Current Members
Dr. Eddie Wai Chi Chan
Post-doctoral researcher
Fabrication of device for the capture and release of cfDNA,
Synthesis of functionalization of novel, processable conducting polymers
Dr. Bicheng Zhu
Post-doctoral researcher
Conducting polymer-based biosensors
Peikai Zhang
Post-doctoral researcher
Direct writing of 3D conducting
polymer arrays for cell sensing and stimulating
Sara Beikzadeh
PhD Student
Design of novel antibacterial platforms based on capacitive materials, Antibacterial supercapacitors
Development of electrospun nanofibers for active packaging
Jesna Ashraf
PhD Student
Capture and release of biological targets using conducting polymer functionalized substrates with antifouling properties
Sheung Yin Li
PhD Student
Smart Wine Juice Filter incorporated with Conjugated Polymer grafted with Anti-fouling Polymer Brushes
Xin Sun
PhD Student
Biopolymer-based degradable organic electronics
Hui Yang
PhD Student
Stimuli-responsive colloids for sustainable chemistry
JingwenYang
PhD Student
Conducting polymers delivery platform for wound healing
Alumni
Dr. Alireza Akbarinejad
Post-doctoral researcher
Multifunctional Electrospun Fiber Interfaces for Selective Capture/Release and Direct Detection of Exosomes
Valentina Lucarelli
Development of aptamer-based sensing device for mammalian pests detection
DNA aptamers and their application in biosensor platforms
Jamal Cheema
PhD Student
Utilizing Conducting Polymers for Electrochemical Biosensing Applications
Dr. Paul Baek
Research Officer, Post-doctoral researcher
Self-healing systems based on conducting polymers
Dr. Thomas Kerr-Phillips
Post-doctoral researcher
ATRP functionalisation and electrospinning of conducting polymers for smart materials
Dr. Seyoung Kee
Post-doctoral researcher
3D conducting polymer probe electrodes for cell recording and stimulating
Dr. Guangyuan Xu
PhD student
Graphene for use in novel biological sensing
Dr. Alissa Hackett
PhD student
Switchable surfaces based on conducting polymers
Dr. Roshan Khadka
PhD student
Development of olfactory receptor-based biosensors
Conducting polymer actuators
Min Wang
PhD Student
Stretchy, sticky, self-healing organic electronics
Dr. Mahsa Moteshakeri
PhD student
PEDOT- Modified Electrochemical Sensors for Uric Acid Analysis in Milk
Dr. Nihan Aydemir
PhD student
Stretchable Conducting Polymers and composite electrodes
Zahraa AL-Ghaus, Post-doctoral researcher-Surface modification of polymer for quantitating circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)
Qiang Zhang, PhD student, Antimicrobial polymers and surface presentation
Lenny Voorhaar, Post-doctoral researcher
Stretchy, sticky, self-healing organic electronics
Eddie Chan, PhD student,
Electrospun nanofibers for tissue engineering
Mona Damavanti, PhD student,
Synthesis of novel water soluble conjugated polymers based on polyphenylene vinylene and polyphenylene ethynylene
Ying Li, Visting student
Preperation and application of fluorescent carbon nanoparticles
Wouter Nielen, Visiting student
Functionalized conductive polymers
Dr. Jenny Malmström, Post-doctoral researcher
Current projects: “Polymer brushes grafted from conductive polymer substrates for switchable surfaces and cell adhesion”, and “Exploiting protein self-assembly in a block co-polymer matrix and from a seeded surface: towards bottom up assembly of bionanomaterials”
Lisa Strover, PhD Student
Electrochemically active graft-copolymer brushes for functional surfaces
Omer Chaudhary, PhD Student
Nano/micro-fabrication of polymer based bio-mimetic adhesives
Margaux Airey, Undergraduate Summer Research Student
Graft copolymer brush synthesis by electrochemically-mediated ATRP
Fergus Roache, Undergraduate Research Student
Exploiting protein self-assembly in a block co-polymer matrix
Anupama Rao Gulur Srinivas, PhD
Miniaturized optical DNA sensors based on conjugated polymers
Alexandro Santos Costa, PhD
Conducting polymers actuators
Yiwen (Angela) Pei, PhD
Synthesis and characterization of polymer brush-grafted conducting polymers and their application in electrochemical control of surface wettability
Bhuvaneswari Kannan, PhD
Development of highly sensitive, label-free DNA sensors based on conducting polymers
Norizah Abdul Rahman, PhD
Electrospun conducting polymer nanofibers for biomedical applications
Marsilea Booth, PhD
Developing a triad of DNA sensors to analyse forensically important samples — polypyrrole, metal-ion implantation and resistive pulse sensing
Karthik Kannappan, PhD
Design studies towards mixers and pumps based on electrochemically active conducting polymers for microfluidic devices
Cosmin Laslau, PhD
Novel fabrication and characterization methods for conducting polymer nanostructures and microstructures
Darren Svirskis, PhD
Development of a novel drug delivery system based on conducting polymers
John Spires, PhD
Synthesis, characterisation and application of functionalised thiophene-based conducting polymers as DNA sensors
Lijuan Zhang, Post-doctoral researcher
Nanostructured polymers
Clément Roux, Post-doctoral researcher
Polymer brushes grafted from conducting polymers for switchable surface applications
Tanja Kjällman, PhD
Surface-immobilized hairpin DNA sensors for direct and specific detection of target DNA
Hui Peng, Post-doctoral researcher
DNA biosensors / Quantum dots
Andreas Gabriel
Polyaniline and its use in corrosion prevention
KC Li, Lab technician
Chu Kuen Ong
Composites incorporating polypyrrole
Joy Hsu
Antioxidant films
Jing Sui
Nanostructures