Lisa Stabryla, PhD

Research Interests

• Next-generation antimicrobial design
• Sustainable design of next-generation, nano-enabled antimicrobial materials
• Engineered nanomaterials and other emerging materials/technologies proposed for use in areas at the nexus of the environment and public health
• Nanoparticle synthesis and characterization
• Microbial evolution and fitness as strategies for novel antimicrobial design
• Development of novel phenotypic and genotypic methods for pathogen detection
• Emerging pathogens in the face of a changing climate

1. Stabryla, L.M., Moncure, P.J., Millstone, J.E., Gilbertson, L.M. (2023). “Particle-Driven Effects at the Bacteria Interface: A Nanosilver Investigation of Particle Shape and Dose Metric.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15(33): 39027-39038. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c00144
2. .Stabryla, L.M., Clark, R., Gilbertson, L.M. (2021). “Assessment of Using Design Thinking to Foster Creativity in an Undergraduate Sustainable Engineering Course.” Advances in Engineering Education. 10(4), 20-56. DOI: 10.18260/3-1-1153-36036.
3. Stabryla, L. M., Johnston, K. A., Diemler, N.A., Cooper; V. S., Millstone, J. E., Haig, S-J., Gilbertson, L. M. (2021). “Role of bacterial motility in differential resistance mechanisms of silver nanoparticles and silver ions.” Nature Nanotechnology. 16, 996-1003. DOI: 10.1038/s41565-021-00929-w.
4. Albalghiti, E., Stabryla, L.M., Gilbertson, L.M., Zimmerman, J.B. (2021). “Towards resolution of antibacterial mechanisms in metal and metal oxide nanomaterials: a meta-analysis of the influence of study design on mechanistic conclusions.” Environmental Science: Nano. 8, 37-66. DOI: 10.1039/D0EN00949K.
5. Clark, R., Stabryla, L.M., Gilbertson, L.M. (2020). “Sustainability coursework: student perspectives and reflections on design thinking.” International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 21(3): 593-611. DOI: 10.1108/IJSHE-09-2019-0275. 6.   Johnston, K.A., Stabryla,
6. L.M., Gilbertson, L.M., Millstone, J.E. (2019). “Emerging investigator       series: connecting concepts of coinage metal stability across length scales.” Environmental Science: Nano. 6, 2674 – 2696. DOI: 10.1039/C9EN00407F.
7. Stabryla, L.M., Johnston, K.A., Millstone, J.E., Gilbertson, L.M. (2018). “Emerging investigator series: it’s not all about the ion: support for particle-specific contributions to silver nanoparticle antimicrobial activity.” Environmental Science: Nano, 5(9): 2047-2068. DOI: 10.1039/c8en00429c.
8. Johnston, K.A., Stabryla, L.M., Smith, A.M., Gan, X.Y., Gilbertson, L.M., Millstone, J.E. (2018). “Impacts of broth chemistry on silver ion release, surface chemistry composition, and bacterial cytotoxicity of silver nanoparticles.” Environmental Science: Nano, 5: 304-312. DOI: 10.1039/C7EN00974G.
9. Clark, R.; Stabryla, L.M.; Gilbertson, L.M. (2018). “Use of active learning and the design thinking process to drive creative sustainable engineering design solutions.” American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 125^th Annual Conference & Exposition.
10. Geng, H., Feng, J., Stabryla, L.M., Cho, S.K. (2017). “Dielectrowetting manipulation for digital microfluidics: creating, transporting, splitting, and merging of droplets.” Lab on a Chip, 17(6): 1060-1068 DOI: 10.1039/C7LC00006E.
11. Geng, H.; Feng, J.; Stabryla, L.M.; Cho, S.K. (2017). “Droplet manipulations by dielectrowetting: creating, transporting, splitting, and merging.” IEEE 30^th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 113-116.
12. Cowan, D.M.; Maskrey, J.R.; Fung, E.M.; Woods, T.A.; Stabryla, L.M.; Scott, P.K.; Finley, B.L. (2016). “Best-practices approach to determination of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at specific time points: combination of ante-mortem alcohol pharmacokinetic modeling and post-mortem alcohol generation and transport considerations.” Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 78: 24-36. DOI:10.1016/j.yrtph.2016.03.020.
13. Chen, Y., Stabryla, L.M., Wei, N. (2016). “Improved acetic acid resistance in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae by overexpression of the WHI2 gene identified through inverse metabolic engineering.” Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82: 2156-2166. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03718-15.

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• Co-Chair, Environmental Nanotechnology Gordon Research Seminar, 2019-2023

Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Pittsburgh, 2021

M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Pittsburgh, 2017

B.S., Engineering Science
University of Pittsburgh, 2015