Series of Dept Research Seminars - "Genomics and Epigenetics with 2D material Nano-Electronics" (Date: 9 May 2017)
Prof.Jean-Pierre Leburton
Speaker: Jean-Pierre Leburton
G. Stillman Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Urbana Il 6180, USA
Abstract
In this talk I will review some basic properties of cell biology, and present a scenario that integrates biology with MOS nano-electronics for genomics and bio-medical applications. This scenario involves probing the electrical activity of biomolecules passing through a nanopore, in a semiconductor membrane. Among solid-state porous membranes the use of the single-atom thickness of graphene or novel 2D materials like MoS2 are ideally suited for DNA, RNA or proteins sensing as they can scan molecules passing through a nanopore at high resolution. Additionally, unlike most biological membranes, these new materials are electrically active, which can be exploited to manipulate in addition to sense biomolecules. We will describe a membrane designed as a quantum point contact FET as a viable device for electronically and optically sensing bio-molecules for applications in genomics and cancer detection.
| Date | May 9, 2017 |
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| Time | 17:00 - 18:00 |
| Venue | Room 828, HW |
| Biography of Speaker | Dr. Leburton joined the University of Illinois in 1981 from Germany, where he worked as a research scientist with the Siemens A.G. Research Laboratory in Munich. In 1992, he held the Hitachi LTD Chair on Quantum Materials at the University of Tokyo, and was a Visiting Professor in the Federal Polytechnic Institute in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2000. He is involved with research in nanostructures modeling and in quantum device simulation. His present research interest encompasses non-linear transport in quantum wires and carbon nanotubes, and molecular and bio-nanoelectronics Professor Leburton is author and co-author of more than 300 technical papers in international journals and books, and served in numerous conferences committees. In 1993 he was awarded the title of “Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques “ by the French Government. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the American Physical Society (APS), the Optical Society of America (OSA), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Electrochemical Society (ECS) and the Institute of Physics (IOP). He is also a member of the New York Academy of Science. In 2004 he was the recipient of the ISCS Quantum Device Award, and of the Gold medal for scientific achievement by the Alumnus association of the University of Liege, Belgium. He is a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Nanotechnology Council. In 2011 he was elected to Royal Academy of Sciences of Belgium. |