Adam Wanekaya
Associate Professor, Chemistry | Missouri State University
Springfield, MO, UNITED STATES
Dr. Wanekaya researches the fabrication, modification, characterization and application of nanoscale materials.
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Dr. Adam Wanekaya's research focuses on the fabrication, modification, characterization and application of nanoscale materials. He also works on integrating these materials into functional devices with specific applications in chemical sensing, biomedical sensing and remediation of heavy metals and other toxins from the environment.
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Nanotechnology
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Chemistry
Nanomaterials
Biomedical Applications
Accomplishments (1)
Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (professional)
2015
Education (3)
State University of New York at Binghampton: Ph.D., Chemistry
University of Nairobi: M.S., Chemistry
University of Nairobi: B.S., Chemistry
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Small particles, big impact? Exploring how nanomaterials decompose
Dr. Wanekaya and his team of undergraduate and graduate students at Missouri State University research how "nanomaterials" — extremely tiny materials decompose.
Articles (5)
Carbon Nanomaterials Alter Global Gene Expression Profiles
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2016 Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs), which include carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and their derivatives, have diverse technological and biomedical applications. The potential toxicity of CNMs to cells and tissues has become an important emerging question in nanotechnology...
Assembly of a dual aptamer gold nanoparticle conjugate ensemble in the specific detection of thrombin when coupled with dynamic light scattering spectroscopy
Journal of Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology
2014 We demonstrate an extremely facile, rapid, specific and selective method for detecting proteins using aptamerconjugated gold nanoparticles coupled with dynamic light scattering (DLS) at ambient conditions...
Probing the Interaction at the Nano–Bio Interface Using Raman Spectroscopy: ZnO Nanoparticles and Adenosine Triphosphate Biomolecules
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
2014 With the advent of nanobiotechnology, there will be an increase in the interaction between engineered nanomaterials and biomolecules. Nanoconjugates with cells, organelles, and intracellular structures containing DNA, RNA, and proteins establish sequences of nano–bio boundaries that depend on several intricate complex biophysicochemical reactions...
Developing a non-enzymatic hydrogen peroxide biosensor
Abstracts of the Papers of the American Chemical Society
2014
Synthesis and characterization of hydrothermally grown ZnO nanomaterials for biomedical applications
APS March Meeting Abstracts
2014 Nanomaterials have been of recent importance in the biomedical field due to their use in drug delivery applications, magnetic resonance imaging, and cell separation. Intrinsically nanomaterials of ZnO are having low cytotoxicity and genotoxicity which is suitable for several biomedical applications...
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