Graphene – a one atom thin material – has the potential to act as a sensor, primarily the surface and the edges of graphene. Gregory Schneider aims at exploring new chemical and biological sensing routes by exploiting the unique surface and edge chemistry of graphene.

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Curriculum Vitae

Personal information

Nationality:   French
Date of birth:   3 May 1978

Education

2005   PhD, Institute Charles Sadron, University of Strasbourg, France, 6 December 2005 (cum laude)
Thesis title: ‘Functionalization of gold nanoparticle for biomedical use’
Advisor: Prof. G. Decher
2002   MSc in Chemistry and Physics of Polymers, Materials and Surfaces, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Strasbourg, France

Current and previous research positions

2013 - now     Tenure track Assistant Professor, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University
2009 - 2013   Postdoctoral researcher, Delft University of Technology, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Department of Bionanoscience (Prof. Dr. C. Dekker)
2006 - 2009   Postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Prof. Whitesides)

Grants, awards, recognitions since 2010

2014   EU ERC Starting Grant (k€ 1,500)
2014   NWO-CW Vidi Grant (k€ 800)
2014   Huygens fellowship for a LIC-LION joined PhD student
2013   EU KBBE DECATHLON (co-applicant, k€ 110)

Contribution to teaching and supervision

• Course for MSc Chemistry/Life Science and Technology at Leiden University: Bionanotechnology

Current group composed of 8 PhD students, 4 postdoctoral fellows (1 Veni fellow, 2 SNSF fellows) and 4 interns.

Other responsibilities since 2010

• Guest editor of three peer-reviewed journal: MDPI Biosensors, MDPI Sensors, Flatchem
• Reviewer for Nature Communication, Angewandte Chemie, Journal of the American Chemical Society, APL, Nano Letters, Biosensors and Bioelectronic, IEEE Nanotechnology, ACS Physical Chemistry
• Editor for Pan Stanford Publishing

Publication record including five recent representative publications

38 publications with >2700 citations, H-index 19 (Web of Science): Google Scholar, or Leiden University

• Lima L., Fu W., Jiang L., Schneider G.F., Graphene-stabilized lipid monolayer heterostructures: a novel biomembrane superstructure. Nanoscale. 2016, in press, cover.
• Fu W., Jiang L., Geest E. van, Lima L., Schneider G.F., Biochemical sensing with graphene surfaces. Advanced Materials. 2016, in press.
• Arjmandi-Tash H., Belyaeva L., Schneider G.F., Single molecule detection with graphene and other two-dimensional materials: nanopores and beyond. Chemical Society Reviews, 2016, 45, 476-493.
• Schneider G.F., Dekker C., DNA sequencing with nanopores. Nature Biotechnology, 2012, 30, 326-328.
• Schneider G.F., Kowalcyk S.K., Calado V.E., Pandraud G., Zandbergen H., Vandersypen L.M.K., Dekker C., DNA translocation through graphene nanopores. Nano Lett. 2010, 10, 3163-3167.

Presentations including five presentations at international conferences since 2010

• 2011: March, EU Commission, Graphene 2020, Invited by Marcin Sadowski, Graphene nanopores for DNA sequencing; May, TU Delft, Department of Chemical Engineering, Invited by Prof. Michiel Kreutzer, Graphene bionanoscience and engineering: Toward single molecule DNA sequencing; July, NT11 graphene satellite meeting on graphene applications, Invited by the Nobel Laureate of Physics 2010, Prof. Kostya Novoselov, Toward single molecule DNA sequencing with graphene; 2011, September, Utrecht University, Invited by Prof. Albert Philipse, Opportunities for graphene in colloidal chemistry
• 2012: June, Graphene week, Invited by LMK Vandersypen, Graphene bionanoscience: towards the detection of single-stranded DNA in crystalline graphene nanopore; September, GraphEL conference, Mykonos, GR (plenary, conference opening), Invited by Prof. Costas Galiolis, Graphene bionanoscience and engineering: detecting DNA with graphene; October, University of Mons, BE, Invited by Prof. Carla Bittencourt, Chemistry and graphene: what are the new opportunities?
• 2014: April, NanoTP conference, Nantes, FR, Invited by Prof. Chris Ewels, Graphene nanopores and biointerfaces: Sequencing biomolecules with graphene?; June, Graphene week, Gottenburg, SE (contributing), Tailoring the hydrophobicity of graphene; September, GRD-I Graphene nanotubes, Strasbourg, FR, Invited by Prof. Annick Loiseau, Graphene sensors: chemistry matters; October, IUMRS, Haikou, CN (keynote), Invited by Prof. Wang, Single molecule detection with graphene: Nanopore and beyond
• 2015: May, Noordwijk, RME Rapid methods, Invited by Dr. Kok, Graphene a next generation sequencing material?; October: NanoBioMed, Barcelona, SP, Invited by Prof. Correia, Single molecule graphene biosensors: chemistry matters; November: Science meets business, Leiden, NL, Next generation sequencing with graphene; November, TechTalks Biomaterials, Leiden, NL, Is graphene a biomaterial? November, RAFA conference, Prague, CZ, Focus session on DNA analysis; December, GRDI Graphene and carbon nanotubes, Grenoble, FR, Invited by Prof. Bouchiat Sensing with graphene beyond the Debye screening length
• 2016: October, ICLON, Leiden, “Quantum chemistry in water”; November, Rapid Methods Europe (RME), Amsterdam, NL, Invited by Dr. Kok, Zero depth pore nanocapillary: thinner than graphene; November, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes RTC 2016, Chemical nanotechnology in Leiden: DNA sequencing with graphene, invited by Prof. Noiret; December, 2nd global conference on Nanotechnology, Las Vegas, USA, Opportunities in nanopore technologies for DNA sequencing applications, Invited by Dr. Sekha

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