Michaelann Tartis

Michaelann Tartis is a Professor at New Mexico Tech's Department of Chemical Engineering. Her research focuses on targeted drug delivery systems leveraging ultrasound and microbubble technologies, lipid-based nanoparticles, and advanced molecular imaging techniques for small animal studies. She specializes in developing validation methods for drug delivery systems and micro-encapsulation strategies.

Her work bridges chemical engineering and biomedical applications, emphasizing controlled drug release mechanisms and biomaterial design. Research contributions include phospholipid prodrug conjugates, silica encapsulation methods, and hybrid nanobiomaterial synthesis using chemical vapor deposition techniques.

Publications span topics like ultrasound-mediated drug delivery, liposome synthesis innovations, and cell encapsulation in silica matrices. Tartis has pioneered techniques for long-term cell viability studies in encapsulated systems and radiolabeled liposome development for medical imaging applications.

No scientific awards are listed, though her extensive publication record reflects sustained research excellence. Her work integrates material science with biological systems to advance therapeutic delivery and diagnostic imaging capabilities.