Conroy Sun

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Conroy Sun is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Conroy Sun has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 28 papers in Biomaterials and 18 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Conroy Sun's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (32 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (27 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (9 papers). Conroy Sun is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (32 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (27 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (9 papers). Conroy Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Africa. Conroy Sun's co-authors include Miqin Zhang, Jerry Lee, Fang Chen, Nathan Kohler, Lei Xing, Guillem Pratx, Omid Veiseh, Raymond W. Sze, Jonathan Gunn and Narayan Bhattarai and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Conroy Sun

69 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Magnetic nanoparticles in MR imaging and drug delivery

2008 2.0k citations Conroy Sun, Miqin Zhang et al. profile →
Peptide-guided lipid nanoparticles deliver mRNA to the neural retina of rodents and nonhuman primates

2023 157 citations Marco Herrera‐Barrera, Renee C. Ryals et al. Science Advances profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Conroy Sun	3.7k	3.5k	2.2k	2.0k	681	74	7.4k
Zhantong Wang	5.8k 1.5×	2.6k 0.7×	3.6k 1.6×	2.5k 1.3×	463 0.7×	94	8.8k
Andrew Tsourkas	3.8k 1.0×	3.1k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	3.7k 1.9×	1.0k 1.5×	143	8.9k
Francesca Baldelli Bombelli	3.0k 0.8×	4.4k 1.3×	2.9k 1.3×	3.2k 1.6×	457 0.7×	93	8.8k
Christian Bergemann	3.6k 1.0×	3.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	269 0.4×	52	6.3k
Davide Prosperi	2.0k 0.5×	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	2.1k 1.1×	475 0.7×	153	5.6k
Kai Cheng	5.4k 1.4×	1.5k 0.4×	4.4k 2.0×	1.5k 0.8×	792 1.2×	83	8.6k
Seungjoo Haam	3.5k 0.9×	2.7k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	197 0.3×	144	6.8k
Jianan Liu	5.6k 1.5×	2.2k 0.6×	4.4k 2.0×	3.0k 1.5×	297 0.4×	172	10.0k
Rui Tian	6.2k 1.6×	2.0k 0.6×	3.6k 1.6×	2.5k 1.2×	487 0.7×	99	9.1k
Xinglu Huang	3.0k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	2.8k 1.3×	2.2k 1.1×	279 0.4×	84	6.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Conroy Sun

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Fan, Guoqing, et al.. (2025). Label-free whole-kidney metabolic optical imaging using in vivo insulated cryofixation and cryo-micro-optical sectioning tomography. Biomedical Optics Express. 16(4). 1513–1513.

Sahel, Deepak Kumar, Nathan D. Pennock, Antony Jozić, et al.. (2025). Improved localized mRNA delivery using lipid nanoparticles with a novel synthetic cholesterol derivative. PubMed. 3(1). 187–197.

Sun, Conroy, et al.. (2025). Recent Advances in Heterohelicene-Based Circularly Polarized Luminescence Materials. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 45(11). 4048–4048.

Bagley, Alexander F., et al.. (2024). Advancing cancer immunotherapy through emerging intratumoral delivery and biomedical imaging technologies. Materials Today Advances. 24. 100539–100539.

Herrera‐Barrera, Marco, Renee C. Ryals, Milan Gautam, et al.. (2023). Peptide-guided lipid nanoparticles deliver mRNA to the neural retina of rodents and nonhuman primates. Science Advances. 9(2). eadd4623–eadd4623. 157 indexed citations breakdown →

DuRoss, Allison N., Madeleine Landry, Charles R. Thomas, Megan J. Neufeld, & Conroy Sun. (2021). Preclinical data on co-delivery of temozolomide and talazoparib by fucodain-coated nanoscale metal organic frameworks for colorectal cancer chemoradiation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 38. 107394–107394. 5 indexed citations

Neufeld, Megan J., Alec Lutzke, Guillem Pratx, & Conroy Sun. (2020). High‐Z Metal–Organic Frameworks for X‐ray Radiation‐Based Cancer Theranostics. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(10). 3229–3237. 24 indexed citations

Sun, Conroy, et al.. (2018). Radioluminescence in biomedicine: physics, applications, and models. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 64(4). 04TR01–04TR01. 53 indexed citations

Ashwanikumar, N., Barmak Mostofian, Siddharth Patel, et al.. (2018). Supramolecular self assembly of nanodrill-like structures for intracellular delivery. Journal of Controlled Release. 282. 76–89. 19 indexed citations

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Brown, Anna, et al.. (2018). Nanoalginates via Inverse-Micelle Synthesis: Doxorubicin-Encapsulation and Breast Cancer Cytotoxicity. Nanoscale Research Letters. 13(1). 350–350. 12 indexed citations

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Brown, Anna, et al.. (2018). Facile Synthesis of Ligand-Free Iridium Nanoparticles and Their In Vitro Biocompatibility. Nanoscale Research Letters. 13(1). 208–208. 24 indexed citations

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King, Martin T., C Jenkins, Conroy Sun, et al.. (2016). Flexible radioluminescence imaging for FDG‐guided surgery. Medical Physics. 43(10). 5298–5306. 7 indexed citations

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King, Martin T., Colin M. Carpenter, Conroy Sun, et al.. (2015). β-Radioluminescence Imaging: A Comparative Evaluation with Cerenkov Luminescence Imaging. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 56(9). 1458–1464. 15 indexed citations

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Carpenter, Colin M., Xiaowei Ma, Hongguang Liu, et al.. (2014). Cerenkov Luminescence Endoscopy: Improved Molecular Sensitivity with β⁻-Emitting Radiotracers. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 55(11). 1905–1909. 35 indexed citations

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Pratx, Guillem, Kai Chen, Conroy Sun, et al.. (2012). Radioluminescence Microscopy: Measuring the Heterogeneous Uptake of Radiotracers in Single Living Cells. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e46285–e46285. 42 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongguang, Colin M. Carpenter, Han Jiang, et al.. (2012). Intraoperative Imaging of Tumors Using Cerenkov Luminescence Endoscopy: A Feasibility Experimental Study. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 53(10). 1579–1584. 93 indexed citations

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Sun, Conroy, Guillem Pratx, Colin M. Carpenter, et al.. (2011). Synthesis and Radioluminescence of PEGylated Eu³⁺‐doped Nanophosphors as Bioimaging Probes. Advanced Materials. 23(24). H195–9. 117 indexed citations

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Veiseh, Omid, Narayan Bhattarai, Conroy Sun, et al.. (2010). Correction: Rapid Pharmacokinetic and Biodistribution Studies Using Cholorotoxin-Conjugated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: A Novel Non-Radioactive Method. PLoS ONE. 5(4). 7 indexed citations

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Veiseh, Omid, Conroy Sun, Fang Chen, et al.. (2009). Specific Targeting of Brain Tumors with an Optical/Magnetic Resonance Imaging Nanoprobe across the Blood-Brain Barrier. Cancer Research. 69(15). 6200–6207. 290 indexed citations

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Sun, Conroy, Raymond W. Sze, & Miqin Zhang. (2006). Folic acid‐PEG conjugated superparamagnetic nanoparticles for targeted cellular uptake and detection by MRI. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 78A(3). 550–557. 306 indexed citations

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