Dr. Ivkov is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences.  He also holds a Guest Researcher position at the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) in Gaithersburg, MD.  His primary research interests include the development, characterization, and use of nanomaterials to target cancer and to enhance the effectiveness of current therapies such as radiation.  A specific area of research includes the study and development of selective heating with magnetic nanoparticles.

Dr. Ivkov completed his formal training in Physical Chemistry at the University of Maryland, College Park with an emphasis on the thermodynamic properties of proteins.  He continued to perform basic materials research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and later moved to the private sector to develop oncology products.  Prior to his arrival to Johns Hopkins, Dr. Ivkov was Vice President of Research and Development and a co-founder of Triton BioSystems, Inc., a company developing targeted nanotherapeutics for oncology.