Merkoçi, Arben
Engineering Sciences
Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2)
Phone +34937374604
Email arben.merkoci@icn2.cat
Department Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors
Address Campus UAB
Keywords
Nanotechnology
Nanobiotechnology
Nanomaterials
Nanoparticles
Graphene
Nanobiosensors
Nanoimprinting
Nanoink-jet printing
Nanodiagnostics
Short biography
ICREA Research Professor and head of Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors Group at ICN2 (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia). He obtained his PhD at University of Tirana working on ion selective electrodes. Since 1992 he has been doing research as postdoctoral fellow and research professor at Polytechnic Univ. of Budapest, Univ. of Ioanina, Univ. degli Studi di Padua, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona and New Mexico State Univ. His research is focused on the integration of biological molecules and other species with micro- and nanostructures with interest for the design of novel (bio)sensors. He has published more than 340 articles and supervised 45 PhD thesis. He is co-founder of two spin-off companies, PaperDrop dedicated to nanodiagnostics and GraphenicaLab to electronic printing.