Education
- Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
- B.A., Willamette University
Professional Interests
Development of nanoparticles and small molecules as selective targeting agents for disease biomarkers; fluorescence and nuclear imaging of cancer and microbial infection; development of targeted cytotoxic agents and drug delivery systems; photodynamic therapy
Personal Interests
Cookies at the Bistro, visiting the Oregon coast, and attending WU football games
Publications
- Rice, D. R.; Clear, K. J.; Smith, B. D., Imaging and therapeutic applications of zinc(ii)-dipicolylamine molecular probes for anionic biomembranes. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England). 2016, 52 (57), 8787-801.
- Rice, D. R.; Vacchina, P; Norris, B. R.; Morlaes, M. A.; Smith, B. D., Zinc(II)-Dipicolylamine Coordination Complexes as Targeting and Chemotheraputic Agents for Leishmania major. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2016, 60 (5), 2932-40.
- Rice, D. R.; Gan, H.; Smith, B. D., Bacterial imaging and photodynamic inactivation using zinc(II)-dipicolylamine BODIPY conjugates. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2015, 14 (7), 1271-81.
- Rice, D. R.; White, A. G.; Leevy, W. M.; Smith, B. D., Fluorescence imaging of interscapular brown adipose tissue in living mice. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2015, 3 (9), 1979-1989.
- Rice, D. R.; Plaunt, A. J.; Turkyilmaz, S.; Smith, M.; Wang, Y.; Rusckowski, M.; Smith, B. D., Evaluation of [In]-Labeled Zinc-Dipicolylamine Tracers for SPECT Imaging of Bacterial Infection. Mol Imaging Biol 2014, 1-10.
- Clear, K. J.; Harmatys, K. M.; Rice, D. R.; Wolter, W. R.; Suckow, M. A.; Wang, Y.; Rusckowski, M.; Smith, B. D., Phenoxide-Bridged Zinc(II)-Bis(dipicolylamine) Probes for Molecular Imaging of Cell Death. Bioconjug Chem 2015.
- Turkyilmaz, S.; Rice, D. R.; Palumbo, R.; Smith, B. D., Selective recognition of anionic cell membranes using targeted liposomes coated with zinc(II)-bis(dipicolylamine) affinity units. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12 (30), 5645-5655.
- Lee, J. J.; White, A. G.; Rice, D. R.; Smith, B. D., In vivo imaging using polymeric nanoparticles stained with near-infrared chemiluminescent and fluorescent squaraine catenane endoperoxide. Chem Commun 2013, 49 (29), 3016-3018.