Welcome to Rusling group’s website!
Our research team employs analytical chemistry, electrochemistry, biochemistry, and nanoscience to develop devices for multiplexed diagnostic, toxicity screening, and new approaches to electrochemical synthesis in water-based microemulsions. A major focus of our current research is designing low cost, high throughput bioanalytical devices, often using microfluidics and 3D printing, for cancer diagnostics, genotoxicity chemistry screening, and electrochemical biocatalysis. We utilize many analytical techniques including electrochemistry, electrochemiluminescence, surface plasmon resonance, and LC-MS/MS. New projects include development of fast, reliable, low cost tests for coronavirus detection. New electrosynthetic approaches feature development of stable biocatalytic films of oxidative enzymes and polyions that can be used at temperatures close up to 95 oC.
We collaborate with a large network of health centers and hospitals, here in Connecticut, and in the US, Canada, Italy, and Ireland in attempt to bring our diagnostic systems to the clinic. We also partner with other faculty from chemistry and material science departments at UCONN to investigate new nanomaterials for the next generation of high throughput biomedical arrays. Current funding sources include NIH, EPA, and NSF.
Contact
Professor James F. Rusling
Paul Krenicki Professor of Chemistry
University of Connecticut
Department of Chemistry, U-3060
55 N. Eagleville Rd.
Storrs, CT 06269-3060
United States
Email: james.rusling@uconn.edu
Fax: +1 (860) 486-2981
Upcoming Events
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Apr
4
Randolph T. Major Lecture Series: Dan Nocera, Harvard University 1:00pm
Randolph T. Major Lecture Series: Dan Nocera, Harvard University
Thursday, April 4th, 2024
01:00 PM
Chemistry Building
Daniel G. Nocera is the Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy at Harvard University. Nocera is recognized for his discoveries in renewable energy, originating new paradigms that have defined the field of solar energy conversion and storage. For more information about Dr. Nocera’s accomplishments please visit, https://rtmajor.chemistry.uconn.edu/speaker-information/.
All lectures are open to the public.
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Apr
4
Randolph T. Major Lecture Series: Elizabeth Young, Lehigh University 3:30pm
Randolph T. Major Lecture Series: Elizabeth Young, Lehigh University
Thursday, April 4th, 2024
03:30 PM
Chemistry Building
Elizabeth R. Young began her independent career working with undergraduate students at Amherst College. Liz moved back to Pennsylvania in 2017 to Lehigh University where she is currently an Assistant Professor. Her research efforts focus on understanding excited-state charge transfer processes for a range of applications, including excited-state proton-coupled electron transfer reactions in model system and photo-induced charge transfer in materials of interest for next generation photovoltaic devices. For more information about Dr. Young’s accomplishments please visit, https://rtmajor.chemistry.uconn.edu/speaker-information/.
All lectures are open to the public.
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Apr
5
Randolph T. Major Lecture Series: Dan Nocera, Harvard University 11:00am
Randolph T. Major Lecture Series: Dan Nocera, Harvard University
Friday, April 5th, 2024
11:00 AM
Chemistry Building
Daniel G. Nocera is the Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy at Harvard University. Nocera is recognized for his discoveries in renewable energy, originating new paradigms that have defined the field of solar energy conversion and storage. For more information about Dr. Nocera’s accomplishments please visit, https://rtmajor.chemistry.uconn.edu/speaker-information/.
All lectures are open to the public.
News
Breast Cancer Diagnostic Device
NIH’s Office of Research on Women’s Health recently published Women’s Health in Focus at NIH, Volume 4, Issue 1, that features a recent breast cancer diagnostic device developed by our research group in collaboration with Prof. Colleen Krause (Uconn Ph.D., 2015) at Hartford University Read Women’s Health in Focus at NIH at https://orwh.od.nih.gov/about/newsroom/orwh-quarterly-publication
[Read More]Congratulations to Dr. Snehasis Bhakta
Dr. Snehasis Bhakta, who graduated as a PhD. from our group in 2017, was recently appointed Assistant Professor at Cooch Behar College, Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, WB, India
[Read More]Congratulations to Dr. Besnik Bajrami
Dr. Besnik Bajrami who graduated in 2009 from our group was recently appointed Laboratory Head for Biomarker Discovery at Boehringer Ingelheim in Germany.
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