Graduate Student And Senior Researchers And Projects, 2009-2010

Name                                      Status                                      Projects
• Dr. Ahbay Vaze                   Instructor/Postdoctoral             Biofuel cells, protein sensors
• Dr. John Barron                    Postdoctoral Fellow                 toxicity sensor arrays
• Dr. Hongyun Liu                  Visiting Professor                     impedance sensors for proteins
• Gary Jensen                          Ph. D. Candidate                      cancer biomarker arrays
• Linlin Zhao                           Ph. D. Candidate                      LC-MS analysis of DNA damage
• Sadagopan Krishnan            Ph. D. Candidate                      toxicity biosensors, cyt P450 voltammetry
• Bhaskara Chikkaveerajah     Ph. D. Candidate                      biomarker arrays and microfluidics
• Niamesh Sardesai                 Ph. D. Candidate                      protein biomarker arrays using ECL
• Ruchika Malhotra                Ph. D. Candidate                      biomarker arrays for oral cancer
• Vigneshwaran Mani            Ph. D. Candidate                      biomarker arrays; echem. and SPR
• Shenmin Pan                         Ph. D. Candidate                      new biosensors for toxicity
• Yun Zhang                          Ph. D. Candidate                   Photosynthetic protein voltammetry
• Chi Tang                               M. Sc. Candidate                     gold sensor arrays
• Dana Li                                 Ph. D. Candidate                      LC-MS
• Dhanuka Wasalathanthri      Ph. D. Candidate                      (microfluidics)
• Colleen Krause                      Ph. D. Candidate                      protein arrays and LC-MS

Senior Research Collaborators
Prof. John Schenkman            UConn Health Center             cytochrome P450 enzymes; toxicity arrays
Prof. Harry Frank                    Uconn Chem. Dept                 Photosynthetic redox protein voltammetry  
Profs. M. Smyth, R. Forster    Dublin City Univ., Ireland      DNA damage, protein detection by LC-MS; ECL
Prof. Steve Suib                      Uconn Chem. Dept                Catalytic MnO2 particles; nanoparticle toxicity
Prof. V. J. Kumar                    Uconn Chem. Dept.                Protein detection by SPR; stable biomaterials
Profs. Greg Sotzing and         IMS Uconn                            Biosensor arrays with conductive polymers
Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos   IMS Uconn                             Biosensor arrays with nanotubes
Prof. Naifei Hu                       Beijing Normal                          Voltammetry of ultrathin protein films
Prof. Geoffrey Kamau            Univ. of Nairobi                      Sensors for Environmental Pollutants
Dr. Silvio Gutkind and           National institutes of Health   Early cancer detection and drug delivery
Dr. Vyomesh Patel                  Cancer Res, NIDCR               cancer biomarker proteins, drug delivery
Prof. Flavio Maran                  Univ. of Padova, Italy            nanoclusters; drug delivery
Dr. Donal Leech                     NUI Galway, Ireland              Biocatalysis
Prof. Bernard Munge              Salve Regina Univ.                 Protein arrays
Prof. Ala Nassar                      Brandeis Univ.                        LC-MS methods for protein damage