个人简介

PhD 2010 University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada Specialist Diploma (Honors) 2003 Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus Before joining the University of Akron Alex was a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Allen J. Bard at the University of Texas at Austin (2011-2014). In Saskatchewan Alex worked under the supervision of Andrzej S. Baranski.

研究领域

Analytical Chemistry

The research in our laboratory can be summarized by the following topics: 1) Electroanalytical methods of detection of ultra-low concentrations of various analytes including both hard (metal, polymer) and soft (emulsion) nanoparticles, as well as biological macromolecules 2) Electrokinetic phenomena: dielectrophoresis, electrothermal fluid flow, electrophoretic migration 3) Scanning electrochemical microscopy using ac polarized microelectrodes 4) Numerical simulations with COMSOL Multiphysics The long term goal of this research is to achieve single molecule detection using electrochemical methods. In regards to this, methods of stochastic electrochemistry offer an exceptional sensitivity; however, as of now they lack the specificity of detection. In the nearest future our research efforts will be directed towards resolving the specificity problems, as well as improving further the limits of detection. We are interested in the analysis of a wide group of analytes including bacteria, viruses and macromolecules, many of which are important in medicine and national defense.

近期论文

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Kim, B.-K.; Boika, A.; Kim, J.; Dick, J.E.; Bard, A.J. Characterizing Emulsions by Observation of Single Droplet Collisions – Attoliter Electrochemical Reactors. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014, 136, 4849-4852. Zhao, H.; Chang, J.; Boika, A.; Bard, A.J. Electrochemistry of High Concentrations of Copper Chloride Complexes. Analytical Chemistry 2013, 85, 7696-7703. Park, J.H.; Boika, A.; Park, H.S.; Lee, H.C.; Bard, A.J. Single Collision Events of Conductive Nanoparticles Driven by Migration. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2013, 117, 6651-6657. Boika, A.; Thorgaard, S.N.; Bard, A.J. Monitoring the Electrophoretic Migration and Adsorption of Single Insulating Nanoparticles at Ultramicroelectrodes. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2013, 117, 4371–4380. Baranski, A.S.; Boika, A. Ultrahigh Frequency Voltammetry: Effect of Electrode Material and Frequency of Alternating Potential Modulation on Mass Transport at Hot-Disk Microelectrodes. Analytical Chemistry 2012, 84, 1353-1359. Boika, A.; Baranski, A.S. Numerical Simulations of Phenomena Observed at Hot Microelectrodes: Inlaid Microdisk. Electrochimica Acta 2011, 56, 7288-7297. Baranski, A.S.; Boika, A. Effect of Large-Amplitude Alternating Current Modulation on Apparent Reversibility of Electrode Processes. Analytical Chemistry 2010, 82, 8137-8145. Boika, A.; Baranski, A.S. Dielectrophoretic and Electrothermal Effects at Alternating Current Heated Disk Microelectrodes. Analytical Chemistry 2008, 80, 7392-7400. Grinshpan, D.D.; Nevar, T.N.; Savitskaya, T.A.; Boika, A.V.; Kapralov, N.V.; Sholomitskaya, I.A. Comparison of Acid-Neutralizing Properties of Anti-Acid Preparations of Various Compositions. Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal 2008, 42, 400-404. Kapralov, N.V.; Sholomitskaya, I.A.; Grinshpan, D.D.; Nevar, T.N.; Savitskaya, T.A.; Boika, A.V. Study of Acid Neutralizing Efficacy of Antacids in vitro. Experimental and Clinical Gastroenterology (in Russian) 2008, 44-48.