Prashanth S. Adarakatti received an M.Sc. in Chemistry from P. C. Jabin Science College (Autonomous) at Karnatak University, Dharwad, India in 2012. He has recently obtained his PhD from Bangalore University, Bengaluru, India and has published over 20 papers and is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India. His current research interests include electrochemical sensors, electroanalytical chemistry and materials chemistry for energy storage applications.
Elena Baranova is a Full Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Ottawa. She received her M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (1999) and Ph.D in Chemistry (2003) from the Ukrainian State University of Chemical Engineering. She then pursued her graduate studies at EPFL, Switzerland, where she completed her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2005). She became an NSERC post-doctoral fellow in 2005 and later a Research Associate at the National Research Council, Canada. She joined the University of Ottawa in 2008 as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Her research interests are in the area of electrocatalysis and electrochemical promotion of catalysis.
Dr Lynn Dennany has attracted ∼£1M in research funding to develop electrochemical sensors for chemical and biomedical sensor applications. She is making pioneering contributions to three core areas: (1) novel electrochemiluminescence (ECL) materials; (2) development of robust surface attachment strategies for enhanced ECL sensitivities and multiplexed detection; (3) devising of novel advanced methodologies for ultrasensitive disease biomarker detection, thus making an impact on improving clinical practice. In particular, the detection of oxidative stress leading to mutagenesis, neurological diseases and aging and the early detection of biomarkers for disease detection are continuing themes within her research. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde, where she has established the electrochemical analytics group consisting of a postdoctoral fellow and 4 PhD students. Her vision is to establish rapid and portable electrochemical sensors for real world applications through understanding of electrochemical behaviour and event recognition events, particularly biochemical interactions. She has published over 40 publications and has successfully supervised 5 PhD students to completion.
Kempahanumakkagari Sureshkumar received BSc., MSc., and Ph.D. degrees (Chemistry) in the years 2004, 2006 and 2012 respectively from Bangalore University, Bengaluru, India. He then worked as postdoctoral fellow in Jain University, India from 2012–2014. He worked as postdoctoral fellow in Chungnam National University, South Korea, from 2014–2015. Then he worked as Research Assistant professor in Hyanyang University, South Korea from 2016–2017. Presently, he is working as assistant professor in School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru, India. His current research interests include development of electrochemical/optical sensors, fuel cells and synthesis of functional organic molecules for thermochromic applications.
Mona A. Mohamed received her PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Cairo University, Egypt in 2012. She is a researcher of analytical chemistry in the pharmaceutical chemistry department, National Organization for Drug Control and Research (NODCAR). She is now a postdoc researcher at institute of electronics microelectronics and nanotechnology (IEMN), France. Her current research interests are lap-on-chip applications, electrochemical sensors, and the preparation and characterization of new doped graphene based materials for electrochemical sensing.
Evans Monyoncho earned a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Ottawa under the co-supervision of Professors Tom Woo and Elena Baranova in 2017. The PhD project focused on the rational catalyst design for ethanol electrooxidation using in-situ and computational studies. Evans currently holds Mitacs Elevate Post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Ottawa working with Prof. Elena Baranova and GBatteries Energy Canada Inc. Evans is originally from Kenya where he earned a Diploma in Analytical Chemistry at The Kenya Polytechnic University College. He obtained Bachelors and Masters in Chemistry from Saint Mary's University and University of Prince Edward Island, respectively.
Edward Randviir is a post-doctoral research fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University. His interests range from using analytical methods to inform public policy, through to the design of new processes to recycle waste materials, and the development of electrochemical sensors. Edward has contributed 21 academic articles in the field of electrochemical sensors and 4 book chapters since the beginning of his PhD in 2011. He has a h-index of 12.
Tom Woo received both his B.Sc. and Ph.D. (1998) in Chemistry at the University of Calgary in Canada. He did postdoctoral research at ETH Zurich and in 2000 started his independent career as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. In 2005 he became a Canada Research Chair in Catalyst Modelling and Computational Chemistry at the University of Ottawa, where he continues his research today. His research has been recognized by several awards, including the 2016 Canadian Society of Chemistry's Tom Ziegler Award in theoretical and computational chemistry.
