Group Alumni
Ph.D. THESES SUPERVISED
1. Dr. Joseph Deere, A Fundamental Study of the Adsorption and Activity of Proteins and Enzymes Adsorbed onto Ordered Mesoporous Silicates, 2003.
2. Dr. Clare Grealis, Characterisation of the Redox properties of Cytochrome c in Non-Aqueous Solvents, 2003.
3. Dr. David O’Donoghue, The Electrochemical Characterisation of Microperoxidase-11 in Aqueous and Organic Solvents, 2004.
4. Dr Anastassija Konash, The Activity of Immobilised Enzymes in Organic Solvents, 2005.
5. Dr. John Cleary, Characterisation of a Thermoreversible Hydrogel for the Controlled Release of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds, 2005.
6. Dr. Dimple Goradia, The Adsorption Characteristics and Activity of Trypsin Onto Mesoporous Silicates, 2005.
7. Dr. Mamun Jamal, Determination of Androgens in Bovine Samples: Matrix Effects, 2005.
8. Dr. Sarah Hudson, Enzymes in Mesoporous Silicates, 2006.
9. Dr. Niall O’Reilly, The Effect of Solvent on the Electrochemical and Catalytic Properties of Cytochrome c and Microperoxidase-11, 2006.
10. Dr. Zuzana Brusowa, The Electrochemical Properties of Hemin in Nonaqueous Solvents, 2008.
11. Dr. Hayder Essa, The Immobilisation of Lipase and Myoglobin on Mesoporous Silicates, 2010.
12. Dr. Darragh Gaffney, Modification of Mesoporous Silicates for the Immobilisation of Enzymes, 2010.
13. Dr. Daniela Oborceanau, Characterisation of Fibrillar Proteins, 2011.
14. Dr. Urszula Salaj-Kosla, Characterisation of Nanoporous Gold Electrodes for Biosensor and Biofuel Applications, 2012.
15. Dr. Lavinia Astratine, Preparation and Characterisation of Conducting Polymer Materals for Electrochromic Devices, 2013.
16. Dr. Neelima Rathi, Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Characterisation of Dye Sensitised Solar Cells, 2013.
17. Dr. Marcela SalazarAlvarez 2016
18. Dr. Noreldeen.Abdallah 2016
19. Dr. Till Siepenkoetter 2017, Nanoporous gold electrodes for application in trace metal sensors, biosensors and biofuel cells
20. Dr. Xinxin Xiao 2018, Development of nanoporous gold based electrodes
21. Dr. Cristina Carucii 2018, Screening of supports for immobilization of enzymes
22. Dr. Fernando Otero 2022, Electrochemical biosensors for DNA and NADH
M.Sc. THESES SUPERVISED
1. Mark McMahon, The Development of a Sensor for the Determination of Nitrogen in Marine Applications, 2002.
2. Ana Belén Martín Sáez, Developing Antibodies for Use in Environmental Immunosensors, 2003.
3. Sarah O’Neill, Characterisation of Histidine Tagged Enzymes for Biocatalytic Applications, 2011.
M.Sc. THESES SUPERVISED (external)
4. Joanna Biedrunka, The Use of Meosporous Silicates in the Separation of Proteins, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland, 2004
5. Malgothia Tezca, Immobilisation of Enzymes on Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland, 2009.
6. Markus Krauter, Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Characterisation of Novel Titanocenes for Dye Sensitised Grätzel Cells, Hoch-Schule Mannheim, 2009.
7. Melanie Kerezei, Adsorption and Activity of Enzymes on Mesoporous Silicates and Colloidal Gold Particles, Hochschule Mannheim, 2009.
8. Tobias Maumiester, The Development of Biofuel Cells, Hoch-Schule Mannheim, 2010.
9. Miriam Schlumpberger, Adsorption and Activity Assay of Cytochrome c and Lipase onto a Range of Solid Particles, Hochschule Mannheim, 2010.
10. Lars Elbeck, The Development of a Biofuel Flow Cell, Hochschule Mannheim, 2013.
11. Philipp Halternort, Ionic Specific Modulation of the Mediated Glucose-Conversion by Glucose Oxidase, Hochschule Mannheim, 2013.
MENTORING OF POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS
Dr. Victoria Gascon Perez, Oct 2015-Oct 2017
Dr. Pradeepan, Peripat July 2009 - July 2012 Dr C. Collins, April 2010 - November 2010
Dr. S. Hudson, January 2009 - August 2009 Dr. M. Scanlon, September 2009 - August 2011
Dr. A. Scano, December 2008 - January 2010 Dr. K. Ivanova, June 2003 - May 2005
HOSTING OF VISITING RESEARCHERS
Carina Figueiredo, Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry from Spanish National Research Council September 2021- December 2021
Dr. Alessandro Pira, University of Cagliari August 2021 -March 2022
Rossella Delpiano, University of Cagliary February-March 2020
Dr. Kasia Szymanska (sabbatical), Silesian University of Technology, September – November 2011
Luca Medda, Univ. Cagliaria, April 2010 – January 2011
Kai Guo, Fudan Univ., Shanghai , August 2008 – July 2009
Chunping Ping, Fudan Univ., Shanghai, May – June 2008
Prof. Surekha Devi (sabbatical), Univ. Baroda, India, September – November 2006
Alex Konash, Belarus State University, September – December 2006
Dr. Jose Gomez, Univ. Complutense Madrid, June – August 2005
Minedys Macias Guzman, Univ. Puerto Rico, May – July 1999