Selected Grad Theses

  • J. Madden, PhD., Development and characterization of macro-disc and micro-band electrodes for electrochemical sensing applications, University College Cork, National University of Ireland), MT supervisor
  • B. De La Franier, PhD, Detection of lysophosphatidic acid in serum: Towards a cost-effective test for ovarian cancer
  • N. Crawley, M.Sc., Development of a multiplexed panel assay for the rapid detection of bacterial resistance to β-lactam antibiotics using liquid chromatography – tandem mass spectrometry
  • K. Fedorov, PhD., Surface modification of commonly used polymer plastics for increased hemocompatibility in medical equipment.
  • V. Crivianu-Gaita, M.Sc., Acoustic wave biosensor for the detection of the breast cancer metastasis biomarker protein PTHrP.
  • R. Ravindranath, M.Sc., Investigating the use of a biologically active surface coating for coronary stent devices: A new approach to improving biocompatibility.
  • J. Chen, M.A.Sc., Towards Construction of a Biosensor for the Detection of Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer: Evaluation of Novel DNA Aptamers for the Capture of Biomarker HSP10
  • H, T. Wong, M.Sc., Polymixin B-modified glass beads: an alternative approach to reduce lipopolysaccharide toxicity in blood
  • M.A.D. Neves, PhD, Development of an ultra-high frequency aptamer based sensor platform for small molecule detection.
  • T. Yang, M.Sc., Anti-thrombogenic study of ultrathin monoethylene glycol adlayer on 316L stainless steel against whole human blood,
  • J. Sheng, Ph.D., Assembling surface linker chemistry and minimization of biosensor non-specific adsorption
  • P. Benvenuto, Ph.D.,Self-assembled monolayer-based surface modification of stainless steel for oriented antibody immobilization: Towards improved stent biocompatibility.
  • E. Chan, M.A.Sc., Surface fuctionalization of piezoelectric aluminum nitride with selected amino acid and peptides.
  • N. Pawlowska, M.Sc., Probing the hydration of ultrathin antifouling adlayers using neutron reflectometry.
  • S. Sheikh, Ph.D., Antifouling and antithrombogenic ultrathin surface chemistry for bioanalytical and biomedical applications