Paul Bohn
Arthur J. Schmitt Professor; Director, Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health
- Office
- 320 Stinson-Remick Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556 - Phone
- +1 574-631-1849
- pbohn@nd.edu
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
- Cutri, A. R.; Sundaresan, V.; Shrout, J. D. and Bohn, P. W. "Spectroelectrochemical Behavior of Parallel Arrays of Single Vertically Oriented Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Cells" 2023 Cell Reports Physical Science, 4 (4), 101368. DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2023.101368.
- Oh, C.; Park, B.; Sundaresan, V.; Schaefer, J. L. and Bohn, P. W. "Closed Bipolar Electrode-Enabled Electrochromic Sensing of Multiple Metabolites in Whole Blood" 2022 ACS Sensors, 8 (1), pp.270-279. DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.2c02140.
- Jia, J.; Parmar, D.; Ellis, J. F.; Cao, T. Y.; Cutri, A. R.; Shrout, J. D.; Sweedler, J. and Bohn, P. W. "Effect of Micro-Patterned Mucin on Quinolone and Rhamnolipid Profiles of Mucoid Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Under Antibiotic Stress" 2023 ACS Infectious Diseases, 9 (1), pp.150-161. DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.2c00519.
- Baek, S.; Cutri, A. R.; Han, D.; Kwon, S. R.; Reitemeier, J.; Sundaresan, V. and Bohn, P. W. "Multifunctional Nanopore Electrode Array Method for Characterizing and Manipulating Single Entities in Attoliter-Volume Enclosures" 2022 Journal of Applied Physics, 132 (17), 174501. DOI: 10.1063/5.0101693.
- Baek, S.; Kwon, S. R. and Bohn, P. W. "Potential-Induced Wetting and Dewetting in Hydrophobic Nanochannels for Mass Transport Control" 2022 Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 34, 100980. DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2022.100980.
- Mannam, V.; Zhang, Y. D.; Zhu, Y. H.; Nichols, E.; Wang, Q. F.; Sundaresan, V.; Zhang, S. Y.; Smith, C.; Bohn, P. W. and Howard, S. S. "Real-Time Image Denoising of Mixed Poisson-Gaussian Noise in Fluorescence Microscopy Images using ImageJ" 2022 Optica, 9 (4), pp.335-345. DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.448287.