Mohtashim H. Shamsi 
Associate Professor
​Email: mshamsi@siu.edu
​PDF (2015) University of Toronto
PhD (2012) University of Toronto
M.S. (2008) Gwangju Institute Sci. & Tech.
B.Sc. (2001) University of Karachi
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​Curiosity, Creativity & Critical Thinking
Research lab is an incubator, which provides right set of conditions that allow students to follow their curiosity, develop critical thinking, and produce creative works. 
​Who we are?  We are a diverse group with the research interest at the interface of microfluidics, electrochemistry, and biosensing.
What do we do?
  • Develop Electrochemical Biosensors for Neurodegenerative Diseases  Biomarkers.
  • Develop Microfluidic Micromachines by Desktop Printers for Biosensing and Bioanalytical  Applications.
  • Characterize Biophysical Properties of Trinucleotide Repeat Sequences in DNA and RNA.
Postdoc Position: We are looking for a competent postdoc fellow to develop electrochemical and microfluidic biosensors to detect neurodegenerative disease biomarkers.  Click here for details.
 LATEST NEWS
  • August 23, 2021:  Review paper from our lab on "DNA interfaces with dimensional materials for biomedical applications"  published in RSC Advances, 2021, 11, 28332.
  • August 14, 2021:  We have started our Lab's YouTube Channel "Shamsi's lab@SIUC" Please check it out!
  • August 14, 2021:  Dr. Narges Asefifeyzabadi's  new paper "Sequence-Independent DNA Adsorption on Few-Layered Oxygen-Functionalized Graphene Electrodes: An Electrochemical Study for Biosensing Application" has published in Biosensors.  https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11080273 Congrats Narges!
  • July 9, 2021:  Dr. Narges Asefifeyzabadi is heading to her new adventure as a postdoctoral fellow at University of California Santa Cruz. Congrats Narges!
  • April 27, 2021:  Narges defended her PhD defense. Congrats Narges!
  • April 15, 2021:  Grace Durocher won the best poster award in the Research and Creative Activities Conference. Congrats Grace!
  • February 16, 2021:  Narges won three-minutes thesis competition (3MT). Congrats Narges!
  • October 16, 2020:  Narges's paper "Label-Free Electrochemical Detection of CGG Repeats on Inkjet Printable 2D Layers of MoS2" accepted in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.  pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.0c14912 Congrats Narges!
  • September 23, 2020:  Thrilled!!!! receiving funding from Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Inc to develop low-cost technology to detect ALS biomarkers. 
  • August 2020: Ahmad Qamar joined the University of Central Arkansas as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Congrats  Dr. Qamar!
  • May 2020: Narges Asefifeyzabadi published an article "Unique Sequence-Dependent Properties of Trinucleotide Repeat Monolayers: Electrochemical, Electrical, And Topographic Characterization" in Journal of Materials Chemistry B.  https://doi.org/10.1039/D0TB00507J Congratulations Narges!
  • May 2020: Narges Asefifeyzabadi received the prestigious 2020 GPSC Research & Creative Activities Award. Congratulations Narges!
  • May 2020: Narges Asefifeyzabadi received the prestigious Gower's fellowship for summer 2020. Congratulations Narges!
  • April 2020: Grace Durocher received the prestigious Research Enriched Academic Challenge (REACH) award for the 2020-2021  Congratulations Grace!
  • April 2020: Narges Asefifeyzabadi received the prestigious Doctoral Research Assistantship for spring 2021. Congratulations Narges!
  • January 2020: Ahmad Qamar published an article "Desktop Fabrication of Lab-on-Chip Devices on Flexible Substrates: A Brief Review" in Micromachines. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11020126.  Congrats  Dr. Qamar!