Robert Sievers
Professor Emeritus
Chemistry

Office: Ekeley W281

Education

Ph.D.:听University of Illinois, 1960

Areas of Expertise

Environmental Chemistry, Instrument Development, Bioanalytical Chemistry, Aerosols & Clouds

Awards and Honors

  • 2009 Governors Award for Research Impact
  • 2008 ACS Astellas Award
  • 2004 Pinnacle of Inventorship Award, University of Colorado
  • 2003 Robert L. Stearns Faculty Award, University of Colorado Alumni Association
  • 2001 Thomas Jefferson Award, University of Colorado
  • 1992: Keene P. Dimick Award in Chromatography, Pittsburgh Conf. on Analytical Chemistry.
  • 1985: Gold Medal Award, Colorado Section, American Chemical Society.
  • 1981: Tswett Chromatography Medal, Barcelona, Spain.

"听Successful Respiratory Immunization With Dry Powder Live-Attenuated Measles Virus Vaccine In Rhesus Macaques,鈥 W-H. Lin, D.E. Griffin, P.A. Rota, M.J. Papania, S.P. Cape,听D.J.Bennett, B.P.Quinn, R.E. Sievers, C.D. Shermer, K.G. Powell, R.J. Adams, C.S. Godin and S.E.Winston,听Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011; DOI:10.1073/pnas.1017334108.

"Dry Powder Measles Vaccine: Particle Deposition, Virus Replication, And Immune Response in Cotton Rats Following Inhalation,鈥 K.O. Kisich, M.P. Higgins, I. Park, S.P. Cape, L. Lindsay, D.J. Bennett, S. Winston, J. Searles, R.E. Sievers,听Vaccine, 29, 905-911, 2011.

"Processing of Oligonucleotides into Picroparticles Suitable for Inhalation," P. Pathak, B.P. Quinn, L.G. Rebits, R.E. Sievers, Journal of Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery, 22:2, 186, 2009.

"An Inhalation Safety Study of Myo-inositol, A Non-Hygroscopic Stabilizing Excipient in Dispersible Microparticles, D.H. McAdams, S.P. Cape, W.E. Winston, S. Godin, K.G. Powell, C.D. Shermer, L. Chan, P. Pathak, R.E. Sievers, Journal of Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery, 22:2, 199, 2009.

"Are Unit-dose Dry Powder Vaccines Intrinsically Safer than Liquid Vaccines, R.E. Sievers, E.L. Sievers, J.A. Searles, S.P. Cape, D.H. McAdams, J.L. Burger, J.R. Manion, D. Griffin, W-H Lin, P. Rota, M. Papania, S. Winston, B.P. Quinn, D.M. Krank, P. Pathak, P.A. Bhagwat, L.G. Rebits, S. Evans, J. Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Supplement 1 A163-164, September 2009.

"Nanomedicine for Respiratory Diseases," H. Swai, B. Semete, L. Kalombo, P. Chelule, K. Kisich, R. Sievers, Nanomed Nanobiotechnol 1, 255-263, 2009.

鈥淐hallenges of Developing a Stable Dry Powder Live Viral Vaccine,鈥 R.E. Sievers, S.P. Cape, K.O. Kisich, D.J. Bennett, C.S. Braun, J.L. Burger, J.A. Best, D.H. McAdams, N.A. Wolters, B.P. Quinn, J.A. Searles, D.M. Krank, P. Pathak, P.A. Bhagwat, L.G. Rebits,听RDD2008, Vol. 1, 281-290, 2008.

鈥淭he PuffHaler庐: a Simple Active DPI with a Pressure Release Valve Dispenser,鈥 D.J. Bennett, R.E. Sievers, S.P. Cape, J.A. Best, A.L. Morin, C.A. Pelzmann, B.P. Quinn, L.G. Rebits, S. Evans, R.D. Threadgill, D.H. McAdams,听RDD 2008, Vol. 2, 345-350, 2008.

鈥淐AN-BD Processing of Active and Respirable siRNA particles for Pulmonary Delivery,鈥 P. Pathak, B.P. Quinn, L.G. Rebits, R.E. Sievers,听RDD 2008, Vol. 2, 351-354, 2008.

鈥淪tabilizing Formulations for Inhalable Powders of Live-Attenuated Measles Virus Vaccine,鈥 J.L. Burger, S.P. Cape, C.S. Braun, D.H. McAdams, J.A. Best, P. Bhagwat, P. Pathak, L.G. Rebits, R.E. Sievers,听Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery,听21:1, 25-34 (March 2008).

鈥淧reparation of Active Proteins, Vaccines and Pharmaceuticals as Fine Powders using Supercritical or Near-critical Fluids,鈥 S.P. Cape, J.A. Villa, E.T. Huang, T.-H. Yang, J.F. Carpenter, and R.E. Sievers,听Pharmaceutical Research25听(9), 1967-1990 (2008).

Stabilization of Measles Virus for Vaccine Formulation,鈥 J. Kissmann, S.F. Ausar, A. Randolph, C. Braun, S.P. Cape, R.E. Sievers, M.J. Federspiel, and C.R. Middaugh,听Human Vaccines,听4(5), 350-359 (2008).

鈥淢ethod for Quantifying the Sample Collected by an Andersen Cascade Impactor Using Total Organic Carbon Analysis,鈥 L.G. Rebits, D.J. Bennett, P.A. Bhagwat, A. Morin, R.E. Sievers,听Journal of Aerosol Science38听(12), 1197-1206 (2008).

鈥淣ear Critical Fluid Micronization of Stabilized Vaccines, Antibiotics and Anti-virals,鈥 R.E. Sievers, B.P. Quinn, S.P. Cape, J.A. Searles, C.S. Braun, P. Bhagwat, L.G. Rebits, D.H. McAdams, J.L. Burger, J.A. Best, L. Lindsay, M.T. Hernandez, K.O. Kisich, T. Iacovangelo, D. Kristensen, D. Chen, J. Supercritical Fluids听42听(3), Sp. Iss. SI, 385-391 (Oct. 2007).

鈥淪tabilization, Nebulization, and Near-ambient Temperature Drying of Measles Vaccine, IgG Antibody, TB Antibiotics, and Zanamivir,鈥 R.E. Sievers, S.P. Cape, B.P. Quinn, J.A. Searles, J.A. Best, J.L. Burger, D.H. McAdams, and L.G. Rebits.听Proceedings of the Respiratory Drug Delivery X, April 23 - 27, Boca Raton, FL (USA), pp. 409-412 (2006).

鈥淪upercritical Fluid-assisted Nebulization and Bubble Drying,鈥 R.E. Sievers, S.P. Sellers, and J.F. Carpenter, Australian Patent 782916, Sept. 8, 2005.

鈥淪ynthesis of Composite Microparticles with a Mixing Cross, J.A. Villa, E.T.S. Huang, S.P. Cape, and R.E. Sievers,听Aerosol Science and Technology,听39(6), 473-484 (2005).

鈥淔ine Particle Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Using Dense Carbon Dioxide Mixed with Aqueous or Alcoholic Solutions,鈥 E.T.S. Huang, H-Y Chang, C.D. Liang, and R.E. Sievers,听ACS Symp. Ser.听860, 324-338 (2003).

鈥淢icronization of Inhalable Drugs with Liquid Carbon Dioxide at Near Ambient Conditions,鈥 R. Sievers, G. Clark, J. Villa, D. Alargov, L. Rinner, S. Cape, and E. Huang,听Journal of Aerosol Medicine,听16, 213 (2003).

鈥淢icronization of Water-Soluble or Alcohol-Soluble Pharmaceuticals with a Low Temperature Bubble Dryer庐,鈥 R.E. Sievers, E.T.S. Huang, J.A. Villa, G. Engling,听Journal of Supercritical Fluids,听26, 9-16 (2003).