YU LEI
Ph.D. Chemical & Environmental Engineering, University of California-Riverside
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, China
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, China
Assistant Professor, Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering Department, University of Connecticut, Aug. 2006-present
Assistant Professor, Division of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Center of Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Dec. 2004-Aug. 2006
Biosensor/Bioanalysis/Nanosensor (NSF, USGS)
Bionanotechnology (NSF)
Bio/nano-materials (UConn Start-up)
Environmental Biotechnology (UConn Large Research Grant)
Biocatalyst (UConn Start-up)
GUEST EDITOR FOR JOURNAL
International Journal of Nanotechnology - Special Issue on Nanotechnology in Singapore. Volume 4, Issue 4, 2007
Guest Editors: XW Sun, ZL Dong and Yu Lei
NIH 2007, EPA 2007
TECHNICAL EXPERT PANEL
The Environmental and Water Industry Development Council (EWI), Singapore 2006-2007
Wang J.X., Sun X.W.; Cai X.P.; Yu Lei; Song L., and Xie S.S. Nonenzymatic glucose sensor using freestanding single-walled carbon nanotube films. 2007. Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters. 10 (5): J58-J60.
Yu Lei, Mulchandani P., Chen W., and Mulchandani A. Biosensor for direct determination of fenitrothion and EPN using recombinant Pseudomonas putida JS444 with surface expressed organophosphorus hydrolase. 2. Modified carbon paste electrode. 2007. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 136 (3): 243-250.
Cai X.P., Liu N.Y., Yu Lei, Zhang Q., Chan Mary B., Li C.M., Chen W., and Mulchandani A. Single-walled carbon nanotube based real-time organophosphate detector. 2007. Electroanalysis. 19: 616-619.
Wei A., Sun X.W., Wang J.X., Yu Lei, Cai X.P., Li C.M., Dong Z.L., Enzymatic glucose biosensor based on ZnO nanorods grown by hydrothermal decomposition. 2006. Appl. Phys. Lett. 89: 123902. (Featured in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology)
Wang, J.X., Sun, X.W., Wei, A., Yu Lei, Cai, X.P., Li, C.M., Dong, Z.L. Zinc oxide nanocomb biosensor for glucose detection. 2006. Appl. Phys. Lett. 88 (23): 233106. (Featured in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology)
Yu Lei, Chen W., and Mulchandani A. Microbial biosensors. 2006. Analytica Chimica Acta. 568 (1-2), 200-210.
Wanekaya AK, Yu Lei, Bekyarova E, Chen W, Haddon R, Mulchandani A, Myung NV. Fabrication and properties of conducting polypyrrole/SWNT-PABS composite films and nanotubes. 2006. Electroanalysis, 18 (11): 1047-1054.
Yu Lei, Mulchandani P., Chen W., Mulchadnai A. Biosensor for Direct Determination of Fenitrothion and EPN Using Recombinant Pseudomonas putida JS444 with Surface Expressed Organophosphorus Hydrolase. 1. Modified Clark Oxygen Electrode. 2006. Sensors 6 (4), 466-472.
Yu Lei, Mulchandani P., Chen W., Joseph Wang, Mulchandani A. Direct determination of p-nitrophenyl substituent organophosphorus nerve agents using a recombinant Pseudomonas putida JS444-modified Clark oxygen electrode. 2005. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 53 (3): 524-527.
Yu Lei, Mulchandani P., Mulchandani A., Chen W. Improved degradation of organophosphorus nerve agents and p-nitrophenol by Pseudomonas putida JS 444 with surface-expressed organophosphorus hydrolase. 2005. Biotechnology Progress, 21 (3): 678-681.
Mulchandani P., Carlos M. Hangarter, Yu Lei, Chen W., Mulchandani A. Amperometric microbial biosensor for p-nitrophenol using Moraxella sp.-modified carbon paste electrode. 2005. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 21, 525-527.
Yu Lei, Mulchandani P., Wang J., Chen W., Mulchandani A. Highly sensitive and selective amperometric microbial biosensor for direct determination of p-nitrophenyl-substituted organophosphate nerve agents. 2005. Environ. Sci. Tech. 39 (22), 8853-8857.
Yu Lei, Mulchandani P., Chen W., Joseph Wang, Mulchandani A. Whole cell-Enzyme hybrid amperometric biosensor for direct determination organophosphorous nerve agents. 2004. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 85 (7), 706-713.
Yu Lei, Mulchandani P., Chen W., Joseph Wang, Mulchandani A. Arthrobacter sp. JS 443-based Whole Cell Amperometric Biosensor for p-nitrophenol. 2004. Electroanalysis, 16 (24): 2030-2034.
Yu Lei, Mulchandani P., Chen W., Joseph Wang, Mulchandani A. A Microbial biosensor for p-nitrophenol using Arthrobacter sp. 2003. Electroanalysis, 15 (14): 1160-1164.
Mulchandani P., Yu Lei, Chen W., Joseph Wang, Mulchandani A. Microbial biosensor for p-nitrophenol using Moraxella sp. 2002. Analytica Chimica Acta, 470 (1): 79-86.
Wenzhao Jia, Yu Lei. Novel large-scale production of genetically engineered elastin-like-biopolymer and endotoxin-binding peptide fusion for neutralization of endotoxin. American Chemical Society 2007
Yu Lei, Ningyi Liu, Xianpeng Cai, Qing Zhang, Mary Chan. Real-time nitrophenol detection using single-walled carbon nanotube sensors. American Chemical Society 2007
Yu Lei. Bioremediation and Biosensors. Bowling Green State University, OH. 2007
Wenzhao Jia, Eliot T Reitz and Yu Lei. Biosensor for heavy metals using hydrothermally grown ZnO nanorod and metal-binding peptide. NSTI Nanotech 2007
Yu Lei, Liu N.Y., Cai X.P., Zhang Q., Li C.M. and Mary Chan, Wilfred Chen, Ashok Mulchandani. Real-time detection of organophosphorus pesticides using carbon nanotube-based, field-effect transistor. American Chemical Society 2007
Yu Lei, Jian-Shan Ye, Fwu-Shan Sheu, Wei De Zhang, Wilfred Chen, Ashok Mulchandani. Determination of organophosphorus nerve agents using vertically-aligned MWNT and organophosphorus hydrolase. American Chemical Society 2006
Xianpeng Cai, Ang Wei, Xiaowei Sun and Yu Lei. Biosensor for organophosphorus pesticides using hydrothermally grown ZnO nanotubes and organophosphorus hydrolase. American Chemical Society 2006
Ashok Mulchandani, Wilfred Chen, Yu Lei, Priti Mulchandani. Direct determination of organophosphorus nerve agents using genetically engineered Pseudomonas putida JS444 with surface-expressed organophosphorus hydrolase-modified carbon paste electrode. American Chemical Society 2005
Rohini Produtur, Yu Lei, Wilfred Chen, Marc Deshusses, Ashok Mulchandani. Simultaneous degradation of organophosphorus compounds and p-nitrophenol using immobilized Pseudomonas putida JS444 with surface-expressed organophosphorus hydrolase. American Chemical Society 2005
Mulchandani A., Chen W., Yu Lei, Mulchandani P. Direct determination of organophosphorus nerve agents using genetically engineered Pseudomonas putida JS 444 with surface-expressed organophosphorus hydrolase-modified carbon paste electrode. American Chemical Society 2005
Yu Lei, Mulchandani P., Chen W., Wang J., Mulchandani A. Microbial amperometric biosensor for organophosphorus nerve agents with p-nitrophenyl substituent. Pittcon 2004.
Yu Lei, Mulchandani P., Chen W., Wang J., Mulchandani A. Whole cell amperometric biosensor for organophosphorus nerve agents. American Chemical Society 2004.
Yu Lei, Mulchandani P., Chen W., Wang J., Mulchandani A. Whole cell-Enzyme hybrid amperometric biosensor for Organophosphorous nerve agents, American Chemical Society 2003.
Yu Lei, Mulchandani P., Chen W., Mulchandani A. Biosensors for direct determination of organophosphorous nerve agents, American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2003.
Mulchandani P., Yu Lei, Chen W., Mulchandani A. Amperometric whole cell biosensor for p-nitrophenol, The 7th World Congress on Biosensors 2002.
Mulchandani P., Yu Lei, Chen W., Mulchandani A. Whole cell biosensor for Determination of p-nitrophenol and Organophosphate pesticides, American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2001.
REVIEWER FOR INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
Langmuir, Talanta, Nanotechnology, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Biomacromolecules, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry
Environmental Science and Technology, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Electroanalysis, Analytical Chemistry,
Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical
NSF Grant
USGS Grant
UConn Large Research Grant
NanoCluster/NTU seed fund 2005
University of California-Riverside Graduate Research Award 2004
University of California-Riverside Dissertation Research Grant 2004
University of California-Riverside Mini-Travel Grant 2003, 2004
The Best Presentation of the Third Annual Graduate Student Seminar, Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California-Riverside 2003
Distinguished Chancellor Fellowship, University of California-Riverside 2000-2002
Excellent Graduate Student of Sichuan Province, China 1996
Guanghua scholarship, China 1993-1996
Undergraduate Scholarships, China 1990-1993
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