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Anthony Berardi

Macromolecular Science and Engineering Program

Contact

  • aberardi@umich.edu

Education

  • PhD in Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, 2024 (Expected)

  • MS in Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, 2022

  • BS in Chemistry, Canisius College, 2019

Research

  • Anthony uses synthetic polymer chemistry and bioengineering techniques to understand how the physicochemical properties of polymeric- and protein-based nanocarrier systems influence their success in nanomedicine and biotechnology applications.

Experience

  • Deal Flow Director, Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, September 2022-present

  • Venture Capital Investment Associate, Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, September 2021-present

  • Process Chemistry Intern, IsleChem LLC, Grand Island, NY, Summer 2019

  • Research Assistant, Steinbacher Lab, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Canisius College, 2016-2019

  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Canisius College, 2016-2019

Awards

  • Student Service Award, Macromolecular Science and Engineering Program, University of Michigan, 2021

  • Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2019

  • Rackham Merit Fellowship, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, 2019

  • WNY ACS Student Excellence Award in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Canisius College, 2019

  • Frank J. Dinan Research Scholarship, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Canisius College, 2018

  • Gerald Zon Undergraduate Research Award, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Canisius College, 2018

Publications

  • Pornnoppadol, G.; Zhang, B.; Desai, A. D.; Berardi, A. J.; Remmer, H. A.; Tessier, P. M.; Greineder, C. F. A hybridoma-derived monoclonal antibody with high homology to the aberrant myeloma light chain. PLOS ONE 2021,16(10): e0252558.

Presentations

  • MRS Spring Meeting, Honolulu, HI, May 2022 (poster)

  • Macro Symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October 2021 (poster)

  • Macro Symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October 2018 (poster)

  • WNY ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, April 2018 (oral presentation)

  • ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 2017 (poster)

  • WNY ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium, Niagara University, Lewiston, NY, April 2017 (poster)