Regular biography
Hanadi Sleiman is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University. Her research focuses on chemical biology and materials chemistry, with an emphasis on utilizing DNA as a building material to create nanoscale structures with potential applications in drug delivery and sensing. She has held various leadership roles, including President of the International DNA Nanotechnology Society and Director of the NSERC CREATE training program in Nucleic Acids. Sleiman's work combines synthetic molecules with natural DNA base-pairing to develop scalable DNA-based materials. She teaches Supramolecular Chemistry and is affiliated with the Quebec Centre for Advanced Materials and the McGill Centre for Structural Biology.
Scholar-generated biography
Hanadi Sleiman is a researcher specializing in DNA nanotechnology, nucleic acid therapeutics, drug delivery, supramolecular chemistry, and cancer therapies. Her work focuses on the design and application of DNA-based nanostructures for therapeutic purposes, including the development of DNA nanotubes, nanosuitcases, and supramolecular assemblies for targeted drug delivery and cancer treatment. Sleiman's research explores the use of DNA as a programmable material to create dynamic and functional nanostructures with applications in biomedicine and materials science. Her publications highlight the potential of DNA nanostructures for cargo encapsulation, conditional release, and interaction with biological systems.