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Professor Shen received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin under the direction of Prof. Allen J. Bard in 2011. After her doctoral studies, she conducted postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Prof. Shigeru Amemiya at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012, where she successfully imaged ion flux in a single nanopore aqueous environment using nano-resolved Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM). Her current research interests merge nanoscience, electrochemistry, and neuroscience, specifically studying neurotransmission in nanobiological structures within a single synaptic cleft. Her research program aims to interrogate the chemical and spatial-temporal heterogeneity of biomaterials using chemically-specific nanosensor probes, focusing on the development of multifunctional detection for neurotransmitters. She emphasizes the role of electroanalytical chemistry in neurobiology, particularly the study of non-redox active neurotransmitters, which are critical for memory health but remain largely unexplored due to the lack of suitable sensor probes for detection.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • Urbana, IL
Teaching and conducting research in the Department of Chemistry.
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