Education History

  • B.S., Industrial Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico-Humacao
  • Ph.D., Materials Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Work Experience

Instructor, JHU Whiting School of Engineering, Engineering for Professionals

Publications

Calderón-Colón, X., Egan, R. (2024). Lipid-Based Nanoparticles for RNA Delivery. In: Astatke, M. (eds) RNA Amplification and Analysis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2822. Humana, New York, NY.

Xiomara Calderón-Colón, Olivia N. Tiburzi, Yichuan Zhang, Jialu Wang, Marcos Iglesias Lozano, Giorgio Raimondi, and Julia B. Patrone, “Design and Characterization of Lipid Carriers for Oral Delivery to Prevent Type-1 Diabetes”, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), J Biomed Mater Res.2023;111:938–949.

Xiomara Calderón-Colón, Olivia N. Tiburzi, Yichuan Zhang, Jialu Wang, Marcos Iglesias Lozano, Giorgio Raimondi, and Julia B. Patrone, “Design and Characterization of Lipid Carriers for Oral Delivery to Prevent Type-1 Diabetes”, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), 2019.

Emmanuel Roussakis, Roger V. Ortines, Bret L. Pinsker, Cavin T. Mooers, Conor L. Evans, Lloyd S. Miller, Xiomara Calderón-Colón*, “Theranostic biocomposite scaffold membrane, Biomaterials”, 212, 2019, 17-27.

Trexler, M. M., Hoffman, C., Smith, D. A., Montalbano, T. J., Yeager, M. P., Trigg, D., Nimer, S., Calderón‐Colón, X. , Peitsch, C. and Xia, Z. (2019), Synthesis and mechanical properties of para‐aramid nanofibers. J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys., 57: 563-573.

Marcia W. Patchan, Jeremy Chae, Justin Lee, Xiomara Calderon-Colon, Jeffrey P. Maranchi, Russell L. McCally, Oliver D. Schein, Jennifer H. Elisseeff, and Morgana M. Trexler, “Evaluation of biocompatibility of regenerated cellulose hydrogels with high strength and transparency for ocular application”, Journal of Biomaterials Applications 30(7) 1049-1059, 2016.

Calderón-Colón, X., Raimondi, G., Benkoski, J.J., Patrone, J.B., “Solid Lipid Nanoparticles (SLNs) for Intracellular Targeting Applications”, J. Vis. Exp., e53102, doi:10.3791/53102 (2015).

J.C. La Favors, L.M. Baird, T.P. Lippa, X. Calderón-Colón*, “Assessing Chemical Agent Decontamination Efficacy of a Nanostructured Fabric using Headspace and Split/Splitless Injection Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)”, Nanoscale Materials Characterization Proceeding Paper, TechConnect World 2015.

E. D. LaBarre, X. Calderon-Colon, M. Morris, J. Tiffany, E. Wetzel, A. Merkle, M. Trexler, “Effect of a carbon nanotube coating on friction and impact performance of Kevlar,” J Mater Sci (2015) 50:5431–5442.

Xiomara Calderón-Colón, Marcia W. Patchan, Mellisa L. Theodore, Huong T. Le, Jennifer L. Sample, Jason J. Benkoski, Julia B. Patrone, “Synthesis of sub-10 nm solid lipid nanoparticles for topical and biomarker detection applications”, J. Nanopart. Res. (2014) 16:2252.

Zhiyong Xia, Xiomara Calderón-Colón, Russell McCally, Jeffrey Maranchi, Lixia Rong, Benjamin Hsiao, Jennifer Elisseeff, Morgana Trexler, “Banded structures in collagen vitrigels for corneal injury repair,” Acta Biomaterialia 10 (2014) 3615–3619.

Qiongyu Guo, Jude M. Phillip, Shoumyo Majumdar, Pei-Hsun Wu, Jiansu Chen, Xiomara Calderón-Colón, Oliver Schein, Barbara J. Smith, Morgana M. Trexler, Denis Wirtz, Jennifer H. Elisseeff, “Modulation of keratocyte phenotype by collagen fibril nanoarchitecture in membranes for corneal repair,” Biomaterials 34 (2013) 9365-9372.

X. Calderón-Colón, Z. Xia, J.L. Breidenich, D. Mulreany, Q. Guo, O.M. Uy, J. Tiffany, D.E. Freund, R.L. McCally, O. Schein, J.H. Elisseeff, M.M. Trexler, “Structure and properties of collagen vitrigel membranes for ocular repair and regeneration applications,” Biomaterials 33 (2012) 8286-8295.

Z. Xia, X. Calderón-Colón, M. Trexler, J. Elisseeff, Q. Guo, “Thermal denaturation of type I collagen vitrified gels,” Themochimica Acta 527, p 172-179, 2012.

J.A. Thomas, M.T. Shanaman, C.L. Lomicka, M.P. Boyle. X. Calderón-Colón, E.D. LaBarre, J. E. Tiffany, M.M. Trexler, Multiscale Modeling of High-Strength Fibers and Fabrics, Proc. SPIE 8373, 83731S (2012).

J.A. Thomas, M.T. Shanaman, C.L. Lomicka, M.P. Boyle. X. Calderón-Colón, E.D. LaBarre, J. E. Tiffany, M.M. Trexler, Multiscale Modeling of High-Strength Fibers and Fabrics, Proc. SPIE 8373, 83731S (2012).

Otto Zhou and Xiomara Calderón Colón, Edited by Yahachi Saito, “Carbon Nanotube and Related Field Emitters: Fundamental and Applications”, Chapter 26: Carbon Nanotube-Based Field Emission X-Ray Technology, WILEY-VCH, 2010.

Xin Qian, Ramya Rajaram, Xiomara Calderón-Colón, Guang Yang, Tuyen Phan, David Lalush, Jianping Lu, Otto Zhou, “Design and characterization of a spatially distributed multi-beam field emission X-ray source for stationary digital breast tomosynthesis”, Medical Physics 36 (10), 2009.

Xiomara Calderón-Colón, Huaizhi Geng, Bo Gao, Lei An, Guohua Cao and Otto Zhou, “Carbon nanotube field emission cathode with high current density and long-term stability”, Nanotechnology 20 (2009) 325707.

R. Peng, J. Zhang, X. Calderón-Colón, S. Wang, S. Sultana, S. Chang, J. Lu and O. Zhou, “Stationary micro-CT scanner using a distributed multi-beam field emission x-ray source: a feasibility study”, Proc. SPIE, 7258, 725847 (2009).

Guohua Cao, Xiomara Calderón-Colón, Peng Wang, Laurel Burk, Yueh Z. Lee, Ramya Rajaram, Shabana Sultana, David Lalush, Jianping Lu, and Otto Zhou, “A dynamic micro-CT scanner with a stationary mouse bed using a compact carbon nanotube field emission x-ray tube”, Proc. SPIE, 7258, 72585Q (2009).

G. Cao, Y. Z. Lee, R. Peng, Z. Liu, R. Rajaram, X. Calderón-Colón, L. An, P. Wang, T. Phan, S. Sultana, D. S. Lalush, J. P. Lu, and O. Zhou, “A dynamic micro-CTscanner based on a carbon nanotube field emission X-ray source”, Phys. Med. Biol. 54 No 8 (21 April 2009) 2323-2340.

Guohua Cao, Yueh Z. Lee, Zejian Liu, Ramya Rajaram, Rui Peng, Xiomara Calderón-Colón, Lei An, Peng Wang, Tuyen Phan, David Lalush, Jianping Lu and Otto Zhou, “Respiratory-gated micro-CT using a carbon nanotube based micro-focus field emission x-ray source”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 6913, 691304 (2008).

Xiomara Calderón-Colón and Otto Zhou, “Development of carbon nanotubes field emitters for X-ray source”, Proceedings of the ASME 2007 Summer Bioengineering Conference, SBC2007-175998.

Honors and Awards

  • APL’s Combustion Grant Prize for Innovation, APL Achievement Awards, for Creativity and Potential Impact for Lab Veins – Vasculature Model for Cell Growth. (2024)
  • APL’s Ignition Grant Prize, APL Achievement Awards, for Creativity and Potential Impact for Strain Sensing Nanomaterial-Based Paint (SSNaP) for Naval Applications. (2023)
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Review Panel served as a Reviewer (2017 & 2022) (2022)
  • APL’s Invention of the Year Award, APL Achievement Awards, Honoring Technology with the Greatest Potential Commercial Benefit to Society for Lipid Nanoparticles as Oral Vehicles of Immunotherapy (2020)
  • Professional Achievement – Industry Award, 25th Women of Color STEM Conference (2020)
  • APL’s Ignition Grant Prize, APL Achievement Awards, for Creativity and Potential Impact for fabricating a transceiver made of a biological optical fiber and successfully demonstrating using plant stems 2-6 cm long at an optimum optimal wavelength. (2019)
  • APL’s Invention of the Year Award, APL Achievement Awards, Honoring Technology with the Greatest Potential Commercial Benefit to Society for Surface Modified Anti-cancer Responsive Theranostic (SMART) (2017)
  • Outstanding Technical Contribution – Industry Award, 20th Women of Color STEM Conference (2015)
  • APL Publication Award Author’s First Paper in a Journal of Proceeding (2012)
  • Chair of the Career & Education Information for Students at the 2nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Regional JHU/APL Nanomaterials Symposium (2011)
  • NSF Student Travel Grant for the ASME IMECE 2011 Micro/Nano Poster Forum (2011)
  • Organizer of Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) in Scalable, Functional Nanomaterials held in Costa Rica (2011)
  • Research Supplement Fellowship, National Institute of Health – National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, UNC-Chapel Hill (2009)
  • Honorable Mention Poster Award at SPIE Medical Imaging 2009, Physics of Medical Imaging Conference (“Design and characterization of a portable field emission micro-focus x-ray tube for micro-CT”. Peng Wang, Shabana Sultana, Guohua Cao, Xiomara Calderón-Colón, Jianping Lu and Otto Zhou) (2009)
  • Research Supplement Fellowship, National Institute of Health – National Cancer Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill (2006)