Speaker details

Arben Merkoçi

Arben Merkoçi is professor of research and leader of the Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors Group at Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology in Barcelona.  He was awarded the Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Tirana, Albania on 1991 and than performed postdoctoral research studies in several European and USA universities. He is author of 200 refereed papers and international presentations including co-editor of a book and guest editor of two special issues on carbon nanotubes and nanobiostructures for biosensors applications. His research is focused on the integration of biological molecules (DNA, antibodies, enzymes) into micro- and nanostructures, with state-of-the-art bioelectronic read-out systems, extracting useful analytical signals with interest for various fields. Nanotechnology based biosensors are the product of this integration with great interest for several applications that aim at a significant improve of the quality and security of citizen’s life.
The biosensors he is developing represent a novel generation devices in the cutting edge technologies such as biotechnology and nanotechnology. His previous expertise gained developing electrochemical sensors and biosensors based on different materials is now joined to that of nanomaterials so as to develop novel, rapid-response biosensors selective for targeted chemical and biological molecules. His research aims to be the driving force for analysis and bioanalysis oriented applications of current nanotechnology and nanoscience research