Robert Ivkov, MSC, PhD
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- English
Gender
MaleJohns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Robert Ivkov
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
Background
Dr. Robert Ivkov is an assistant professor of radiation oncology and molecular radiation sciences and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
His research interests include the development, characterization, and use of nanomaterials to target cancer and to enhance the effectiveness of current therapies such as radiation. He has a particular focus of selective heating with magnetic nanoparticles.
Dr. Ivkov earned his M.D. and Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Maryland and his M.Sc. from the University of Toronto, with an emphasis on thermodynamic properties of proteins. He continued to perform basic materials research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and later moved to the private sector to develop oncology products.
Prior to his arrival to Johns Hopkins, Dr. Ivkov was vice president of research and development and a co-founder of Triton BioSystems, Inc., a company developing targeted nanotherapeutics for oncology.
Centers and Institutes
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Additional Academic Titles
Professor of Oncology
Contact for Research Inquiries
Phone: (443) 287-7282
rivkov1@jhmi.edu
Research Interests
Development, characterization, and use of nanomaterials to target cancer, Selective heating with magnetic nanoparticles
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Robert Ivkov Lab - Lab Website
Research Summary
Dr. Ivkov’s research interests include the development, characterization, and use of nanomaterials to target cancer and to enhance the effectiveness of current therapies such as radiation. He has a particular focus of selective heating with magnetic nanoparticles.
He and his team have shown that they can cause cancer-specific heating by putting magnetic nanoparticles into the cancer and exposing these nanoparticle-containing cancers to an alternating magnetic field, which heats the particles.
Selected Publications
- Bordelon D*, Goldstein R, Nemkov V, Kumar A, Jackowski J, DeWeese TL, Ivkov R. “Modified solenoid coil that efficiently produces high amplitude AC magnetic fields with enhanced uniformity for biomedical applications.” IEEE Trans. Magn. 2012 Oct;48(1):47-52.
- Guistini AJ, Ivkov R, Hoopes PJ. “Magnetic nanoparticle biodistribution following intratumoral administration.” Nanotechnology. 2011 Aug 26;22(34):345101.
- Nemkov V, Ruffini R, Goldstein R, Jackowski J, DeWeese TL, Ivkov R, “Magnetic field generating inductor for cancer hyperthermia research.” COMPEL, 30, 1626-1636. 2011.
- Krycka KL, Jackson AJ, Borchers JA, Shih J, Briber R, Ivkov R, Gruettner C, Dennis CL. “Internal magnetic structure of dextran coated magnetite nanoparticles in solution using small angle neutron scattering with polarization analysis” J. Applied Phys., 109, 07B513. 2011.
- Bordelon D*, Cornejo C*, Gruettner C, DeWeese TL, Ivkov R, “Magnetic nanoparticle heating efficiency reveals magneto-structural differences when characterized with a wide ranging and high amplitude alternating magnetic field” J. Applied Physics, 109, 124904. 2011.