Artavazd Badalyan, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Montgomery Hall, Room 217
P.O. Box 43700
Lafayette, LA 70504
Email: artavazd.badalyan@louisiana.edu
Group website: https://artavazdbadalyan.weebly.com/
Education:
Ph.D. Analytical Biochemistry (2013)
University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Advisor: Professor Ulla Wollenberger
Thesis: Bioelectrochemistry of Molybdenum Hydroxylases: PaoABC-aldehyde oxidoreductase from E. coli and xanthine dehydrogenase from R. capsulatus
Diploma in Chemistry (2008)
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Advisor: Professor Ilya Kurochkin
Thesis: The study of the interaction between enzymes and polyelectrolytes with non-linear architecture in the construction of choline oxidase and tyrosinase biosensors
Professional Appointments:
Assistant Professor (2023-current)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
Research Assistant Professor (2021-2023)
Utah State University, Logan, UT
The PCR-free biosensor for RNA detection.
Postdoctoral Fellow (2018-2021)
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Advisor: Professor Lance C. Seefeldt
Nitrogenase photo- and electrocatalysis and mechanistic studies
Project Leader (2017)
Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck, Germany
Technology & IP – Electrochemical Sensors
Electrochemical gas sensors for alcohol
Postdoctoral Research Associate (2014-2016)
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Advisor: Professor Shannon S. Stahl
Electrochemical alcohol oxidation, electrosynthesis
Research Interests:
The research in Badalyan lab focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of the biohybrid and bioinspired catalytic systems with novel properties that will have broad implications for selective environmental and biomedical sensors and chemical conversion and energy efforts. In addition, we study the properties of newly discovered CRISPR-Cas-nucleases and apply them for easy-to-use and ultrasensitive biosensors detecting viruses. Thus, our research allows students to gain and use their knowledge in biochemistry, biological and chemical catalysis, electrochemistry, and sensor development and learn modern electrochemical and spectroscopic techniques.