Dr. Paul J. Derry is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine, Institute of Bioscience and Technology Texas A&M University. He completed his BA studies in Chemistry at Austin College, Sherman, TX, USA (2011), MA studies in Chemistry at Rice University, Houston, TX, USA (2013), and PhD studies in Chemistry at Rice University, Houston, TX, USA (2016). His research interests include Brain Injury, Nanomedicine, Nanotechnology, Oxidative Stress, Catalytic nanoparticles, the redox properties of colloidal carbon nanomaterials derived from materials other than graphene oxide, how nanomaterial synthesis alters the performance of carbon nanomaterials in vitro in models of oxidative stress, and how carbon nanomaterials interact with the mitochondria.