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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2004 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Shana O. Kelley is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans multiple main fields including Engineering, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The subfields of study frequently covered in their work include Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Oncology, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

Kelley's recent papers demonstrate a range of interests in energy conversion, materials science, and biochemical analysis. Selected significant publications include:

  • "Efficient electrically powered CO2-to-ethanol via suppression of deoxygenation," 2020, published in Nature Energy
  • "Regulating strain in perovskite thin films through charge-transport layers," 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "Cascade surface modification of colloidal quantum dot inks enables efficient bulk homojunction photovoltaics," 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "Bioinspiration in light harvesting and catalysis," 2020, published in Nature Reviews Materials
  • "Single-cell analysis targeting the proteome," 2020, published in Nature Reviews Chemistry

The scientist frequently publishes in several high-impact venues. Notable journals include:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Sensors
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • ACS Nano

Kelley collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, among whom the most frequent include Edward H. Sargent, Zongjie Wang, Jagotamoy Das, Sharif Ahmed, and Mahmoud Labib.

Shana O. Kelley has received recognition in the form of awards such as the Fellowship of the Indian National Academy of Engineering in 2016 and a Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Enhanced electrocatalytic CO2 reduction via field-induced reagent concentration

    Min Liu;Yuanjie Pang;Bo Zhang;Bo Zhang;Phil De Luna

  • What Should We Make with CO2 and How Can We Make It

    Oleksandr S. Bushuyev;Phil De Luna;Cao Thang Dinh;Ling Tao

  • Electron transfer between bases in double helical DNA.

    Shana O. Kelley;Jacqueline K. Barton

  • Catalyst electro-redeposition controls morphology and oxidation state for selective carbon dioxide reduction

    Phil De Luna;Phil De Luna;Phil De Luna;Rafael Quintero-Bermudez;Cao-Thang Dinh;Michael B. Ross;Michael B. Ross

  • Electrochemical Methods for the Analysis of Clinically Relevant Biomolecules

    Mahmoud Labib;Edward H. Sargent;Shana O. Kelley

  • Single-base mismatch detection based on charge transduction through DNA

    Shana O. Kelley;Elizabeth M. Boon;Jacqueline K. Barton;Nicole M. Jackson

  • Electrochemistry of Methylene Blue Bound to a DNA-Modified Electrode

    Shana O. Kelley;Jacqueline K. Barton;Nicole M. Jackson;Michael G. Hill

  • Recent advances in the use of cell-penetrating peptides for medical and biological applications.

    Sonali B. Fonseca;Mark P. Pereira;Shana O. Kelley

  • Electron-phonon interaction in efficient perovskite blue emitters

    Xiwen Gong;Oleksandr Voznyy;Ankit Jain;Wenjia Liu

  • Efficient electrically powered CO2-to-ethanol via suppression of deoxygenation

    Xue Wang;Ziyun Wang;F. Pelayo García de Arquer;Cao Thang Dinh

  • Regulating strain in perovskite thin films through charge-transport layers

    Ding-Jiang Xue;Ding-Jiang Xue;Yi Hou;Shun-Chang Liu;Mingyang Wei

  • Long‐Range Electron Transfer through DNA Films

    Shana O. Kelley;Nicole M. Jackson;Michael G. Hill;Jacqueline K. Barton

  • Femtosecond dynamics of DNA-mediated electron transfer

    Chaozhi Wan;Torsten Fiebig;Shana O. Kelley;Christopher R. Treadway

  • Copper nanocavities confine intermediates for efficient electrosynthesis of C3 alcohol fuels from carbon monoxide

    Tao Tao Zhuang;Yuanjie Pang;Zhi Qin Liang;Ziyun Wang

  • Catalyst synthesis under CO2 electroreduction favours faceting and promotes renewable fuels electrosynthesis

    Yuhang Wang;Ziyun Wang;Cao Thang Dinh;Jun Li

  • Cell-penetrating peptides as delivery vehicles for biology and medicine

    Kelly M. Stewart;Kristin L. Horton;Shana O. Kelley

  • Mitochondria-Penetrating Peptides

    Kristin L. Horton;Kelly M. Stewart;Sonali B. Fonseca;Qian Guo

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks Mediate Cu Coordination for Selective CO2 Electroreduction.

    Dae Hyun Nam;Oleksandr S. Bushuyev;Jun Li;Phil De Luna

  • Programming the detection limits of biosensors through controlled nanostructuring

    Leyla Soleymani;Zhichao Fang;Edward H. Sargent;Shana O. Kelley

  • Compositional and orientational control in metal halide perovskites of reduced dimensionality

    Rafael Quintero-Bermudez;Aryeh Gold-Parker;Aryeh Gold-Parker;Andrew H. Proppe;Rahim Munir

  • A general phase-transfer protocol for metal ions and its application in nanocrystal synthesis.

    Jun Yang;Edward H Sargent;Shana O Kelley;Jackie Y Ying

  • Orienting DNA helices on gold using applied electric fields

    Shana O. Kelley;Jacqueline K. Barton;Nicole M. Jackson;Lee D. McPherson

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward H. Sargent
Edward H. Sargent Northwestern University
Oleksandr Voznyy
Oleksandr Voznyy University of Toronto
Jacqueline K. Barton
Jacqueline K. Barton California Institute of Technology
F. Pelayo García de Arquer
F. Pelayo García de Arquer ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences
Makhsud I. Saidaminov
Makhsud I. Saidaminov University of Victoria
Grant Walters
Grant Walters University of Toronto
Sjoerd Hoogland
Sjoerd Hoogland University of Toronto
Michael G. Hill
Michael G. Hill Occidental College
Cao-Thang Dinh
Cao-Thang Dinh Queen's University
J. Justin Gooding
J. Justin Gooding University of New South Wales

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