Paul Bohn
Arthur J. Schmitt Professor
Research Areas
- Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Research Specialties
- Energy
- Materials
- Measurement
Prospective Graduate Students
Biography
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2006-present | Arthur J. Schmitt Professor, University of Notre Dame |
| 2003-2006 | Centennial Professor of the Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 2001-2002 | Interim Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1994-1999 | Head of the Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1992-2006 | Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1989-1992 | Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1983-1989 | Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1981-1983 | Member of Technical Staff, Special Materials Groups, Bell Laboratories |
| 1981 | Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 1977 | B.S. in Chemistry, University of Notre Dame |
Selected Awards
2022 C.N. Reilley Award in Electroanalytical Chemistry
2017 American Chemical Society Award in Electrochemistry
2015 Top 100 Most Influential Analytical Scientists
2012 Fellow, Society for Applied Spectroscopy
2010 Theophilus Redwood Award, Royal Society of Chemistry
2008 Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
2005 Bomem-Michelson Award of the Coblentz Society
2004 Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh Award
1998 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1997 American Chemical Society Award in Spectrochemical Analysis
Research Interests
The Bohn group uses the tools of molecular nanotechnology to define the state-of-the-art in chemical analysis of mass-limited samples (ranging from ~106 molecules down to a single molecule). Our research currently focuses on problems in three thematic areas: low-dimensional analytical electronics and photonics, analytical nanofluidics, and correlated imaging, and uses the tools of nanofabrication, high sensitivity molecular spectroscopy, and electrochemistry to achieve our research goals.
Analytical nanofluidics – research in this area concentrates on four major projects: (1) non-aqueous microchip electrophoresis (NAME) for lipid biomarker detection; (2) chemical reactions in confined/constrained environments; (3) design of extraordinarily efficient chemical reactors (NanoPERfECT); and (4) plasmonic and Fourier transform impedance sensing of toxins and pathogens.
Low-dimensional analytical electronics and photonics – research in this area exploits low-dimensional structures to perform chemical measurements and is focused on four major projects: (1) atom-scale junctions for chemical sensing; (2) single molecule spectroelectrochemistry; (3) electrochemistry in 1-D nanostructures; and (4) tightly coupled electrokinetics and electron transfer.
Correlated imaging – research in this area seeks to develop novel methods of heterocorrelated chemical imaging and is composed of two major projects focused on: (1) the molecular etiology of cancer, and (2) communication of microbial communities.
Selected Publications
- Metro, J.; Weaver, A. A.; Reitemeier, J.; Desnoyers, C. and Bohn, P. W. "Monitoring Populations of Single Extracellular Vesicles from Pseudomonas Aeruginosa using Large Parallel Arrays of Zero-Mode Waveguides" 2025 Precision Chemistry, in press. DOI: 10.1021/prechem.5c00012.
- Reitemeier, J.; Metro, J. and Bohn, P. W. "Detection of Aldehydes from Degradation of Lipid Nanoparticle Formulations using a Hierarchically-Organized Nanopore Electrochemical Biosensor" 2024 Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 261, 116457. DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2024.116457.
- Weaver, A. A.; Jia, J.; Cutri, A. R.; Madukoma, C. S.; Vaerewyck, C. M.; Bohn, P. W. and Shrout, J. D. "Alkyl Quinolones Mediate Heterogeneous Colony Biofilm Architecture that Improves Community-Level Survival" 2024 Journal of Bacteriology, 206 (4), e00095-24. DOI: 10.1128/jb.00095-24.
- Jonsson, A.; Xu, P. C.; Reitemeier, J.; Bohn, P. W. and Fay, P. "Wet Etch Methods to Achieve Submicron Active Area Self-Aligned Vertical Sb-Heterostructure Backward Diodes" 2024 Materials Science In Semiconductor Processing, 171, 108036. DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2023.108036.
- Du, Y. P.; Reitemeier, J.; Jiang, Q.; Bappy, M. O.; Bohn, P. W. and Zhang, Y. L. "Hybrid Printing of Fully Integrated Microfluidic Devices for Biosensing" 2024 Small, 20 (5), 2304966. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202304966.
- Sundaresan, V.; Metro, J.; Cutri, A. R.; Palei, M.; Mannam, V.; Oh, C.; Hoffman, A. J.; Howard, S. and Bohn, P. W. "Nanopore-Enabled Dark-Field Digital Sensing of Nanoparticles" 2023 Analytical Chemistry, 95 (35), pp.12993–12997. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02943.