Andreescu - BIOsem Lab 

BIOsem group news

2025 

- On April 25th, Abd ur Rehman successfully defended his PhD thesis: "Electroanalytical methods for rapid and sensitive detection of PFAS".  Congratulation Dr. Rehman!

2024

- October, Jehad and Ulfet graduate students in BIOsem lab attended the NYS Innovative Summit in Syracuse to presented their phosphate sensing and removal technology as part of The Center of Excellence in Healthy Water Solutions (HWS) team. Congratulation!

- September, Dr. Silvana Andreescu and Dr. Masudul Imtiaz have been awarded by NSF to establish a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program titled Undergraduate Research in Sensor Development (Design, Manufacture, Analysis) and Implementation Pipeline (SDIP). Congratulation!

- August, Dr. Silvana Andreescu have been awarded a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a new portable nanosensing technology with potential to detect, monitor, and degrade PFAS.  The collaborative research involves Clarkson University (Dr. Silvana Andreescu and Dr. Thomas Holsen), Stevens Institute of Technology (Dr. Henry Du), SUNY Buffalo (Dr. Diana Aga) and University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Dr. Nirupam Aich). Congratulation!

- May 9, Commencement day celebrating the newest PhDs of my group Dr. Reem Khan and Dr. Mohamed Hassan

- April 14, Three awards went to BIOsem group at the spring research and project showcase (RAPS) symposium: Sustainability prize (Ulfet), Commercialization award (Nishi) and the best graduate oral presentation in Chemistry and Physics Biosciences (Jehad). Congratulation!

- April 8, total solar eclipse with Clarkson yard in the middle of its path

- In March, BIOsem group traveled to New Orleans to attend the ACS Spring Meeting. Eight oral presentations and one poster were presented. Congratulations guys. Great job! 

- On February 23rd, Reem Khan successfully defended her PhD thesis: "Nanotechnology-based approaches for electrochemical detection of contaminants of emerging concern".  Congratulation Dr Khan!