Thesis: Development of Field-Portable Biosensors for the
Detection of Phenols in Aquatic and Aerosol Environments
Research: - Biosensor fabrication by ink jet printing technology
- Design and developed a colorimetric tyrosinase paper-based biosensor for Bisphenol A detection in aerosols samples
- Field sampling and BPA measurements in indoor dust
- Nanoparticles based technology for electrochemical enzyme biosensors development
Awards and honors:
The best overall poster award, CAMP Annual Meeting, Saratoga Springs, NY, May 15-17, 2013
Student Research Internship, Clarkson University, February - August 2009
Publications:
[6] Portable Colorimetric Paper-Based Biosensing Device for the Assessment of Bisphenol A in Indoor Dust
R.S.J. Alkasir, A. Rossner, and S. Andreescu
Environ. Sci. Technol., 49(16), 2015, 9889-9897
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b01588
[5] Electrochemical methods for nanotoxicity assessment
E.R. Ozel, X. liu, R.S.J. Alkasir, and S. Andreescu
Trends Anal. Chem., 59, 2014, 112-120
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2014.04.006
[4] Comparative Evaluation of Intestinal Nitric Oxide in Embryonic Zebrafish Exposed to Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
R.E. Ozel, R.S.J. Alkasir, K. Ray, K.N. Wallace, and S. Andreescu
Small, 9(24), 2013, 4250-4261
https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201301087
[3] Colorimetric paper bioassay for the detection of phenolic compounds
R.S.J. Alkasir, M. Ornatska, and S. Andreescu
Anal. Chem., 84, 2012, 9729-9737
https://doi.org/10.1021/ac301110d
[2] Enzyme functionalized nanoparticles for electrochemical biosensors: A comparative study with applications for the detection of bisphenol A
R.S.J. Alkasir, M. Ganesana, Y.-H. Won, L. Stanciu, and S. Andreescu
Biosens, Bioelectron., 26, 2010, 43-49
Prior to the PhD program at Clarkson
[1] Measurement of Glutamate-Oxalacetate Transaminase Activity in Human Blood Serum Using Differential Pulse Anodic Stripping
Voltammetry
R.S. Alkasir, H.A. Al-Wahab, and S.T. Sulaiman
Jou. Raf. Sci., 21(8), 2010, 11-18
Conferences:
Oral presentations:
- "Portable biosensor for field assessment of aerosols"
Chemistry & Biomolecular Science Department Seminar Series, Clarkson University, February, 2014
Meetings with poster presentations:
- The 13th Annual SyracuseCoE Symposium. Environmental and Energy Innovations Symposium for the Urban Environment, Syracuse NY, Oct. 21, 2013
- CAMP Annual Technical Meeting, Saratoga Springs, NY, May 14, 2014
- CAMP Annual Technical Meeting, Saratoga Springs, NY, May 15-17, 2013
2009 - With Prof. Petr Zuman, during the first visit at Clarkson as a research fellow
2009 - With Prof. Richard Partch during the first visit at Clarkson as a research fellow
2009 - Prof Silvana Andreescu office in the last day of the research stage at Clarkson, and ..... one year later Ramiz joined BIOsem group as graduate student
March 2015 - Passing on the paper sensor experience to Ali, a new student of the group
With Prof. Silvana Andreescu and Prof. Alan Rossner
Thesis defense: May 12, 2015
Committee: Profs Silvana Andreescu, Richard Partch, Petr Zuman, Alan Rossner, Artem Melman, Costel Darie
Congratulation Dr. Alkasir !