Sebastian Wachsmann Hogiu
Academic title(s):
Professor

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:
- RN Azadani, S Wachsmann-Hogiu, “Challenges and opportunities for engineering of autogenic bionanocellulose: Applications in wearable devices”, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2026, 125791
- 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
- 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.
- Tulio L. Pedrosa, Renato de Araujo, Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, “On chip polarization light microscopy”, Biosensors, 2025, 15 (2), 79.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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