2026
56. Amplification of RNA for identification of Zika and HCV in whole blood
Jongwon Lim, Hankeun Lee, Matthew Wester, Katherine Koprowski, An Bao Van, Enrique Valera, Brian T. Cunningham, Rashid Bashir. Science Advances, (2026), 12, eaeb6129
55. Introducing Bioengineering to Non-Majors: An Active Learning Model for Interdisciplinary STEM Engagement
Caroline Cvetkovic, Enrique Valera, Andy Granados, Holly M Golecki. 2026 ASEE Annual Conference, NC. Paper ID #53855
54. Rapid diagnosis of sepsis and bloodstream infections
Matthew Wester, Jongwon Lim, Mohammadreza Ghaderinia, Katherine Koprowski, An Bao Van, John Heredia, Karen White, James Kumar, Enrique Valera, Rashid Bashir. Nature Reviews Bioengineering, (2026), 4, 756-777
53. Amplification-free dual-blocking autocatalytic CRISPR-Cascade for attomolar DNA detection with low nonspecific signal
Jongwon Lim, An Bao Van, Matthew Wester, Katherine Koprowski, Matthew Wester, Enrique Valera, Rashid Bashir. PNAS, (2026), 123 (21) e2537414123
52. Advances in muscle-driven biohybrid robots: electrical, optical and neuromuscular junction-based stimulations
Woong Kim, Hyegi Min, Katy Wolhaupter, Yikang Xu, Enrique Valera, Rashid Bashir. Interface Focus, (2026), 16, 1, 20250052
51. Gram Typing Bacteria Panels in Whole Blood Using a Biphasic Duplex-Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay
Katherine Koprowski, Jongwon Lim, An Bao Van, Matthew Wester, Tessa Waldhoff, Karen White, James Kumar, Enrique Valera*, Rashid Bashir. ACS Sensors, (2026), 11, 3, 2366–2375. *Co-corresponding author
2025
50. Review on Biphasic Blood Drying Method for Rapid Pathogen Detection in Bloodstream Infections
Jongwon Lim, Katherine Koprowski, Matthew Wester, Enrique Valera*, Rashid Bashir. SLAS Technology, (2025), 32, 100276. *Co-corresponding author
49. Amplification-free, OR-gated CRISPR-Cascade reaction for pathogen detection in blood samples
Jongwon Lim, Katherine Koprowski, Matthew Wester, Enrique Valera*, Rashid Bashir. SLAS Technology, (2025), 32, 100276. *Co-corresponding author
48. Multi-modal biosensing enabled by on-chip nano-corrugated graphene
Nik Humaidi Nik Zulkarnine, Vahid Faramarzi, Siyuan Huang, Narendhar Chandrasekar, Ramaswamy Sandeep Perala, Ju Seong Park, Katherine Koprowski, Sihan Chen, Yue Zhang, Sriya Darsi, Maher Adoni, Alicia Y. Kim, Jun Baek, Enrique Valera, Jaechul Ryu, Arend M. van der Zande, Myung Jong Kim, Insu Park, Rashid Bashir, Michael Taeyoung Hwang. Device, (2025), 3, 100572
2024
47. On the design and fabrication of nanoliter-volume hanging drop networks
Matthew Wester, Jongwon Lim, Liliana Khaertdinova, Sriya Darsi, Neel Donthamsetti, Glennys Mensing, George Vasmatzis, Panos Anastasiadis, Enrique Valera, Rashid Bashir. Microsystems & Nanoengineering, (2024), 10, 147
46. Point-of-Care Multiplex Detection of Respiratory Viruses
Jongwon Lim, Katherine Koprowski, Robert Stavins, Nhat Xuan, Trung-Hieu Hoang, Janice Baek, Victoria Kindratenko, Liliana Khaertdinova, Alicia Yeun Kim, Minh Do, William P. King, Enrique Valera*, Rashid Bashir. ACS Sensors, (2024), 9, 8, 4058–4068. *Co-corresponding author
45. Dried Blood Matrix as a New Material for the Detection of DNA Viruses
Jongwon Lim, Joanne Hwang, Hyegi Min, Matthew Wester, Chansong Kim, Enrique Valera, Hyun Joon Kong, Rashid Bashir. Advanced Healthcare Materials, (2024), 2402506), 10, 147
44. Current smartphone-assisted point-of-care cancer detection: Towards supporting personalized cancer monitoring
Linh Thi Phuong, Anh Hoang Quan Nguyen, Le Minh Tu Phan, Hien Thi Thanh Ngo, Xing Wang, Brian Cunningham, Enrique Valera, Rashid Bashir, Andrew W. Taylor-Robinson, Cuong Danh Do. Trends in Analytical Chemistry, (2024), 174117681
43. Multiplexed Electrical Detection of Whole Viruses from Plasma in a Microfluidic Platform
Aaron Jankelow, Chih-Lin Chen, Thomas W. Cowell, Javier Espinosa de los Monteros, Zheng Bian, Victoria Kindratenko, Katherine Koprowski Sriya Darsi, Hee-Sun Han, Enrique Valera*, Rashid Bashir. Analyst, (2024), 149, 1190-1201. *Co-corresponding author
2023
42. A blood drying process for DNA amplification
Jongwon Lim, Shuaizhen Zhou, Janice Baek, Alicia Yeaeun Kim, Enrique Valera, Jonathan Sweedler, Rashid Bashir. Small, (2023), 2307959
41. Electrochemical point-of-care devices for the diagnosis of sepsis
Enrique Valera*, Victoria Kindratenko, Aaron M. Jankelow, John Heredia, Alicia Y. Kim, Thomas W. Cowell, Chih-Lin Chen, Karen White, Hee-Sun Han, Rashid Bashir. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, (2023), 101300. *Co-corresponding author
40. Persistent luminescence Zn2GeO4:Mn2+ nanoparticles functionalized with polyacrylic acid: One-pot synthesis and biosensing applications
Roxana M. Calderón-Olvera, Encarnación Arroyo, Aaron M. Jankelow, Rashid Bashir, Enrique Valera, Manuel Ocaña, Ana Isabel Becerro. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, (2023), 15, 17, 20613–20624
2022
39. A culture-free biphasic approach for sensitive and rapid detection of pathogens in dried whole-blood matrix
A. Ganguli, J. Lim, A. Mostafa, C. Saavedra, A. Rayabharam, N.R. Aluru, M. Wester, K.C. White, J. Kumar, R. McGuffin, A. Frederick, Enrique Valera, Rashid Bashir. PNAS, (2022), 119 (40), e2209607119
38. Smartphone clip-on instrument and microfluidic processor for rapid sample-to-answer detection of Zika virus in whole blood using spatial RT-LAMP
Aaron M. Jankelow, Hankeun Lee, Weijing Wang, Trung-Hieu Hoang, Amanda Bacon, Fu Sun, Seol Chae, Victoria Kindratenko, Katherine Koprowski, Robert A. Stavins, Dylann D. Ceriani, Zachary W. Engelder, William P. King, Minh N. Do, Rashid Bashir, Enrique Valera*, Brian T. Cunningham. Analyst, (2022), 147, 3838-3853. *Co-corresponding author. Front Cover Image
37. Mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission at a Large Public University
D.R.E.Ranoa, R.L.Holland, F.G.Alnaji, K.J.Green, L.Wang, R.L.Fredrickson, T.Wang, G.N.Wong, J.Uelmen, S.Maslov, A.Elbanna, Z.J.Weiner, A.V.Tkachenko, H.Zhang, Z.Liu, S.J.Patel, J.M.Paul, N.P.Vance, J.G.Gulick, S.P.Satheesan, I.J.Galvan, A.Miller, J.Grohens, T.J.Nelson, M.P.Stevens, P.M.Hennessy, R.C.ParkerJr, E.Santos, C.Brackett, J.D.Steinman, M.R.FennerJr, K.Dohrer, K.Wagenecht, M.DeLorenzo, L.Wilhelm-Barr, B.R.Brauer, C.Best-Popescu, G.Durack, N.Wetter, D.M.Kranz, J.Breitbarth, C.Simpson, J.A.Pryde, R.N.Kaler, C.Harris, A.C.Vance, J.L.Silotto, M.Johnson, Enrique Valera, P.K.Anton, L.Mwilambwe, S.P.Bryan, D.S.Stone, D.B.Young, W.E.Ward, J.Lantz, J.A.Vozenilek, R. Bashir, J.S.Moore, M.Garg, J.C.Cooper, G.Snyder, M.H.Lore, D.L.Yocum, N.J.Cohen, J.E.Novakofski, M.J.Loots, R.L.Ballard, M.Band, K.M.Banks, J.D.Barnes, I.Bentea, J.Black, J.Busch, H.Christensen, A.Conte, M.Conte, M.Curry, J.Eardley, A.Edwards, T.Eggett, J. Fleurimont, D.Foster, B.W.Fouke, N.Gallagher, N.Gastala, S.A.Genung, D.Glueck, B.Gray, A.Greta, R.M.Healy, A.Hetrick, A.A.Holterman, N.Ismail, I.Jasenof, P.Kelly, A.Kielbasa, T.Kiesel, L.M.Kindle, R.L.Lipking, Y.C.Manabe, J.Mayes, R.McGuffin, K.G.McHenry, A.Mirza, J.Moseley, H.H.Mostafa, M.Mumford, K.Munoz, A.D.Murray, M.Nolan, N.A.Parikh, A.Pekosz, J.Pflugmacher, J.M.Phillips, C.Pitts, M.C.Potter, J.Quisenberry, J.Rear, M.L.Robinson, E.Rosillo, L.N.Rye, M.Sherwood, A.Simon, J.M.Singson, C.Skadden, T.H.Skelton, C.Smith, M.Stech, R.Thomas, M.A.Tomaszewski, E.A.Tyburski, S.Vanwingerden, E.Vlach, R.S.Watkins, K.Watson, K.C.White, T.L.Killeen, R.J.Jones, A.C.Cangellaris, S.A.Martinis, A.Vaid, C.B.Brooke, J.T.Walsh, W.C.Sullivan, R.L.Smith, N.D.Goldenfeld, T.M.Fan, P.J.Hergenrother, M.D.Burke. Nat. Comm. (2022), 13, 3207
36. Microfluidic point-of-care device for detection of early strains and B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus
Jongwon Lim, Robert Stavins, Victoria Kindratenko, Janice Baek, Leyi Wang, Karen White, James Kumar, Enrique Valera*, William Paul King, Rashid Bashir. Lab Chip, (2022), 22, 1297-1309. *Co-corresponding author. Back Cover Image
35. Overcoming the limitations of COVID-19 diagnostics with nanostructures, nucleic acid engineering, and additive manufacturing
Nantao Li, Bin Zhao, Robert Stavins, Ana Sol Peinetti, Neha Chauhan, Rashid Bashir, Brian T Cunningham, William P King, Yi Lu, Xing Wang, Enrique Valera*. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 26 (2022), 100966. * Corresponding author
34. Spatial mapping of cancer tissues by OMICS technologies
Rashid Ahmed, Robin Augustine, Enrique Valera, Anurup Ganguli, Nasrin Mesaeli, Irfan S. Ahmad, Rashid Bashir, Anwarul Hasan. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – Reviews on Cancer, 1877 (2022), 188663
2021
33. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Virus Amplification Using a Crumpled Graphene Field-effect Transistor Biosensor
Insu Park, Jongwon Lim, Seungyong You, Michael Taeyoung Hwang, Jaehong Kwon, Katherine Koprowski, Sungdae Kim, John Heredia, Sarah A. Stewart de Ramirez, Enrique Valera*, Rashid Bashir. ACS Sensors (2021), 6(12), 4461-4470. * Co-corresponding author
32. Label-free SARS-CoV-2 detection and classification using phase imaging with computational specificity
Neha Goswami, Yuchen R. He, Yu-Heng Deng, Chamteut Oh, Nahil Sobh, Enrique Valera, Rashid Bashir, Nahed Ismail, Hyunjoon Kong, Thanh H. Nguyen, Catherine Best-Popescu, Gabriel Popescu. Light: Science & Applications, 10 (2021), 176
31. Portable Pathogen Diagnostics Using Microfluidic Cartridges Made from Continuous Liquid Interface Production Additive Manufacturing
Jacob Berger, Mehmet Y. Aydin, Robert Stavins, John Heredia, Ariana Mostafa, Anurup Ganguli, Enrique Valera, Rashid Bashir, William P. King. Analytical Chemistry, 93 (29), (2021), 10048–10055
30. COVID-19 Point-of-Care Diagnostics: Present and Future
Enrique Valera*, Aaron Jankelow, Jongwon Lim, Victoria Kindratenko, Anurup Ganguli, Karen White, James Kumar, Rashid Bashir. ACS Nano, 15 (5), (2021), 7899-7906. * Co-corresponding author
29. Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Ultrasensitive Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Saliva and Viral Transport Medium Clinical Samples
Anurup Ganguli, Ariana Mostafa, Jacob Berger, Jongwon Lim, Elbashir Araud, Janice Baek, Sarah A. Stewart de Ramirez, Ali Baltaji, Kelly Roth, Muhammad Aamir, Surya Aedma, Mohamed Mady, Pranav Mahajan, Sanjivani Sathe, Mark Johnson, Karen White, James Kumar, Enrique Valera, Rashid Bashir. Analytical Chemistry, 93 (22), (2021), 7797-7807
28. Diagnostic and prognostic capabilities of a biomarker and EMR‐based machine learning algorithm for sepsis
Ishan Taneja, Gregory L. Damhorst, Carlos Lopez‐Espina, Sihai Dave Zhao, Ruoqing Zhu, Shah Khan, Karen White, James Kumar, Andrew Vincent, Leon Yeh, Shirin Majdizadeh, William Weir, Scott Isbell, James Skinner, Manubolo Devanand, Syed Azharuddin, Rajamurugan Meenakshisundaram, Riddhi Upadhyay, Anwaruddin Syed, Thomas Bauman, Joseph Devito, Charles Heinzmann, Gregory Podolej, Lanxin Shen, Sanjay Sharma Timilsina, Lucas Quinlan, Setareh Manafirasi, Enrique Valera, Bobby Reddy Jr, Rashid Bashir. Clinical and Translational Science (2021), 00:1-12
2020
27. Rapid isothermal amplification and portable detection system for SARS-CoV-2
Anurup Ganguli, Ariana Mostafa, Jacob Berger, Mehmet Y. Aydin, Fu Sun, Sarah A. Stewart de Ramirez, Enrique Valera, Brian T. Cunningham, William P. King, Rashid Bashir. PNAS, 117 (37), (2020), 22727-22735
26. Rapid, Multiplexed Detection of Biomolecules using Electrically Distinct Hydrogel Beads
Thomas W Cowell, Enrique Valera*, Aaron Jankelow, Joonhyuck Park, Alex W. Schrader, Ruihua Ding, Jacob Berger, Rashid Bashir, Hee Sun Han. Lab on a chip, 20, (2020), 2274-2283. Inside front cover. * Co-first author
25. Simultaneous Electrical Detection of IL-6 and PCT using a Microfluidic Biochip Platform
Jacob Berger, Enrique Valera, Aaron Jankelow, Carlos García, Manik Akhand, John Heredia, Tanmay Ghonge, Cynthia Liu, Victor Font-Bartumeus, Gina Oshana, Justin Tiao, Rashid Bashir. Biomedical Microdevices, 22:36, (2020)
2019
24. Smartphone-imaged microfluidic biochip for measuring CD64 expression from whole blood
Tanmay Ghonge, Hatice Ceylan Koydemir, Enrique Valera, Jacob Berger, Carlos Garcia, Noshin Nawar, Justin Tiao, Gregory L. Damhorst, Anurup Ganguli, Umer Hassan, Aydogan Ozcan, Rashid Bashir, Analyst, 144, (2019) 3925-3935. Front Cover Image
23. Electrochemical nanoprobe-based immunosensor for deoxynivalenol mycotoxin residues analysis in wheat samples
Enrique Valera, Raül García-Febrero, Christopher T. Elliott, Francisco Sánchez-Baeza, M.-P. Marco, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 411, (2019) 1915-1926
22. Precision immunoprofiling to reveal diagnostic signatures for latent tuberculosis infection and reactivation risk stratification
Heather M. Robison, Patricio Escalante, Enrique Valera, Courtney L Erskine, Loretta Auvil, Humberto C. Sasieta, Colleen Bushell, Michael Welge, Ryan C Bailey. Integrative Biology, 11(1), (2019) 16–25