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Waldemar Gorski

Waldemar Gorski

  • Visiting scholar: 1994-1996, University of Florida
  • Postdoctoral research associate: 1990-1994, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
  • Ph.D.Chemistry/Electroanalytical: 1990, Warsaw University

Research Interests

  • Functional Electrode Layers: Design, formation, and characterization of selective coatings for electrochemical sensors
  • Electrochemical (Bio)sensors: Development of biocompatible approaches to integration of enzymatic reactions and electrodes
  • Inorganic Electrocatalysts: Development of new catalytic electrodes for the oxidation of biologically and environmentally important compounds


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Opportunities for financial support are available on a competitive basis.

Selected Publications
  1. Nash, K. L.; Yow, R. M.; Dee, D. M.; Swanland, G.-Y.; Gruber, J. B.; Sardar, D. K.; Zhang, M.; Gorski, W., Optical Characterization of Er3+:Y2O3 Nanoparticles for Biosensor Applications,. Proc. SPIE, 2007, 6449, 64490J/1-9.
  2. Gruber, J. B.; Sardar, D. K.; Nash, K. L.; Yow, R. M.; Zhang, M.; Gorski, W., Spectral Analysis of Synthesized Nanocrystalline Aggregates of Er3+:Y2O3,. J. Appl. Phys., 2007, 101, 113116/1-6.
  3. Zhang, M.; Mullens, C.; Gorski, W., Coimmobilization of Dehydrogenases and Their Cofactors in Electrochemical Biosensors. Analytical Chemistry, 2007, 79, 2446-2450.
  4. Sorunmu, Y. E.; Nguyen, M.; Sapp, J. B.; Gorski, W.; Phan, T. D.; Wei, X., Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Studies of Factors Affecting Molecular Behavior in Phenothiazine-Mediated Biosensing. Electroanalysis, 2006, 18, 2375-2380.
  5. Zhu, S.; Gorski, W.; Powell, D. R.; Walmsley, J. A., Synthesis, Structures, and Electrochemistry of Au(III)-ethylenediamine Complexes and Their Interaction with Guaniosine 5’-Monophosphate. Inorganic Chemistry, 2006, 45, 2688-2694.
  6. Zhang, M.; Mullens, C.; Gorski, W., Amperometric Glutamate Biosensor Based on Chitosan Enzyme Film. Electrochimica Acta, 2006, 51, 4528-4532.
  7. Zhang, M.; Mullens, C.; Gorski, W. "Chitosan-Glutamate Oxidase Gels: Synthesis, Characterization, and Glutamate Determination". Electroanalysis, 2005, 17, 2114-2120.
  8. Zhang, M; Mullens, C.; Gorski, W. Insulin Oxidation and Determination at Carbon Electrodes. Analytical Chemistry, 2005, 77, 6396-7701.
  9. Zhang, M.; Gorski, W. Electrochemical Sensing Based on Redox Mediation at Carbon Nanotubes. Analytical Chemistry, 2005, 77, 3960-3965.
  10. Zhang, M.; Gorski, W. Electrochemical Sensing Platform Based on the Carbon Nanotubes-Redox Mediator-Biopolymer System. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005, 127, 2058-2059.
  11. Zhang, M.; Smith, A.; Gorski, W. Carbon Nanotube-Chitosan System for Electrochemical Sensing Based on Dehydrogenase Enzymes. Analytical Chemistry, 2004, 76, 5045-5050.
  12. Grosu, S.; Gorski, W. Molecular Imprinting of Antibiotic Films for Electroanalysis of the Dopamine/Ascorbate System. Indian Journal of Chemistry, 2003, 42A, 758-763. (invited)
  13. Wei, X.; Zhang, M.; Gorski, W. Coupling the Lactate Oxidase to Electrodes by Ionotropic Gelation of Biopolymer. Analytical Chemistry, 2003, 75, 2060-2064.
  14. Mullens, C.; Pikulski, M.; Agachan, S.; Gorski, W. Synergistic Effects in Multicomponent Electrocatalysts: The Pb-Ir-O System. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003, 125, 13602-13608.
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