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

  • 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!

May 2015

  • A collaborative paper with IBM Almaden Research Center and Departments of Food Science and Plant Pathology (UC Davis), titled “Immobilization-mediated reduction in melting temperatures of DNA-DNA and DNA-RNA hybrids: Immobilized DNA probe hybridization studied by SPR,” is published in Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. Congrats to all!
  • Our group receives a National Science Foundation award, titled “Effects of Nanostructure on the Performance of Nucleic Acid-Based Electrochemical Biosensors,” funded by Nano-Biosensing Program.
  • Chris Chapman receives both the Best Oral Presentation and People’s Choice awards at the UC Davis 4th annual Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group Research Day. Congrats, Chris!

April 2015

  • Our paper, titled “Nanoporous gold as a neural interface coating: effects of topography, surface chemistry, and feature size,” is featured as Front Cover in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Thanks to Ryan Chen (LLNL) for the beautiful graphic!
  • Our group’s paper, titled “Effect of nanoporous gold thin film morphology on electrochemical DNA sensing,” is published online in Analytical Chemistry. Congrats to Pallavi and Zimple!

February 2015

  • Dr. Juan Manuel Artés Vivancos is awarded a Marie Curie Individual European Grant, titled “Quantum coherence in photosynthesis: towards single-molecule light-conversion devices”. Congrats, JuanMa!
  • A collaborative paper with Department of Molecular Biosciences (UC Davis) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, titled “Nanoporous gold as a neural interface coating: effects of topography, surface chemistry, and feature size,” is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Congrats to Chris and the collaborators!

January 2015

  • Tatiana Dorofeeva passes her PhD qualifying examination in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Congrats, Tatiana!
  • Our group’s paper, titled “Electrically-tunable pore morphology in nanoporous gold thin films,” is published online in Nano Research. Congrats to Tatiana!
  • Professor Şeker has been selected to receive a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, titled “Multifunctional Nanostructured Electrodes for Closed-Loop Control of Neural Activity,” co-funded by Biomedical Engineering and Metals & Metallic Nanostructures Programs.

November 2014

Dr. Zimple Matharu joins the group as a postdoctoral researcher. She received her PhD focusing on biosensors from University of Delhi and the National Physical Laboratory, India. Her BS and MS degrees are in Physics from University of Lucknow, India. She will be developing material screening platforms to study nanostructure-property relationships in electrochemical sensors. Welcome, Zimple!