Post Doctoral Scientists
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Thomas Corbitt
| Title: | Post-doctoral research scientist |
| Phone: | 505-792-4556 |
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| Degrees Earned: | B.S., Chemistry, Valdosta State University, 1990
Ph.D. in Engineering, ... , University of New Mexico |
| Research Interests: | Investigations of biocidal activity of surface-grafted polyethylenes. |
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| Supervisor: | Whitten |
Dimitri Dascier
| Title: | Post-doctoral research scientist |
| Phone: | 505-277-2291 |
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| Degrees Earned: |
Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2010
M.S., Department of Chemical Engineering, ENSCPB, Bordeaux, France, 2004 B.S., Department of Chemsitry, University of Paris XI, Paris, France, 2001 |
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| Supervisor: | Whitten |
Eunkyung Ji
| Title: | Post-doctoral research scientist |
| Phone: | 505-277-2291
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| Degrees Earned: | Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2009
M.S., Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, 2003 B.S., Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, 1999 |
| Research Interests: | Conjugated polyelectrolytes: synthesis, characterization and application as antimicrobials |
| Supervisor: | Whitten |
| Publications, chapters and patents: | Eunkyung Ji, Danlu Wu and Kirk S. Schanze, "Intercalation-FRET Biosensor with a Helical Conjugated Polyelectrolyte", Langmuir, 2010, 26 (18), 14427-14429.
Liping Ding, Eva Y. Chi, Sireesha Chemburu, Eunkyung Ji, Kirk S. Schanze, Gabriel P. Lopez and David G. Whitten, "Insight into the Mechanism of Antimicrobial Poly(phenylene ethynylene) Polyelectrolytes: Interactions with Phosphatidylglycerol Lipid Membranes." Langmuir, 2009, 25, 13742. Thomas S. Corbitt, Liping Ding, Eunkyung Ji, Linnea K. Ista, Katsu Ogawa, Gabriel P. Lopez, Kirk S. Schanze and David G. Whitten, "Light and dark biocidal activity of cationic poly(arylene ethynylene) conjugated polyelectrolytes." Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2009, 8, 998. Sireesha Chemburu, Eunkyung Ji, Yosune Casana, Yang Wu, Tione Buranda, Kirk S. Schanze, Gabriel P. Lopez, and David G. Whitten, "Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Supported Bead Based Assays for Phospholilpase A2 Activity." J. Phys. Chem. B, 2008, 112, 14492. Sireesha Chemburu, Thomas S. Corbitt, Linnea K. Ista, Eunkyung Ji, Julia Fulghum, Gabriel P. Lopez, Katsu Ogawa, Kirk S. Schanze, and David G. Whitten, "Light-Induced Biocidal Action of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes Supported on Colloids." Langmuir, 2008, 24(19), 11053-11062. K. Ogawa, K.E. Achynthan, S.Chemburu, E. Ji, Y. Liu, G.P. Lopez, K.S. Schanze, and D.G. Whitten, Organic semiconductors in sensor applictions, Springer, 2008, pp 39-60. Jong-Man Kim, Eun-Kyung Ji, Sung Min Woo, Haiwon Lee, and Dong June Ahn, "Immobilized Polydiacetylene Vehicles on Solid Substrates for Use as Chemosensors." Advanced Materials, 2003, 15, 1118. Eun-Kyung Ji, Dong June Ahn, and Jong-Man Kim, "The Fluorescent Polydiacetylene Liposome." Bull. Korean Chem.Soc. 2003, 24,667. |
S. D. Menake Piyasena
| Title: | Post-doctoral research scientist |
| Phone: | 301-605-4538 |
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| Degrees Earned: | B.Sc. (1997, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka)
Ph.D. (Chemistry, 2005, University of New Mexico) |
| Research Interests: | Biosensors, biological applications of microfluidics, electrokinetics in microfluidics, bead-based assays |
| Publications, chapters and patents: | D. A. Brevnov, M. Barela, M. E. Piyasena, G. P. Lopez, and P. B. Atanassov. Patterning of Nanoporous Anodic Aluminum Oxide Arrays by Using Sol-gel Processing,Photolithography, and Plasma Etching. Chemistry of Materials, 2004, 16, 682-687.
Menake E. Piyasena, Dimiter N. Petsev and Gabriel P. Lopez. An Electrokinetic Cell Model for Analysis and Optimization of Electroosmotic Microfluidic Pumps. Sensors and Actuators B. 2006, 113, 461-467.
Attila Gaspar, Menake E. Piyasena and Frank A. Gomez. Fabrication of Fritless Chromatographic Microchips Packed with Conventional Reversed-Phase Silica Particles. Analytical Chemistry, 2007, 79, 7906-7909. Attila Gaspar, Menake E. Piyasena, Lajos Daroczi and Frank A.
Gomez. Magnetically Controlled Valve for Flow Manipulation in Polymer
Microfluidic Devices. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2008, 4,
525-531. Reema Zein-Eldin, Menake E. Piyasena, Troy S. Bergstedt, Larry A. Sklar, David Whitten and Gabriel P. Lopez. Detection of Membrane Biointeractions Based on Fluorescence Superquenching. Langmuir 2008, 24, 4125-4131. Menake E. Piyasena, Reema Zein-Eldin, Kyle Fenton and Gabriel P. Lopez. Biosensors based on Release of Compounds upon Disruption of Menake E. Piyasena, Lilian J. Real, Rochelle A. Diamond, H. Howard Xu and Frank A. Gomez. Magnetic Microsphere-based Methods to Study the Interactions of Teicoplanin with Peptides and Bacteria. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2008, 392, 877-886. Menake E. Piyasena, Robert Newby, Thomas J. Miller, Benjamin Shapiro and Elisabeth Smela. Electroosmotically Driven Microfluidic Actuators. Sensors and Actuators B. In press. |
| Supervisor: | Lopez |
Zhijun Zhou
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| Phone: | 505-730-9427 |
| Degrees Earned: | B.S., Chemistry, Lanzhou University, China, 2001 |
| Research Interests: | Synthesis, self-assembly, and biosensors. |
| Advisor: | Whitten |
