Education:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Biomedical and Health Sciences Engineering major, Chemistry minor
B.S., 2018
North Carolina State University
Biomedical and Health Sciences Engineering major
B.S., 2018
MSTP Student Governance:
- Student Advisory Committee, 2021-23
- Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2023-24
- Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, 2022-24
Thesis Advisor: Michael Garwood, Ph.D.
Thesis Research
MRI-based protocol for imaging iron-oxide nanoparticles for cryopreservation of tissues for organ transplant.
Publications (pubmed)
Kantesaria S, Tang X, Suddarth S, Pasek-Allen J, Namsrai BE, Goswitz A, Hintz M, Bischof J, Garwood M. A Low-Cost, Tabletop LOD-EPR System for Nondestructive Quantification of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Tissues. ACS Sens. 2024 Jan 26;9(1):262-271.
Torres E, Wang P, Kantesaria S, Jenkins P, DelaBarre L, Cosmo Pizetta D, Froelich T, Steyn L, Tannús A, Papas KK, Sakellariou D, Garwood M. Development of a compact NMR system to measure pO2 in a tissue-engineered graft. J Magn Reson. 2023 Dec;357:107578.
Pasek-Allen JL, Kantesaria S, Gangwar L, Shao Q, Gao Z, Idiyatullin D, Han Z, Etheridge ML, Garwood M, Jagadeesan BD, Bischof JC. Injectable and Repeatable Inductive Heating of Iron Oxide Nanoparticle-Enhanced "PHIL" Embolic toward Tumor Treatment. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2022 Sep 21;14(37):41659-41670.
Tang X, Suddarth S, Kantesaria S, Garwood M. J Magn Reson. A frequency-swept, longitudinal detection EPR system for measuring short electron spin relaxation times at ultra-low fields. 2022 Sep;342:107279.
Work prior to the UMN MSTP:
DiSalvo M, Harris DM, Kantesaria S, Peña AN, Allbritton-King JD, Cole JH, Allbritton NL. Characterization of Tensioned PDMS Membranes for Imaging Cytometry on Microraft Arrays. Anal Chem. 2018 Apr 3;90(7):4792-4800. PMCID: PMC5912951
