{"id":488,"date":"2014-10-08T14:44:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T18:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chemistry.cos.ucf.edu\/nbel\/?page_id=488"},"modified":"2024-07-10T15:02:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T19:02:57","slug":"researchers-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/nbel\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Karin Chumbimuni-Torres<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Associate Professor<\/p>\n

Office: PSB 203<\/p>\n

Lab: PSB 202<\/p>\n

Phone: 407-823-2230<\/p>\n

Email: Karin.ChumbimuniTorres@ucf.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Biography<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dr. Karin Y. Chumbimuni-Torres<\/strong> is an Associate Professor in the Chemistry Department. A native of Peru, she earned her Master\u2019s and Doctoral degrees at the University of Campinas, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil. During her graduate studies, she worked at Auburn University in Alabama. After graduating, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University and at the University of California in San Diego. During that time, she also worked at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. Before moving to UCF, she was research associated at University of Texas at San Antonio.<\/p>\n

Her research interests focus on the understanding, characterization, and development of chemical sensors’ biological applications. Analytes of interest are biological ions and biomolecules such as microRNAs, RNA, and DNA. In this direction, her lab aims to integrate ultra-sensitive sensors into microchip platforms. Her group is also interested in studying the interactions at the interface of biomolecules and nanomaterials, the synthesis of nanoparticles, nanostructures, photoactive compounds, and the development of biocompatible materials for analytical devices. Her lab\u2019s research interests have been extended to creation of optical sensors that can be controlled using visible light for biomedical applications.<\/p>\n

Dr. Chumbimuni-Torres was funded by various federal agencies such as the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Health, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Florida Department of Health, and Powers of America, among others. She holds various honors and awards, such as Fulbright Scholar, Outstanding Educator at Research Institution by the American Chemical Society-Orlando section, Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at College and University level, Teaching and Research Incentive Awards, Life and faculty of excellence award for \u201cPositively transforming the lives of students\u201d, among others.<\/p>\n

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Post Doctorals<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Graduate Students<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Julio Hector Ojeda Velarde<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Carlos Rodrigo Salazar Gallupe<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: The development of ion selective electrodes (ISE) using paper and plastic as a substrate.
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Undergraduate Students<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

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Thais Ortiz Rodriguez<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Development of virus detection techniques. Currently, the project is focused on designing NASBA primers targeting various serotypes (1-4) of the dengue virus and their respective distinct genotypes.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1256″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Cynthia Castro<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Nucleic Acid Sequence based amplification methods to be applied to biosensor technology, current projects are focused on optimizing the amplification steps used to prepare samples for detection.
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Skylar Scott<\/h3>\n

Research: Detection of biomarkers for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Current project focused on developing molecular imprinted polymers for the detection of Dopamine.<\/p>\n

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Parth Patel<\/h3>\n

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Stephanie Armas<\/h3>\n

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Mohammad Rostampour<\/h3>\n

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Dawn Mills<\/h3>\n

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Renan Gongora<\/h3>\n

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Valentine K. Johns<\/h3>\n

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Marcos Foguel<\/h3>\n

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Ali Hahighat Mesbahi<\/h3>\n

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Past Undergraduate<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Cody Autrey<\/h3>\n

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Tiffany Trieu<\/h3>\n

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Justin Moore<\/h3>\n

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Christopher Martin<\/h3>\n

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Juan Arias<\/h3>\n

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Andrea Bances-Monard<\/h3>\n

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Enrique Blanco<\/h3>\n

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Michelle Rich<\/h3>\n

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Wynstona Louis<\/h3>\n

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Samantha Mensah<\/h3>\n

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Jeffer Pinzon<\/h3>\n

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Courtney Hulce<\/h3>\n

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Andrew Manhan<\/h3>\n

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Kathryne Young<\/h3>\n

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Kamry Samuel<\/h3>\n

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Olivia Younce<\/h3>\n

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Jimmy Boone<\/h3>\n

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Gesca Borchardt<\/h3>\n

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Shelly Hassett<\/h3>\n

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Tremain Korley<\/h3>\n

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Angelica Elsen<\/h3>\n

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Christopher Castro-Maymi<\/h3>\n

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Angelica Balcarcel<\/h3>\n

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