Ahmet Uçar, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow at Organic Bioelectronics Lab (BIOEL)

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Research Interests

Ahmet aims to develop novel OECT-based (bio)sensors for diagnostics and therapeutics applications. He is particularly interested in electrode fabrication, surface modification and characterization, inkjet printing and biomarker detection.

Selected Publications

  • pH-activated dissolvable polymeric coatings to reduce biofouling on electrochemical sensors
    A. Ucar, E. González-Fernández, M. Staderini, A.F. Murray, A.R. Mount, M. Bradley
    Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 14(6), 329, (2023)
  • Recent advances in two dimensional nanomaterial-based electrochemical (bio)sensing platforms for trace-level detection of amino acids and pharmaceuticals
    A. Ucar, G.A. Tig, E. Er
    TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 162, 117027, (2023)
  • In vivo application of an implantable tri-anchored methylene blue-based electrochemical pH sensor
    E. González-Fernández, M. Staderini, J.R.K. Marland, M.E. Gray, A. Ucar, C. Dunare, E.O. Blair, P. Sullivan, A. Tsiamis, S.N. Greenhalgh, R. Gregson, R.E. Clutton, S. Smith, J.G. Terry, D.J. Argyle, A.J. Walton, A.R. Mount, M. Bradley, A.F. Murray
    Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 197, 113728, (2022)
  • Miniaturisation of a peptide-based electrochemical protease activity sensor using platinum microelectrodes
    A. Ucar, E. González-Fernández, M. Staderini, N. Avlonitis, A.F. Murray, M. Bradley, A.R. Mount
    Analyst, 145, 975, (2020)
  • The effect of polar end of long-chain fluorocarbon oligomers in promoting the superamphiphobic property over multi-scale rough Al alloy surfaces
    Z. S. Saifaldeen, K.R. Khedir, M.T. Camci, A. Ucar, S. Suzer, T. Karabacak
    Applied Surface Science, 379, 55, (2016)
  • Tribological interaction between polytetrafluoroethylene and silicon oxide surfaces
    A. Ucar, M. Copuroglu, M.Z. Baykara, O. Arikan, S. Suzer
    Journal of Chemical Physics, 141, 164702, (2014)

Education

  • Ph.D., Bioengineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, 2020
  • M.Sc., Chemistry, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 2015
  • B.Sc., Chemistry, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 2013

Scientific and Professional Membership

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Awards

  • Ph.D. Scholarship, Turkish Ministry of National Education, 2016-2020
  • M.Sc. Scholarship, TUBITAK & Bilkent University, 2013-2015
  • Young Investigator Best Poster Award, 30th European Conference on Surface Science, 2014
  • B.Sc. Scholarship, Bilkent University, 2008-2013

KAUST Affiliations

Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE)

Research Interests Keywords

Biosensors Bioelectronics Electroanalytical techniques Surface functionalization