Plamen B. Atanassov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department
of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering,
209
Farris Engineering Center,
E-mail
Plamen@unm.edu Phone: (505) 277 2640 Fax: (505) 277 5433
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EDUCATION
1987
Chemical Physics and Theoretical Chemistry
1988
Frumkin’s
Specialization in Bioelectrochemistry
1995
Chemistry: Physical Chemistry, Electrochemistry
(Res. Accomplished 1992)
EMPLOYMENT
1987
- 1990 Research Assistant
(Staff Chemist)
1990
- 1991 Research Associate (Staff Scientist III)
1991
- 1992 Research Fellow (Staff Scientist II)
1992
- 1993 Senior Research Associate
1993
- 1999 Research
Assistant Professor
1999
– 2000 Research Scientist,
Project Manager
August
2000 Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering,
MEMBERSHIP
American Chemical Society 1994
-
Electrochemical Society 1996
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American Institute of
Chemical Engineers 2000
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American Society for
Engineering Education 2002
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
·
Fundamental studies in bio-electrocatalysis, direct
electron transfer enzyme catalyzed redox reactions;
·
Engineering of biosensors based on electrochemical
detection of direct electron transfer, enzyme sensor for direct detection of
substrates of enzymes expressing bio-electrocatlytic
properties and enzyme-labeled immunoassay sensors with direct electron transfer
detection of enzyme labels; development of the assay format and system
engineering of biosensor devices;
·
DNA sensors, enzyme labeled DNA assay and
electrochemical approaches for DNA and RNA direct assay; arrangement of DNA
sensing schemes in disposable and flow-through formats;
·
Bio-fuel cells based on enzyme-catalyzed direct electron
transfer, technologies enabling micro- and bio-fel
cell designs and biomimetic approaches in materials design;
·
Non-traditional electrocatalysts for fuel cells:
non-platinum electrocatalysts and synthetic routes for their manufacturing;
·
Technologies enabling the design and implementation of
miniature and micro power sources and sensors, conformal electronics and
digital printing techniques.
Note: Starting 2000 the spelling of the last name was changed from Atanasov to Atanassov to reflect the official transliteration
of the Cyrillic original through the Francophonic
rules adopted by
RESEARCH (Major
Projects Participated) at UNM/Assistant Professor:
US
Army Research Office (Principal Investigator)
2002-2004 Non-Platinum Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cells
Motorola
(Principal Investigator)
2002-2003 Non-Platinum Electrocatalysts
for Oxygen Reduction
Office
of Naval Research (Principal Investigator)
2002-2004 Biomimetic Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cells
American
Cancer Society (Principal Investigator)
2002-2003 DNA Sensor for Early
Cancer Diagnostics
DoE/Waste
Management Education and Research Consortium (Principal
Investigator)
2001-2002 Electrochemical
Biosensors for Environmental Applications
NSF/UNM
Center for Micro-Engineered Materials (Principal Investigator)
2001-2004 Electrocatalysts
For Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
Sandia
National Laboratories (Principal Investigator)
In
Industry:
Defense
Advanced Projects Agency, DARPA (as a Co-Principal
Investigator and Project Manager)
1999 - 2000 Development of a Thin-film
National
Institutes of Health, NCI-IMAT (as a Senior Scientist and
Project Manager)
1992 - 2000 New Phosphorus Label Particles for
Rapid Immunodiagnostics
National
Institute of Standards and Technology, ATP (as a Senior
Scientist and Project Manager)
1999 - 2000 New Electrocatalyst Materials for
Energy Generation Applications
At
UNM/Research Faculty & Postdoctoral Fellow:
National
Science Foundation, DBI (as a Co-Investigator, PIs - Prof.
E.Wilkins and Prof. T.Yates)
1998 - 2001 Portable Immunosensor Device for
Fast Field Analysis of Rodent Viruses
Waste-management
Education & Research Consortium, NM (as a Co-Principal
Investigator, PI - Prof. E.Wilkins)
1997 - 1999 Commercialization of a Electrochemical Flow-through Immunosensor
Waste-management
Education & Research Consortium, NM (as a Collaborator and a
Co-PI, PI - Prof. E.Wilkins)
1995 - 1999 Development of Environmental
Biosensor for Toxic Organophosphorus Pollutants
National
Science Foundation and the Whitaker Foundation (as
a Co-Investigator, PIs - Prof. E.Wilkins and Prof. D.Schade)
1993 - 1997 Development of Implantable Glucose
Sensor for Diabetic Patients
Sandia
National Laboratories (as a Co-Investigator, PI - Prof. E.Wilkins)
1994
Enzyme Electrodes based on Stöber
Glass Matrix
1993 - 1995 Development of an Intravascular
Needle Sensor for Trauma Patients
Juvenile
Diabetes Foundation International (as a Postdoctoral
Associate, PI - Prof. E.Wilkins)
1992
- 1993 Development of
Glucose Biosensor Suitable for Long Term Implantation
Grants
of the Bulgarian National Science Foundation (as a Principal
Investigator)
1991 - 1992 N-4 Metal Chelates as
Electrocatalysts in Electrochemical and Bioelectrochemical Systems
1991 - 1992 Conductive Organic Salts and their
Application in Amperometric Biosensors
1990 - 1992 Amperometric Glucose Biosensors with
Electrochemical Mediators
Joint
International Projects of the
1990-1992 Prof. J.J.Kulys, Inst. Biochem., Lithuanian Acad. Sci.,
Mediated
Glucose Biosensors Based on Carbon Materials
1989 - 1991 Prof. F.Scheller,
Development
of Membrane Biosensors
1987-1990 Prof. M.R.Tarasevich, Inst.
Electrochemistry, Russian Acad. Sci.,
Glucose
Oxidase Enzyme Electrodes
Internal
Projects of the Bulgarian
1987 - 1991 Porous Catalysts for Oxygen
Reduction and their Application in Gas-Diffusion Electrodes
1987
- 1990 Bioelectrocatalytic
Systems as a Base of Biosensors Development
JOURNAL
PUBLICATIONS (68, including 7 review articles):
V. Rajendran and P. Atanassov, Enzyme-Based
Bio-Fuel Cells (Review), Electrochimica
Acta, invited review for the special issue on Bio-Fuel Cells, in press
(2003)
G. Gupta, V. Rajendran and P. Atanassov, Electroeduction of
Molecular Oxygen Catalyzed by Laccase on Monolayer Modified Gold Electrode,
Electrochimica Acta, special issue on
Bio-Fuel Cells, in press (2003)
G. Gupta, V. Rajendran and P. Atanassov, Laccase
Biosensor based on Monolayer Modified Gold Electrode, Electroanalysis,
in press (2003)
S. Mukherjee and P.
Atanassov, Non-Platinum Electrocatalysts for
Oxygen Reduction based on Pyrolyzed Porphyrins, Part I. Oxygen Reduction in
Acid Media, J. Electrochem. Soc, submitted (2003)
S. Mukherjee and P.
Atanassov, Non-Platinum Electrocatalysts for
Oxygen Reduction based on Pyrolyzed Porphyrins, Part II. Structure
of the Pyrolyzed Catalysts, J. Electrochem.
Soc, submitted (2003)
S. Mukherjee and P.
Atanassov, Microscopic Model for Fuel Cell
Electrode, J. Electrochem. Soc., submitted (2003)
J. Yan, G.V. Rama Rao,
M. Barela, H. Xu, D. A. Brevnov, G.P. Lopez and P. Atanassov, Growth of
Patterned Anodic Aluminum Oxide Nanopore Arrays, Advanced Materials,
submitted (2003)
2000
D. Ivnitski, I. Abdel-Hamid, P. Atanasov, E. Wilkins and S.
Stricker, Application of Electrochemical Biosensors for Detection of Food
Pathogenic Bacteria, (Review), Electroanalysis, 12 (2000) 317-325
S. Vetcha, D. Ivnitski, I. Abdel-Hamid, P. Atanasov, E. Wilkins and B. Hjelle,
Fast Amperometric Detection of Anti-Hantavirus Antibodies, Electroanalysis,
12 (2000) 1038-1042
1999
D. Ivnitski, I. Abdel-Hamid, P. Atanasov, and E. Wilkins, Biosensors
for Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria (Review), Biosensors &
Bioelectronics, 14 (1999) 599-624
Abdel-Hamid, D. Ivnitski, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Highly Sensitive Flow-Injection
Immunoassay System for Rapid Detection of Bacteria, Analytica Chimica Acta,
399 (1999) 99-108
M. Espinosa, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Disposable Organophosphate Biosensor, Electroanalysis,
11 (1999) 667-681
Abdel-Hamid, D. Ivnitski, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Flow-through Immunofiltration Assay
System for Rapid Detection of E. coli O157:H7, Biosensors &
Bioelectronics, 14 (1999) 309-316
Abdel-Hamid, A.L. Ghindilis, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Flow-through Immunoassay System for
Determination of Staphyloccocal Protein A, Analytical Letters, 32 (1999)
1081-1094
Q. Yang, P.
Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Needle-type Lactate Biosensor. Biosensors &
Bioelectronics, 14 (1999) 203-210
1998
A.L. Ghindilis, P. Atanasov, M. Wilkins and E. Wilkins, Immunosensors:
Electrochemical Sensing and Other Engineering Approaches, Biosensors &
Bioelectronics, 13 (1998) 113-131
I. Abdel-Hamid, D. Ivnitski, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Fast
Amperometric Assay for E. coli O157:H7 Using Partially Immersed
Immunoelectrodes, Electroanalysis, 10 (1998) 758-763
I. Abdel-Hamid, P. Atanasov, A.L. Ghindilis and E. Wilkins, Development of a
Flow-through Immunoassay System, Sensors and Actuators - B, 49 (1998)
202-210
Q. Yang, P.
Atanasov and E. Wilkins, An Integrated Needle-type Biosensor for
Intravascular Glucose and Lactate Monitoring, Electroanalysis, 10 (1998)
752-757
Q.
Yang, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins,
Development of a Needle-type Glucose Sensor with High Selectivity, Sensors
& Actuators - B, 46 (1998) 249-256
S. Yang, Y. Lu, P. Atanasov, E. Wilkins and X. Long, Microfabricated Glucose
Biosensor with Glucose Oxidase Entrapped in Sol-gel Matrix, Talanta, 47
(1998) 735-743
1997
A.L. Ghindilis, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Enzyme Catalyzed Direct Electron
Transfer: Fundamentals and Analytical Applications, Electroanalysis, 9
(1997) 661-674
A.L. Ghindilis, R. Krishnan, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins,
Flow-through Amperometric Immunosensor:
Fast ‘Sandwich Scheme’ Immunoassay, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 12
(1997) 415-423
P.
Atanasov, S. Yang, C. Salehi,
A.L. Ghindilis, E. Wilkins and D. Schade,
Implantation of a Refillable Glucose Monitoring-telemetry Device, Biosensors
& Bioelectronics, 12 (1997) 669-680
S. Yang, P.
Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Development of a Dual Glucose Biosensor - Oxygen
Sensor System for Continuous In Vivo Monitoring, J. Clinical Engineering,
22 (1997) 55-63
S. Gamburzev, P. Atanasov, A.L. Ghindilis, E. Wilkins, A. Kaisheva and I. Iliev,
Bifunctional Hydrogen Peroxide Electrode as an Amperometric Transducer for
Biosensors, Sensors & Actuators – B, 43 (1997) 70-77
S. Gamburzev, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Oxygen Electrode with Pyrolyzed
Cobalt-tetramethoxy-phenilporphyrin Catalyst: Application in Glucose Biosensor,
Analytical Letters, 30 (1997) 503-514
Q. Yang, P.
Atanasov and E. Wilkins, A Novel Amperometric Transducer Design for
Needle-type Implantable Biosensor Application, Electroanalysis, 9 (1997)
1252-1256
Q. Yang, P.
Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Needle-type Sensor for Whole Blood Glucose
Monitoring, Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology, 31 (1997) 54-62
1996
P.
Atanasov and E. Wilkins, In Vivo Rechargeable Glucose
Biosensors. (An Overview), Sensors & Actuators - B, 35-36 (1996)
435-447
J. Diehl-Faxon, A.L.
Ghindilis, P. Atanasov and E.
Wilkins, Direct Electron Transfer Based Tri-enzyme Electrodes for Monitoring of
Organophosphorus Pesticides, Sensors & Actuators - B, 35-36 (1996)
448-457
A.L. Ghindilis, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Potentiometric Immunoelectrode for Fast
Assay Based on Direct Electron Transfer Catalyzed by Peroxidase, Sensors
& Actuators - B, 34 (1996) 528-532
R. Krishnan, A.L. Ghindilis, P. Atanasov, E. Wilkins, J. Montoya and
F.T. Koster, Fast Amperometric Immunoassay for
Hantavirus Infection, Electroanalysis, 8 (1996) 1131-1134
R. Krishnan, A.L. Ghindilis, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Development
of an Amperometric Immunoassay Based on Highly Dispersed Immunoelectrode, Analytical
Letters, 29 (1996) 2615-2631
C. Salehi, S. Yang, P. Atanasov, and E. Wilkins, A
Telemetry-instrumentation System for Long-term Implantable Glucose and Oxygen
Sensors, Analytical Letters, 29 (1996) 2289-2308
P.
Atanasov, S. Yang, C. Salehi,
A.L. Ghindilis and E. Wilkins, Short-term Canine Implantation of a Glucose
Monitoring-Telemetry Device, Medical Engineering & Physics, 18
(1996) 632-640
E. Wilkins and P. Atanasov, Glucose Monitoring: State of the Art and Future
Possibilities. A Review
Medical Engineering & Physics,
18 (1996) 273-288
J. Black, M. Wilkins, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Integrated Sensor-Telemetry System
for In Vivo Glucose Monitoring, Sensors & Actuators - B, 31 (1996)
147-153
S. Yang, C. Salehi, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, In Vivo
Evaluation of Rechargeable Glucose Sensor, Analytical Letters, 29 (1996)
1081-1097
R. Krishnan, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Mathematical Modeling of an
Amperometric Enzyme Electrode Based on a Porous Matrix of Stöber Glass
Beads, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 11 (1996) 811-822
P.
Atanasov,
S. Yang,
P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Glucose Biosensor Based on Oxygen Electrode:
Comparison of the Sensor In Vitro Performance in Model
Buffer Solutions and in Blood Plasma, Biomedical Instrumentation &
Technology, 30 (1996) 55-59
S. Gamburzev, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Performance of Glucose Biosensor Based
on Oxygen Electrode in Physiological Fluids and at Body Temperature, Sensors
& Actuators - B, 30 (1996) 179-183
1995
S. Yang, P.
Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Glucose Biosensors Based on Oxygen Electrode with
Sandwich-type Membranes, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 23 (1995)
833-839
R. Krishnan, A.L. Ghindilis, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Fast Amperometric
Immunoassay Utilizing Highly Dispersed Electrode Material, Analytical
Letters, 28 (1995) 2459-2474
Q. Yang,
P. Atanasov, E. Wilkins and R.C. Hughes, Enzyme Electrodes with Glucose
Oxidase Immobilized on Stöber Glass Beads, Analytical Letters, 28
(1995) 2439-2457
S. Gamburzev, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Glucose Biosensor Based on Oxygen
Electrode. Part III: Long-term Performance of the Glucose Biosensor in Blood
Plasma at Body Temperature, Analytical Letters, 28 (1995) 1143-1157
E. Wilkins, P. Atanasov and B.E. Muggenburg, Integrated Implantable Device for Long-term
Glucose Monitoring, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 10 (1995) 485-494
R. Vaidya, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Effect of
Interference on the Performance of Glucose Enzyme Electrodes Using Nafion
Coatings, Medical Engineering & Physics, 17 (1995) 416-424
S. Yang, P.
Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Glucose Biosensors with Enzyme Entrapped in
Polymer Coating, Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology, 29 (1995)
125-133
I. Abdel-Hamid, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Development of a Needle-type Biosensors
for Intravascular Glucose Monitoring, Analytica Chimica Acta, 313 (1995)
45-54
I. Abdel-Hamid, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Needle-type Glucose Biosensor with an
Electrochemically Codeposited Enzyme in a Platinum Black Matrix, Electroanalysis,
7 (1995) 738-741
1994
I. Abdel-Hamid, P. Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Development of a Needle Type Glucose
Biosensor, Anal. Letters, 27 (1994) 1453-1473
E. Wilkins, R. Vaidya
and P. Atanasov, Assessment of Interference
Effect on Glucose Biosensor, J. Instr. Analysis,
13 (1994) 3-25
P.
Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Biosensor for Continuous
Glucose Monitoring, Biotechnology & Bioengineering, 43 (1994) 262-
266
S.L. Xie, E. Wilkins
and P. Atanasov, Towards an Implantable
Refillable Glucose Sensor Based on Oxygen Electrode Principles, Sensors
& Actuators B, 17 (1994) 133-142
1993
P.
Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Glucose Biosensors Based on
Oxygen Electrode. Part II: Long Term Operational Stability of the Rechargeable Glucose
Biosensor, Analytical Letters, 26 (1993) 2079-2094
P.
Atanasov and E. Wilkins, Glucose Biosensor Based on
Oxygen Electrode. Part I: Silastic Coated Polycarbonate Membranes for Biosensor
Application, Analytical Letters, 26 (1993) 1587-1612
P.
Atanasov, A. Kaisheva,
S. Bobrin, P. Atanasov, I. Iliev, M.R. Tarasevich
and V.A. Bogdanovskaja, Mediators for
Bioelectrochemical Oxidation of Glucose, Soviet Electrochemistry, 29
(1993) 1013-1016 (Russ.) 1238-1241 (Engl.)
1992
P.
Atanasov, S. Bobrin, V.A. Bogdanovskaja, I. Iliev and M.R. Tarasevich, Influence of a
Polypyrrole Film on the Functioning of a Mediator Type Glucose Oxidase Electrode,
Soviet Electrochemistry, 28 (1992) 1065-1068 (Russ.) 884-889 (Engl.)
P.
Atanasov, A. Kaisheva, I. Iliev, V. Razumas
and J.J. Kulys, Glucose Biosensors Based on Carbon
Black Strips, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 7 (1992) 361-365
I. Iliev, P.
Atanasov, S. Gamburzev, A. Kaisheva and V. Tonchev,
Transient Response of Electrochemical Biosensors with Asymmetrical Sandwich
Membranes, Sensors & Actuators B, 8 (1992) 65-72
P.
Atanasov, A. Kaisheva, S. Gamburzev and I. Iliev,
Metallocene-mediated Amperometric Biosensors for One-shot Glucose Determination,
Sensors & Actuators B, 8 (1992) 59-64
A. Kaisheva, P. Atanasov, S. Gamburzev, N. Dimcheva and I. Iliev, Amperometric
Biosensor for Glucose and Lactate, Sensors & Actuators B, 8 (1992)
53-57
1991
S. Gamburzev, I. Iliev, P. Atanasov, A. Kaisheva, F. Scheller and D. Pfeiffer, Enzyme
Electrodes with Pyrolyzed CoTMPP Catalyst, Electroanalysis, 3 (1991)
865-867
P.
Atanasov, A. Kaisheva, S. Gamburzev and I. Iliev,
Adsorption of Glucose Oxidase on Carbon Blacks for Enzyme Electrodes, Chemical
Communications of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 24 (1991) 136-142
1989
P.
Atanasov and
P. Atanasov, V.A. Bogdanovskaja,
BOOKS
AND CHAPTERS IN BOOKS (9, including one in a handbook and one in a medical
textbook):
A.L. Ghindilis A.R. Pavlov and P. Atanassov (Eds.), Immunoassays: Protocols and Applications
Methods in Molecular Biology,
Series Editor: J.M. Walker, Humana Press, Totawa, NJ,
2003, editing, introduction, conclusion and a review chapter, in preparation
J. Yan, G.V. Rama Rao,
G.P. Lopez and P. Atanassov, Patterned Anodization
on Surfaces, Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and
nanotechnology, Marcel Dekker, New Yopk, NY, submitted (2003)
M. Hampden-Smith, P. Atanassova, P. Atanassov
and T. Kodas, Manufacture of Electrocatalyst Powders
by a Spray-based Production Platform, In W. Vielstich,
A. Lamm and H. Gasteiger
(Eds.), Handbook of Fuel Cell Technology, John Willey & Sons, Chichester, UK, 2003, Vol. 3, Chapter 40
P. Atanassova, P. Atanassov, R. Bhatia, M. Hampden-Smith, T. Kodas and P.
Napolitano, Direct-Write Materials and layers for Electrochemical Power
Devices, In A. Pique and D.B. Chrisey (Eds.) Direct Write Technologies for Rapid
Prototyping Applications: Sensors, Electronics and Integrated Power Sources,
Academic Press, San Diego, 2002, Chapter 4, pp. 55-93
I. Abdel-Hamid, P. Atanasov, D. Ivnitski, and E. Wilkins, Flow-through Immunoassay
System for Rapid Clinical Diagnostics.
In W. Law, N. Akmal, A. Usmani (Eds.), Biomedical Diagnostic Sciense and Technologies, Marcel Deck