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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2013 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For her innovative use of nanopores in the development of biosensors and nanofluidic ionic circuits
  • 2007 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Zuzanna S. Siwy is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with significant contributions to biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, physical and theoretical chemistry, electrochemistry, and molecular biology.

Their work centers on topics related to nanopore and nanochannel transport studies, fuel cells and related materials, membrane-based ion separation techniques, electrostatics and colloid interactions, electrochemical analysis and applications, microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, and analytical chemistry and sensors.

Siwy's publication record includes papers in a variety of scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Fluids and Electrolytes under Confinement in Single-Digit Nanopores, 2023, Chemical Reviews
  • Charge Inversion and Calcium Gating in Mixtures of Ions in Nanopores, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Modulation of Ionic Current Rectification in Ultrashort Conical Nanopores, 2020, Analytical Chemistry
  • Ionic amplifying circuits inspired by electronics and biology, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A pH gradient induced rectification inversion in asymmetric nanochannels leads to remarkably improved osmotic power, 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal

Frequent co-authors in their research include Jake W. Polster, Ethan Cao, Cody Combs, Rachel Lucas, and Lane A. Baker.

Siwy often publishes in several venues, with multiple contributions to the following journals:

  • Biophysical Journal
  • Faraday Discussions
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Nano
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society

The scientific community has recognized Siwy's work through fellowships awarded by prominent organizations. These include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2019, a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2013 with a citation noting their innovative use of nanopores in biosensors and nanofluidic ionic circuits, and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Nanopore analytics: sensing of single molecules

    Stefan Howorka;Zuzanna Siwy

  • Ion‐Current Rectification in Nanopores and Nanotubes with Broken Symmetry

    Zuzanna S. Siwy;Zuzanna S. Siwy

  • Diode-like single-ion track membrane prepared by electro-stopping

    P.Yu Apel;Yu.E Korchev;Z Siwy;R Spohr

  • Fabrication of a synthetic nanopore ion pump.

    Z. Siwy;A. Fuliński

  • Protein Biosensors Based on Biofunctionalized Conical Gold Nanotubes

    Zuzanna Siwy;Lacramioara Trofin;Punit Kohli;Lane A Baker

  • Conical-nanotube ion-current rectifiers: the role of surface charge.

    Zuzanna Siwy;Elizabeth Heins;C Chad Harrell;Punit Kohli

  • Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Expression and Potentiation of Human Breast Cancer Metastasis

    Scott P. Fraser;James K.J. Diss;Athina-Myrto Chioni;Maria E. Mycielska

  • Engineered voltage-responsive nanopores

    Zuzanna S. Siwy;Stefan Howorka

  • Ionic Selectivity of Single Nanochannels

    Ivan Vlassiouk;Sergei Smirnov;Zuzanna Siwy

  • Biosensing with Nanofluidic Diodes

    Ivan Vlassiouk;Thomas R. Kozel;Zuzanna S. Siwy

  • Asymmetric diffusion through synthetic nanopores.

    Z. Siwy;Z. Siwy;I. D. Kosińska;A. Fuliński;C. R. Martin

  • Electric-field-induced wetting and dewetting in single hydrophobic nanopores.

    Matthew R. Powell;Leah Cleary;Matthew Davenport;Kenneth J. Shea

  • Critical Knowledge Gaps in Mass Transport through Single-Digit Nanopores: A Review and Perspective

    Samuel Faucher;Narayana R Aluru;Martin Z. Bazant;Daniel Blankschtein

  • Detecting single porphyrin molecules in a conically shaped synthetic nanopore.

    Elizabeth A Heins;Zuzanna S Siwy;Lane A Baker;Charles R Martin

  • Learning Nature's Way: Biosensing with Synthetic Nanopores

    Charles R. Martin;Zuzanna S. Siwy

  • DNA−Nanotube Artificial Ion Channels

    C Chad Harrell;Punit Kohli;Zuzanna Siwy;Charles R Martin

  • An Asymmetric Polymer Nanopore for Single Molecule Detection

    Abraham Mara;Zuzanna Siwy;Christina Trautmann;Jackson Wan

  • Nanofluidic Bipolar Transistors

    Eric B. Kalman;Ivan Vlassiouk;Zuzanna S. Siwy

  • Rectification and voltage gating of ion currents in a nanofabricated pore

    Z. Siwy;Y. Gu;H. A. Spohr;D. Baur

  • Tuning Transport Properties of Nanofluidic Devices with Local Charge Inversion

    Yan He;Dirk Gillespie;Dezsö Boda;Ivan Vlassiouk

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivan Vlassiouk
Ivan Vlassiouk Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Christina Trautmann
Christina Trautmann Technical University of Darmstadt
Charles R. Martin
Charles R. Martin University of Florida
Lane A. Baker
Lane A. Baker Texas A&M University
Stefan Howorka
Stefan Howorka University College London
Kenneth J. Shea
Kenneth J. Shea University of California, Irvine
Maria Eugenia Toimil-Molares
Maria Eugenia Toimil-Molares GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
Jyh-Ping Hsu
Jyh-Ping Hsu National Taiwan University
Arnout Imhof
Arnout Imhof Utrecht University
Wolfgang Ensinger
Wolfgang Ensinger Technical University of Darmstadt

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