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BURKHARD KÖ NIG
techniques such as para-hydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP) and signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE). This includes development and scale-up synthesis of hyperpolarized (HP) phosphoenolpyruvate-1-13C-d2 for the production of HP lactate as well as vinyl acetate-1-13C for the production of HP acetate. Optimization of ultrafast molecular hydrogenations tailored to the efficient polarization transfers in PHIP methodology is another research direction. SABRE polarization of isotopically enriched (15N) nicotinamide-1-15N, as well imidazole-1-15N2 (potential in vivo pH tracer), is one of the recent advances of this research direction. (Read Shchepin’s letter; DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00231.)
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NANDHINI SWAMINATHAN
Current Position. Professor, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Germany. Education. Chemistry Diploma and Ph.D., University of Hamburg; postdoctoral stays at Australian National University, Canberra, Australia and Stanford University, U.S.A. and Habilitation, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. Nonscientific Interests. Traveling, nature, gardening. My current research interests focus on intermolecular interactions and their use in visible light photoredox catalysis and chemosensors. For chemistry education we have developed an organic teaching lab database (www.oc-praktikum.de). (Read König’s article; DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.5b00315.)
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ROMAN SHCHEPIN
Current Position. Ph.D. student, School of Electrical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel. (Advisor: Professor Yossi Rosenwaks.) Education. M.Sc., Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India (2008−2010). Nonscientific Interests. Music, movies, traveling and spending time with family and friends. My research interest is broadly in the field of semiconductor and nanomaterials-based chemical sensors. My doctoral work is based on a new semiconductor device invention in our group known as the Electrostatically Formed Nanowire, which was introduced as a biosensor. We are currently exploring the sensing capabilities and other crucial aspects of the device toward various volatile organic compounds and gases. One of the very important, but less talked about, sensor features, the “dynamic range”, is discussed in our article in the current issue. This sensor device has the unique capability of enhancing the dynamic range of the sensor toward any analyte, unlike conventional nanomaterials-based sensors with a fixed range. We believe that the sensor with its competitive sensing capabilities has a promising potential for future commercialization. (Read Swaminathan’s article; DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00096.)
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Current Position. Assistant Professor, Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA. Education. B.S., Organic Chemistry, Perm State University, Russia and Ph.D., Chemistry, University Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. Nonscientific Interests. Working out, reading about history, sociology and politics, as well as enjoying all the aspects of life! The main focus of my research is the application of hyperpolarization to magnetic resonance imaging, in particular, cancer imaging, with specific focus on the para-hydrogen-based © 2016 American Chemical Society
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DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00342 ACS Sens. 2016, 1, 634−635
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FROM OUR EDITORIAL TEAM: J. JUSTIN GOODING
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Current Position. Co-Director, Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, Deputy Head, School of Chemistry, UNSW Australia, Australian Laureate Fellow, Scientia Professor and, of course, Editor-in-Chief, ACS Sensors. Education. B.S. (Honours), University of Melbourne; D.Phil., University of Oxford (Supervisor: Professor Richard Compton), and postdoctoral training, Institute of Biotechnology, Cambridge University with Professor Lisa Hall (ACS Sensors editorial board member). Nonscientific Interests. All sports, modern art, theater and, of course, bush walking to remote places where there is no Internet or editing. Our research group specializes in the molecular-level modification of surfaces using self-assembled monolayers, biological molecules, and nanomaterials to impart a desired functionality to that surface, such as to selectively detect an analyte as in a sensor. The group’s focus is broader than sensing though as, with coleader of the Smart Materials and Surfaces group, Professor Richard Tilley, we work on well-defined synthesis of nanomaterials, fundamental understanding of biointerfaces and how they interact with biological fluids, and we are just starting to move into electrocatalysis. With regard to sensing, we work on both electrochemical and optical sensing, and are currently really interested in single molecule sensing, and developing quantitative sensors based on measuring many single molecule measurements simultaneously. (Read Gooding’s article; DOI: 10.1021/ acssensors.6b00244).
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DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00342 ACS Sens. 2016, 1, 634−635
