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 & Diversity
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?  A diverse group with the research interests 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.
 LATEST NEWS
  • October, 2023: Comfort Adeyeye won the best poster award at the ECI-ACS undergraduate research conference.  Many congratulations!! 
  • August, 2023: Omair published a first-author paper in Analytical Chemistry "Microprobes for Label-Free Detection of Short Tandem Repeats: An Insight into Alleviating Secondary Structure Effects" DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01886.  Superb!!
    ​July, 2023: Prabhangshu Kumer Das published his first paper "First multiplexed electrochemical wax-on-plastic chip: PNA/GO interface integration for DNA detection" DOI 10.1088/1361-6439/ace6b1.  Congratulations!!!
  • April, 2023: Congratulations to Omair Adil for receiving three awards in a row! Gower's summer fellowship, Doctoral Research Assistantship (9-months), and Graduate and Professional Student Council award. Amazing job, Omair!!!
  • August 29, 2022: We received an NIH funding to study charge transfer at DNA/MoS2 interfaces. 
  • August 31, 2022: Congratulations to Avokerie for defending her Master's thesis.​