Introducing Our Authors pubs.acs.org/acssensors
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BART VAN GRINSVEN
Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China. Education. B.S. in Chemistry, Shandong University; M.S. and Ph.D. in Bioelectroanalytical Chemistry, Nanjing University supervised by Professor Hongyuan Chen; and postdoctoral training in Surface Science with Professor Michael Grunze, Heidelberg University, Germany. Nonscientific Interests. Reading, listening to music, watching movies, and enjoying time with students. I studied the electrochemical sensing of nucleic acids, peptides, and proteins. My main research interests involve nanopore single-molecule analysis, nanoplasmonic spectroscopy, biointerfaces spectroelectrochemistry, and integrated biosensors. Currently, I lead a group focused on developing single-molecule analytical methods containing the aerolysin biological nanopore for DNA analysis, the solid-state plasmonic nanopore for simultaneous optical-electrical detection, and wireless nanoelectrodes for precise intracellular monitoring. (Read Long’s letter; DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00408).
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Current Position. Assistant Professor, Maastricht Science Programme, Maastricht University. Education. Masters in Bioelectronics and Nanotechnology, Hasselt University (2007); Development Engineer for TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research); then returned to research in the BIOSensor group, Hasselt University (2008); Ph.D. in physics (2012) with advisors Prof. Dr. Patrick Wagner and Prof. Dr. Michael Schöning; and postdoctoral researcher in the same group. Nonscientific Interests. I am married with two children. Besides spending time with my family, I am an enthusiastic runner. As a member of the Maastricht Science Programme, I contribute to the development of point-of-care devices for diagnostic purposes. My specialties lie in the development of read-out strategies for the detection of binding events. Besides a pure academic interest in this area, I also hope to participate in “science for society.” It is my ultimate goal that our work will reach further than academic publications, and will truly enhance diagnostics. (Read van Grinsven’s article; DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00435).
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FROM OUR EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: YI LU
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Current Position. Jay and Ann Schenck Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign. Education. B.S., Peking University; and Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles, both in Chemistry; and Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Chemistry under the guidance of Professor Harry B. Gray, California Intitule of Technology. Nonscientific Interests. Chemical education and entrepreneurship. I am interested in biosynthetic inorganic chemistry and its application in environmentally benign catalysis in renewable energy generation and pharmaceuticals; fundamental understanding of DNAzymes and aptamers, and their applications in environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics, and targeted drug delivery; and employing principles from biology for directed assembly of nanomaterials, and their applications in photonics, sensing, and imaging. (Read Lu’s article; DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00270).
FROM OUR EDITORIAL TEAM: YI-TAO LONG
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Current Position. Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and © 2016 American Chemical Society
Received: August 30, 2016 Published: September 8, 2016 1085
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00548 ACS Sens. 2016, 1, 1085−1085
