Shuming Nie

Shuming Nie

Professor, Bioengineering

Areas of Research

Cancer Imaging

Research

Shuming Nie’s research is primarily in the areas of cancer nanomedicine, biomedical engineering, and image-guided cancer surgery. Major academic achievements include the discovery of plasmonic nanoparticles that are able to amplify the efficiencies of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) by 14-15 orders of magnitude, his work on water-soluble semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) for biomedical applications, and the development of smart nanoparticles and spectroscopic instrumentation for image-guided cancer surgery. The Nie lab has extensive experience in developing spectroscopic instrumentation and tumor imaging probes, and in translating new technologies to clinical applications.

Education

  • Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 1989

Campus Affiliations

Select Honors and Recognitions

  • IAMBE Fellow, 2013
  • AIMBE Fellow, 2007
  • CASNN Lifetime Achievement Award, 2019