EDUCATION:

	Visiting Research Scientist 1996, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
	Postdoctoral Fellow 1983; Polymer Materials Science and Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
	Sc.D. 1983; Polymer Materials Science and Engineering (III); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
	M.Sc. 1980; Corrosion Science and Engineering Program, Chemical Engineering; University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), England
	B.Sc., Hons. First Class, 1979; Applied Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Analytical Chemistry; University of The West Indies (UWI), Mona, Jamaica

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SUMMARY OF RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Research interests are in the areas of science, technology and applications of field responsive polymers in biotechnical applications (i.e. polymers of biotechnical significance) (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering), bioelectronics for bioanalytical biomedical devices (Electrical and Computer Engineering) and near patient diagnostics and human trauma (Bioengineering).

A. Structure/property relations in polymeric thin films: biomimetic films/membranes and organized supramacromolecular assemblies with emphasis on small molecule, ion, and electron transport.

B. Biosensors and bioelectronics: electroactive and electrically conducting polymers and carbon nanotubes with conferred biospecificity. Direct biosensors and bioelectrochemistry.

C. Surface chemistry of polymers related to bio-immobilizations and biocompatibility.

D. Polymer coatings for corrosion protection of metallic and semiconductor substrates in implant and in vivo devices.

E. Biochips: microfabricated solid state devices containing transducer-active elements based upon organic supramacromolecular assemblies and chemically responsive polymers for DNA hybridization.

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RESEARCH TOPICS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION:

1. Chemical and biosensor devices based on redox-active and electroconductive polymers. Thin polymer films fabricated on metallic and semiconductor device substrates - Bioactive smart materials - the integration of molecular biorecognition and electronic transduction.

2. The application of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and electroanalytical chemistry to the study of electron and ion transport, and the mechanism of redox mediation in electroconductive polymer thin films and chemically responsive hydrogels.

3. Organic thin films, spread monolayers, Langmuir-Blodgett films, and supramacromolecular assemblies applied to membranes, chemical and biosensors, and electronic devices. Synthetic polymer chemistry at surfaces and interfaces.

4. AC impedance spectroscopy applied to the study of ion and small molecule transport in organic thin films and bio-membranes as it relates to signal transduction.

5. Biotechnical applications of chemically responsive electroconductive hydrogels: Polymer-protein, polymer-DNA, and polymer-whole cell interactions for molecular biosensor, biochip, and tissue biosensor applications.

6. Chemoreception -- Electronic Nose: An impedimetric 8-element array sensor for sub-ppm VOC detection and monitoring.

7. Chemoreception -- Artificial Tongue: An impedimetric 24-element array sensor to simulate the physiological responses of the tongue.

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HONORS AND AWARDS:

2010             Discussion Leader: 2010 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on “Electrochemistry “, January 10-15, 2010. Four Points Sheraton / Holiday Inn Express, Ventura, CA, USA.
2009             Appointed Member, International Panel of the Higher Education Authority (HEA) of Ireland. Review of Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions, Cycle 5 Evaluation Process €300MM. Other members included:
Prof. Tony Cass, Chemical Biology, Deputy Director and Research Director (Bionanotechnology) in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London.
Dr. Barbara J. de Lateur, Distinguished Service Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Lawrence Cardinal Shehan Professor and Director Emerita Joint Professor of Health Policy and Management, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.
Prof. Kenneth A. Marx, Dept of Chemistry, UMass Lowell.
Prof. Philip Blower, School of Medicine, King's College London
2009             Discussion Leader: 2009 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on  Biomaterials: Biocompatibility and Tissue Engineering “The Engineering of Healing: From Molecular Mediation to Tissue Constructs” July 19-24, 2009, Holderness School, Plymouth, NH
2009             Invited Speaker: Symposium B: Nanomaterials for Bioimaging and Biosensing, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, (ICMAT 2009), Singapore. (June 28th – July 3rd, 2009)
2009             Invited Speaker: Institute for Biological Engineering (IBE 2009), Santa Clara, California, USA.
2009             Colloquium Address: Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois (UIC),  Chicago, Illinois, USA. (April 30th, 2009)
2009             Appointed Member, National Academies Panel on Electronics and Electrical Engineering (2009), National Research Council. “..will assess the scientific and technical work performed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory.”
2008             Keynote Speaker: The 13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME2008), Singapore. December 3-6th, 2008.
2008             Profiled in January 2008 issue of South Carolina Business, the publication of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce.
2007             Distinguished Lecture Award for BioNanoMaterials and Biomedical Nanotechnology (December, 2007), Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, (IBN) Singapore.
2007             Guest Editor: NanoBiotechnology
2006             Clemson Board of Trustees Award
2006             Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers
2005             Profiled in January 2005 issue of Biotechniques Vol. 38, No. 6 (2005) p 843, the journal of Biotechnology.
2005             Keynote address: 2005 Annual General Meeting of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC)
2005             Keynote address: 2005 Annual General Meeting of the Richmond Joint Engineers Council (RJEC).
2004             Invited Lecturer in Nanobiotechnology (April 2004), Technology Forum on Nanobiotechnology, US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Washington DC, USA.
2004             Distinguished Lecture in Bioengineering (March 2004), National Security Agency and University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.
2004-2006    Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Virginia Commonwealth University
2003             Distinguished Lecture in Pioneering Biomedical Research (October 2003), Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
2003             Distinguished Lecture in Polymer Research (October 2003), Program in Polymer Science and Technology (PPST), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1999             1999 SEAM Award “… for taking conductive polymers to biological applications”. Herman Mark Polymer Institute, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York.
1995             Invited Lecturer: The First Asia -Pacific Symposium on Biosensors; University of Wollongong: Australia; December 4 - 6, 1995.
1995             Visiting Scientist (06/1995 - 06/1996): Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218.
1995             Plenary Lecturer: The XI th Conference of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine: Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; March 6 - 10, 1995.
1993             Adjunct Professor of Materials Science (09/1993 - 06/1995): Department of Materials Science, Polymer Science Program, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802
1994             Co-chairman, Symposium on Field Responsive Polymers, 35th IUPAC Macro Meeting, Akron, Ohio, 1994.
1996             Fellow, American Institute of Chemists
Life Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Life Member, MIT Chapter Sigma Xi.
1979-1980    Commonwealth Postgraduate Scholarship Award to attend the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), England.
1980-1983    UWI Postgraduate Scholarship Award to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Science and technology (MIT).
1977-1980    UWI Undergraduate Bursary Award for academic merit.
1975             High school (6th Form) awards for academic merit.Top

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY/EXPERIENCE:

04/10 - current:
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and Science, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, USA.

01/06 - current:
Dow Chemical Professor
Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering and Science, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, USA.
Professor, Bioengineering, College of Engineering and Science, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, USA.

07/00 - 12/05:
Professor, Chemical Engineering , School of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284-3028, USA.
Professor, Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284-3028, USA.

07/98 - 12/05:
Professor, Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284-3028, USA.

03/87 - Current:
Founder, President and Scientific Director, AAI-ABTECH, ABTECH Scientific, Inc., Virginia Biotechnology Research Park, 911 East Leigh Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23219, USA.

06/95 - 06/96:
Visiting Scientist, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218., USA.

09/93 - 06/95:
Adjunct Professor of Materials Science, Department of Materials Science, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802., USA

04/87 - 09/87:
Director of Research, Ohmicron Corporation, 108 West Franklin Avenue, Pennington, New Jersey 08534, U.S.A.

07/86 - 03/87:
Applications Manager, Molecular Electronics Corporation Torrance, California 90503, USA.

09/83 - 06/86:
Research Engineer, Research Division, W. R. Grace & Co., Columbia, Maryland 21044, USA.

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
• Member, Editorial Board, Nanobiotechnology
• Member, Advisory Board, International Seminar on the Technology of Inherently Conductive Polymers. -more->
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers. -more->
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Your World : A magazine of Biotechnology for 9-12 graders. -more->
• Member, Board of Directors and Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, ABTECH Scientific, Inc. (ABTECH), (1996 - current).
• Member, Board of Directors and Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, Allage Associates, Inc. (AAI), (1987 - 1994).
• Member, Board of Directors, Bioprocess Resource Center (BRC), Penn State University and Biotechnology Institute (1992 - 1997).
• Member, Industry Resource Counsel, Temple University's Learning City Project (1993 - 1994).
• Member, Prime-Annenberg-Connaly Committee on Secondary Science Education (1993 - 1995).
• Member, MIT Club of Princeton (1990 - 1997); Vice President (1992 - '93); Board of Governors (1994 - '95).
• Member, Board of Directors, Alliance for Science Education (1993 - 1995).
• Member, Executive Committee, Pennsylvania Biotechnology Association (PBA) (1993).
• Chairman, Education Committee, Pennsylvania Biotechnology Association (1992 - '93).
• Member, Education Committee, Pennsylvania Biotechnology Association (1990 - '94).
• Reviewer: Chemistry of Materials, Petroleum Research Fund, Langmuir, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, IEEE EMBS, Biomacromolecules, Analytical Chemistry. 
• Chairman and Co-organizer, National ACS PMSE Symposium (2000) on "Transducer-active Polymers".
• Chairman and Organizer, National ACS PMSE Symposium (1994) on "Transducer-active Polymers".

  Society Memberships

• Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (FAIMBWE)
• Member American Chemical Society (ACS)

  Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY)
  Division of Polymer Materials Science and Engineering (PMSE)
  Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry (COLL)

• Life Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
• Sr, Member, Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
• Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
• Member, Materials Research Society (MRS)
• Member, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
• Life Member, Sigma Xi (MIT Chapter)
  

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SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

2011

1. Liju Yang, Adilah Guiseppi-Wilson, Anthony Guiseppi-Elie “Design Considerations in the Use of Interdigitated Microsensor Electrode Arrays (IMEs) for Impedimetric Characterization of Biomimetic Hydrogels” Biomedical Microdevices(2011) (in press). (IF: 2.92)
2. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie“An Implantable Biochip to Influence Patient Outcomes Following Trauma-induced Hemorrhage” Journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (2011) 399(1), 403-419.  doi/10.1007/s00216-010-4271-x (IF: 3.8)
3. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Lauren Koch, Stephen H. Finley and Gary E. Wnek “The Effect of Temperature on the Impedimetric Response of Bioreceptor Hosting Hydrogels” Biosensors and Bioelectronics (2011) 26(5) 2275–2280.doi:10.1016/j.bios.2010.09.050 (IF: 5.10)

2010

1. Christian Kotanen and Anthony Guiseppi-Elie “Development of an implantable biosensor system for physiological status monitoring during long duration space flights” Gravitational and Space Biology (2010), 23(2) 55-63. .
2. Gusphyl Justin and Anthony Guiseppi-Elie*, "An Electroconductive Blend of p(HEMA-co-PEGMA-co-HMMA-co-SPMA) Hydrogels and p(Py-co-PyBA): In Vitro Biocompatibility" Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers (2010), 25(2) 121-140. doi:10.1177/0883911509350660) (IF=0.93)
3. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie “Electroconductive Hydrogels: Synthesis, Characterization and Biomedical Applications” Biomaterials, (2010) 31(10) 2701-2716. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.12.052 (IF: 3.8)
4. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Abdur Rub Abdur Rahman and Nikhil K. Shukla “SAM-modified Microdisc Electrode Arrays (MDEAs) With Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes” Elctrochimica Acta (2010) 55(14), 4247-4255  doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2008.12.043  (IF=2.85)

2009

1. Abdur Rub Abdur Rahman, Gusphyl Justin, Adilah Guiseppi-Wilson and Anthony Guiseppi-Elie* “Fabrication and Packaging of a Dual Sensing Electrochemical Biotransducer for Glucose and Lactate Useful in Intramuscular Physiologic Status Monitoring” IEEE Sensors Journal (2009) 9(12): 1856-1863  doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2031347 (IF=1.17)
2. Gusphyl Justin and Anthony Guiseppi-Elie*, "Characterization of Electroconductive Blends of p(HEMA-co-PEGMA-co-HMMA-co-SPMA) Hydrogels and p(Py-co-PyBA)" Biomacromolecules (2009) 10(9):2539-2549. doi:10.1021/bm900486d (IF=4.15)
3. Ali Ozgur Boztas and Anthony Guiseppi-Elie* “Immobilization and Release of the Redox Mediator Ferrocene Monocarboxylic Acid from within Cross-linked p(HEMA-co-PEGMA-co-HMMA) Hydrogels” Biomacromolecules (2009) 10(8):2135-2143. doi:10.1021/bm900299b (IF=4.15)
4. Y. Zhou, B. Yu, A. Guiseppi-Elie, V. Sergeyev and K. Levon* “Potentiometric Monitoring of DNA Hybridization” Biosensors and Bioelectronics (2009) 24, 3275-3280. (IF=4.13) doi:10.1016/j.bios.2009.04.023
5. Abdur Rub Abdur Rahman, Gusphyl Justin and Anthony Guiseppi-Elie* “Bioactive Hydrogel Layers on Microdisc Electrode Arrays: Impedance Measurements and Equivalent Circuit Modeling” Electroanalysis (2009) 21(10), 1135-1144. doi:10.1002/elan.200804540  (IF=3.08)
6. Gusphyl Justin, Abdur Rub Abdur Rahman and Anthony Guiseppi-Elie* “Bioactive Hydrogel Layers on Microdisc Electrode Arrays: Cyclic Voltammetry Experiments and Simulations” Electroanalysis (2009) 21(10), 1125-1134. doi:10.1002/elan.200804548 (IF=3.08)
7. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Sung-Ho Choi and Kurt E. Geckeler “Ultrasonic Processing of Enzymes: Effect on Enzymatic Activity of Glucose Oxidase” Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic (2009) 58, 118–123.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcatb.2008.12.005  (IF=2.01)
8. Abdur Rub Abdur Rahman and Anthony Guiseppi-Elie “Design Considerations in the Development and Application of Microdisc Electrode Arrays (MDEAs) for Implantable Biosensors” Biomedical Microdevices: BioMEMS and Biomedical NanoTechnology (2009) 11:701-710. http://www.doi.org/10.1007/s10544-008-9283-3 (IF=2.92)
9. Gusphyl Justin, Stephen Finley, Abdur Rub Abdur Rahman, and Anthony Guiseppi-Elie “Biomimetic Hydrogels for Biosensor Implant Biocompatibility: Electrochemical Characterization using Micro-Disc Electrode Arrays (MDEAs)” Biomedical Microdevices: BioMEMS and Biomedical NanoTechnology (2009) 11:1, 103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10544-008-9214-3 (IF=2.92)
10. Abdur Rub Abdur Rahman, Gusphyl Justin and Anthony Guiseppi-Elie “Towards an Implantable Biochip for Glucose and Lactate Monitoring using Micro-Disc Electrode Arrays (MDEAs)” Biomedical Microdevices: BioMEMS and Biomedical NanoTechnology (2009) 11:1, 75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10544-008-9211-6 (IF=2.92)

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