An international expert who has spent years developing ways to apply the principles of electronics to biology and medicine will discuss his research at West Virginia University at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30 in Room 259 Hodges Hall.
Anthony Guiseppi-Elie will present “Frontiers of more than Moore in molecular bioelectronics, biosensors and bionics.” as part of the WVNano Distinguished Colloquium Series in collaboration with the WVU Physics Colloquium. Guiseppi-Elie is the Dow Chemical Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, professor of bioengineering, professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips at Clemson University.
The talk is free and open to the public. “Moore’s Law” describes a long term trend in the history of computing hardware: the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years.
Guiseppi-Elie has specialized in research on conductive polymers and carbon nanotubes for smart materials for controlled drug release, biosensors and for use in bionics. His work has been recognized for its contributions to development of controversial implantable biochips and DNA microarrays.
As director of the Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors, and Biochips, he pursues the development of electronic noses, implantable biochips and implantable bio-smart materials for human health applications. In 2007, the U.S. Department of Defense awarded the Center $1.6 million for the development of an implantable biochip that could relay vital health information if a soldier is wounded in battle or a civilian is hurt in an accident. The biochip, about the size of a grain of rice, could measure and relay such information as lactate and glucose levels in the event of a major hemorrhage, whether on the battlefield, at home or on the highway.
Guiseppi-Elie explained that first responders to the trauma scene could inject the biochip into the wounded victim and gather data almost immediately. The device has other long-term potential applications, such as monitoring astronauts’ vital signs during long-duration space flights and reading blood-sugar levels for diabetics.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica a master’s degree from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, England, and a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Following postdoctoral work at MIT, he spent 15 years in industrial research and development with such companies as W. R. Grace and Co., Molecular Electronics Corporation, Ohmicron Corporation, and ABTECH Scientific. For more information, see: http://www.abtechsci.com/guiseppi.html.
WVU is the founder and technical lead of the WVNano Initiative, West Virginia’s focal point for nanoscale science, engineering, education, research, workforce development, and economic development. WV Nano was organized in 2005 and, since 2006, has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the WVU Research Corporation and the WV Higher Education Policy Commission’s Division of Science and Research. WV Nano has about 35 faculty members from WVU, Marshall University and West Virginia State who specialize in public security, health, energy and the environment, teach students and make key progress in core research activity.
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