Sema Demirci Uzun | Bio Sensing | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Sema Demirci Uzun | Bio Sensing | Best Researcher Award

Izmir Katip Celebi University | Turkey

Dr. Sema Demirci Uzun is an accomplished Assistant Professor at İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Engineering Sciences, and currently serves as Vice Dean and Vice Chair of her department. She earned her Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Technology from Middle East Technical University, focusing on novel immobilization matrices for glucose biosensors, and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and İzmir Institute of Technology. Her research expertise encompasses polymer and organic materials for biosensing, electrochemical and optical biosensors, conducting polymers, electrospun and biodegradable nanofibers, nanomaterials, aptamer-based sensors, and AI/machine learning–driven modeling for biosensor design. Dr. Sema Demirci Uzun has authored numerous high-impact publications in journals such as ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Microchemical Journal, and has presented her work at multiple international conferences. She has supervised graduate theses, led TÜBİTAK-funded research projects on biomaterials, nanostructures, and sensor technologies, and received the prestigious TÜBİTAK 2219 International Postdoctoral Fellowship for her contributions to polymer-based biosensing.

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Featured Publications

  • Demirci Uzun, S., Kayaci, F., Uyar, T., Timur, S., & Toppare, L. (2014). Bioactive surface design based on functional composite electrospun nanofibers for biomolecule immobilization and biosensor applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 6(7), 5235–5243.

  • Soylemez, S., Kanik, F. E., Demirci Uzun, S. D., Hacioglu, S. O., & Toppare, L. (2014). Development of an efficient immobilization matrix based on a conducting polymer and functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes: Synthesis and its application to ethanol biosensors. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2(5), 511–521.

  • Demirci, S., Emre, F. B., Ekiz, F., Oğuzkaya, F., Timur, S., Tanyeli, C., & Toppare, L. (2012). Functionalization of poly-SNS-anchored carboxylic acid with Lys and PAMAM: Surface modifications for biomolecule immobilization/stabilization and bio-sensing applications. Analyst, 137(18), 4254–4261.

  • Uzun, S. D., Ünlü, N. A., Sendur, M., Kanik, F. E., Timur, S., & Toppare, L. (2013). A novel promising biomolecule immobilization matrix: Synthesis of functional benzimidazole containing conducting polymer and its biosensor applications. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 112, 74–80.

  • Gonzalez Arellano, D. L., Burnett, E. K., Demirci Uzun, S., Zakashansky, J. A., … (2018). Phase transition of graphene-templated vertical zinc phthalocyanine nanopillars. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(26), 8185–8191.