Nolan Flynn

Nolan Flynn is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Wellesley College and has been a member of the Wellesley College faculty since 2003. He received a B.A. degree from St. Olaf College in 1996 and a Ph.D. degree in chemistry from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2001. He was a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow, with Robert Langer, in chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2001–2003.

Professor Flynn teaches Chemical Analysis and Equilibrium and Analytical Chemistry, and he offers seminars in his areas of expertise such as nanoscience and nanotechnology. In 2006, Professor Flynn was a winner of Wellesley's Pinanski Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

Professor Flynn's research is at the interface of nanoscience and biomaterials. His research team explores the use of hydrogels containing metal nanostructures for applications in drug delivery and environmental monitoring and remediation. A second avenue of research focuses on modifying surfaces with polymer or nanoparticle thin films to control biocompatibility and biofouling. Professor Flynn also collaborates with researchers in physics at Brandeis University.

Professor Flynn is a regular reviewer for the American Chemical Society journal Langmuir. He is a member of Sigma Chi, the American Chemical Society, Materials Research Society, and the Electrochemical Society.

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Profile last updated: 8/06

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