Dr. Kyriakos C. Stylianou, Associate Professor in the Material Discovery Lab at Oregon State University, joins the Exchange.
Professor Kyriakos and his team developed a new material, called a Metal-Organic Framework (MOF), for use in medical imaging/MRIs. The new material is nontoxic and performs better as an imaging agent than materials currently in use, which are toxic. The long-range effort is to get the material into mainstream usage. The next step would is a trials stage, which requires sufficient funding.
