, $378188. (Submitted: August 25, 2021, Funded: April 15, 2022 - Present). Grant.
  • Betancourt, Tania (Principal), Brittain, William J (Co-Principal), Irvin, Jennifer A (Co-Principal), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Co-Principal), Martin, Benjamin (Co-Principal), Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Co-Principal), Wistey, Mark A (Co-Principal), Miyahara, Yoichi (Co-Principal), Kerwin, Sean Michael (Co-Principal). TxState-UT PREM Center for Intelligent Materials Assembly (CIMA), National Science Foundation, Federal, $3822000. (Funded: July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2027). Grant.
  • Betancourt, Tania (Principal), Massingill, John (Co-Principal). Non-Dispersive Reaction and Separation Processes for Pharmaceutical Synthesis (G), National Institutes of Health (NIH), $150000. (Funded: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015). Grant.
  • Betancourt, Tania (Principal), Massingill, John (Principal), Stretz, Holly (Co-Principal). High Throughput Manufacturing of Monodispersed Nanoparticles for Biomedicine (G), National Institutes of Health (NIH), $150000. (Funded: September 30, 2014 - August 31, 2015). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
HSI Community Council
2022-Present
Chair
Advancement to Candidacy Requirements in MSEC
2019-Present
Member
Safety Committee
2014-Present
Representative
Chemistry and Biochemistry Representative to Library
2014-2021
Reviewer / Referee
Scientific Journals: British Journal of Pharmacology, International Journal of Pharmaceutics (3 articles), Nanomedicine, Nanoscale Advances
2020-2020