Sebastian Wachsmann Hogiu

Academic title(s): 

Professor

Sebastian Wachsmann Hogiu
Contact Information
Email address: 
sebastian.wachsmannhogiu [at] mcgill.ca
Phone: 
514.398.1520
Office: 
McConnell Engineering Building, Room 362
Degree(s): 

BSc: Bucharest University, Physics, Biophysics

PhD: Humboldt University, Berlin, Experimental Physics,

PostDoc: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Chemical Physics

Previous Appointments: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh; Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles; University of California Davis, Davis; Intellectual Ventures / Global Good, Seattle

Areas of interest: 
  • Biosensors
  • Biomimetics
  • Point of need and wearable technologies
  • Quantum Biology
Selected publications: 
  1. RN Azadani, S Wachsmann-Hogiu, “Challenges and opportunities for engineering of autogenic bionanocellulose: Applications in wearable devices”, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2026, 125791
  2. R Abbasi, AM Saridag, M Kahraman, S Wachsmann-Hogiu, “Highly sensitive CMOS bioluminescent biosensor for quantitative, high dynamic range detection of total surface ATP and selective detection of E. coli” Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2026, 119001
  3. Meruyert Imanbekova, Mohul Sharma, Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, “On the dilemma of using single EV analysis for liquid biopsy: the challenge of low abundance of tumor EVs in blood”, Theranostics, 2025.
  4. Tulio L. Pedrosa, Renato de Araujo, Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, “On chip polarization light microscopy”, Biosensors, 2025, 15 (2), 79.
  5. Reza Abbasi, Xinyue Hu, Alain Zhang, Isabelle Dummer, Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, “Optical Image Sensors for Smart Analytical Biosensors”, Bioengineering, 2024, https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/11/9/912
  6. Abbasi, R., Wachsmann-Hogiu, S., “Optimization and Miniaturization of SE-ECL for Potential-Resolved, Multi-Color, Multi-Analyte Detection”, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2024, 257, 116322.
  7. Imanbekova, M., Abbasi, R., Hu, X., Sharma, M., Vandewynckele-Bossut, M., Haldavnekar, R., Wachsmann-Hogiu, S., “Physical Modifications of Kombucha-Derived Bacterial Nanocellulose: Toward a Functional Bionanocomposite Platform”, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 2024, 2400041.
  8. Reza Abbasi, Meruyert Imanbekova, and Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, “On chip bioluminescence biosensor for the detection of microbial surface contamination”, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2024, p. 116200.
  9. Adam Melnyk, Lena Kozarov, Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, “A deconvolution approach to modelling surges in COVID-19 cases and deaths”. Scientific Reports, 2023, Vol. 13, Issue 1, p. 2361.
  10. Reza Abbasi, Juanjuan Liu, Sorina Suarasan, Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, “SE-ECL on a CMOS: a miniaturized electrochemiluminescence system”, Lab on a Chip, 02/2022.
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