A collaborative paper with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, titled “Utilizing dynamic laser speckle to probe nanoscale morphology evolution in nanoporous gold thin films,” is published in Optics Express. Congrats to Chris and the collaborators!
Author: Erkin Seker
February 2016
Our paper, titled “Electrochemically-triggered pore expansion in nanoporous gold thin films,” is featured as Front Cover in Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
January 2016
- Our group’s paper titled “Electrochemically-triggered pore expansion in nanoporous gold thin films” is published online in Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congrats to all!
- Alex Hampe joins the group as a graduate student researcher. He is a MS student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He earned his BS degree in Chemical Engineering at Florida State University. He will be studying influence of substrate topography on cell adhesion. Welcome, Alex!
December 2015
- Pallavi Daggumati is awarded a Dissertation Quarter Fellowship from the Electrical & Computer Engineering Graduate Program. Congrats, Pallavi!
- A collaborative paper with Northeastern University and Massachusetts General Hospital, titled “Development of a microsphere-based system to facilitate real-time insulin monitoring,” is published in Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. Congrats to all!
- Our paper titled “Engineering on-chip nanoporous gold material libraries via precision photothermal treatment” is featured as Front Cover in Nanoscale.
November 2015
- Our paper titled “Halide-Gated Molecular Release from Nanoporous Gold Thin Films” is featured as Front Cover in Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
- Jovana Veselinovic joins the group as a graduate student researcher. She is a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering. She earned her BS degree in Chemical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She will be developing multifunctional sensors for miniaturized bioanalytical platforms. Welcome, Jovana!
September 2015
- Our group’s paper, titled “Halide-gated molecular release from nanoporous gold thin films,” is published online in Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congrats to Özge!
- A collaborative paper with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, titled “Engineering on-chip nanoporous gold material libraries via precision photothermal treatment,” is published in Nanoscale. Congrats to Chris and the collaborators!
Media Coverage
- Erkin Şeker Named Bioengineering Young Innovator (UC Davis, College of Engineering)[LINK]
- UC Davis researchers one step closer to creating hand-held device to detect pathogens like E. coli(UC Davis, Office of Research)[LINK]
- Researchers go for the gold on a single chip (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)[LINK]
- Gold Rush (Analytical Scientist, UK)[LINK]
- UC Davis researchers develop nanoporous gold as means of pathogen detection (The California Aggie)[LINK]
- Nanoporous gold sponge makes pathogen detector (National Science Foundation)[LINK]
- UC Davis Scientists Develop Rapid, Low-Cost Method to Detect Pathogens (UC Davis, Office of Research)[LINK]
- Erkin Şeker Receives NSF Grant to Develop Electrochemical Biosensors (UC Davis, College of Engineering)[LINK]
- Implantable electrode coating good as gold (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)[LINK]
- BME PhD Student Chosen to Attend Nobel Laureate Event (UC Davis, College of Engineering)[LINK]
- Erkin Şeker Receives NSF CAREER Award (UC Davis, College of Engineering)[LINK]
- Erkin Şeker selected for NAE Frontiers of Engineering Education (UC Davis, College of Engineering)[LINK]
August 2015
- A collaborative paper with UC Irvine, titled “Substrate topography guides pore morphology evolution in nanoporous gold thin films,” is published in Scripta Materialia. Congrats to all!
- Our group’s paper, titled “Biofouling-resilient nanoporous gold electrodes for DNA sensing,” is published online in Analytical Chemistry. Congrats to all!
- Our paper, titled “Effect of nanoporous gold thin film morphology on electrochemical DNA sensing,” is featured as Front Cover in the journal Analytical Chemistry. Thanks to Tatiana Dorofeeva, Ekin Seker, and Erkin Seker for the beautiful graphic!
July 2015
- A patent, titled “Nanoporous metal multiple electrode array and method of making same,” has been issued by the United States. This is an enabling technology for engineering multifunctional neural electrodes. Congrats!
- Professor Șeker has been selected to participate in the University of California – Team Science Retreat. In a small group setting, he will join researchers across the ten campuses of the University of California system and discuss elements of team science dynamics and leadership, research design, and proposal writing in the context of collaborative science.
June 2015
- Professor Șeker joins Biophysics Graduate Program at UC Davis.
- Pallavi Daggumati is awarded an Electrical & Computer Engineering Program Excellence in Research Award. Congrats, Pallavi!
- Joshua Garrison joins the group as a graduate student researcher. He is an Integrated Degree Program student (BS + MS) in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He will be developing microfluidic waveform generators. Welcome, Josh!
- Zidong Li joins the group as a graduate student researcher. He is a PhD student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He earned his BS degree in Thermal Engineering at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China and MS degree in Mechanical Engineering at University of Michigan – Dearborn. He will be developing miniaturized closed-loop drug delivery platforms. Welcome, Zidong!