Introducing Our Authors pubs.acs.org/acssensors
Cite This: ACS Sens. 2018, 3, 520−521
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ITARU HAMACHI
Harnessing my multidisciplinary background, I integrate chemistry with photonics and plasmonics with quantum science. The synergy between different disciplines allows me to understand fundamental phenomenanaturally covered under the cloak of ambiguityand to create novel devices for emerging applications based on these insights. The outcomes of my work are both fundamental and broadly applicable. I believe that the new research areas opened by advanced technological opportunities pave the way for new possibilities and directions for emerging applications, including doctor-in-your-pocket devices and sensing; chip-scale quantum memory; and universal alloptical processing. (Read Karabchevsky’s article; DOI: 10.1021/ acssensors.7b00867).
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Image courtesy of Yumi Hamachi
SIBO LIN
Current Position. Professor, Kyoto University; and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) investigator, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan. Education. B.S., M.S., and Ph.D., Kyoto University, Japan. Nonscientific Interests. Weekend lunches with my wife. My core research interests are in Organic Chemistry under multimolecular crowding biosystems, Chemical Biology of a variety of proteins in live cells/tissues, and the development of supramolecular biomimetics. (Read Hamachi’s review; DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.7b00894).
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ALINA KARABCHEVSKY Image courtesy of Kosuke Yoshinaga
Current Position. Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Education. B.S. in Chemistry and B.S. in Mathematics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (2008); and Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, California Institute of Technology (advisor: Theodor Agapie), Pasadena, CA (2014). Nonscientific Interests. Day-hiking Mt. Whitney and roadbiking from Boston to Provincetown provided beautiful views and gave me an appreciation of what the human body and willpower can accomplish. I am broadly interested in applying molecules and concepts from inorganic chemistry to unresolved challenges in materials chemistry. My recent work has used metal−organic compounds to impart molecular-scale selectivity and sensitivity to electronic chemical sensors. I am also interested in conjugated organic materials and the effect that functional metal complexes can have on their electronic properties. (Read Lin’s letter; DOI: 10.1021/ acssensors.8b00026).
Image courtesy of Alina Karabchevsky
Current Position. Lecturer, Electrooptical Engineering, BenGurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, and in the process of setting up my lab and my group. Education. B.S. and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering (Advisors: Dr. Ofer Levi and Dr. A. Ronen); and Ph.D. in Electrooptical Engineering (Advisor: Prof. Ibrahim Abdulhalim), Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel; and Postdoctoral research (Mentor: Prof. Dave Payne), Optoelectronics Research Centre, Southampton University, Southampton, UK. Nonscientific Interests. Music and yoga. © 2018 American Chemical Society
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DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.8b00183 ACS Sens. 2018, 3, 520−521
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Introducing Our Authors
SCARLET MILO
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Current Position. Ph.D. candidate (Supervisor: Professor A. T. A. Jenkins), Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, UK. Education. M. Chem. (Honors) in Chemistry, University of Bath, UK (2015). Nonscientific Interests. Horse riding, traveling, walking my dogs, and collecting novelty jumpers. My research focuses on developing diagnostic sensors for urinary catheters, to give early warning of encrustation and blockage following infection by Proteus mirabilis. Our article in ACS Sensors details the development and in vitro testing of a simple pH-responsive fluorescent sensor, able to give advance warning of catheter blockage via a clear and unambiguous urinary color change. The system utilizes a dual-layered polymeric system to release a fluorescent dye in response to the expression of bacterial urease, using pH as a proxy indicator. In addition, I am also investigating the use of bacteriophage as a viable alternative to antibiotics, with the ultimate aim of creating a theranostic catheter system, able to both delay catheter encrustation as well as give warning of impending blockage. (Read Milo’s article; DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.7b00861).
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DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.8b00183 ACS Sens. 2018, 3, 520−521
