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	Omowunmi (Wunmi) Sadik Professor of Bioanalytical, Materials  & Environmental Chemistry Director, Graduate Studies in Chemistry Director, Center for Advanced Sensors & Environmental Systems (CASE) Nanotechnology Editor, Journal of Environmental Monitoring (Royal Society of Chemistry) Announcing upcoming meetings (2011)... Gordon Research Conferences on Environmental Nanotechnology
	CONTACT INFORMATION: Department of Chemistry State University of New York at Binghamton Binghamton, NY 13902 e-mail: osadik@binghamton.edu Phone: (607) 777-4132 Fax: (607) 777-4478 Lab: (607) 777-6392

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Sabbatical, Harvard University (2003) Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Cornell University, (2002) Visiting Research Scientist, Naval Research Laboratories (2001) NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, US-Environmental Protection Agency Ph.D., University of Wollongong, Australia AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS NSF Discovery Corps Senior Fellow (2005-2006) Fellow, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University (2003-2004) Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer (2003) Outstanding Inventor (2002) Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research  (2001). NRC COBASE Fellow (2000)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The Research Group of Dr. Sadik consists of graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and visiting scholars. Our research interests lie in the area of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Materials and Environmental Chemistry. In Bioanalytical Chemistry, we are working at the interface between Analytical Chemistry and Molecular Bioelectronics. More specifically, our group employs antibodies, cells, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and enzymes to design new assays and biosensors based on electrochemical, piezoelectric and optical techniques that find application in the biomedical and environmental fields. Additional research involves a series of engineered nanomaterials and natural phenolic estrogens for their ability to affect the viability and proliferation of mammalian cells. To assess and distinguish the cytotoxic effect of individual estrogens we are using both MTT tetrazolium spectrophotometric method and Fluorescence assay, while the induction of the cell-specific apoptotic process is being examined by fluorescence microscopy after treatment of cells with fluorescent dyes. Our Group has extensive expertise in interfacial reaction at metal-metal surfaces using electroless plating. We have specifically studied the mechanism of electroless gold, nickel and cobalt. We employ a combination of surface, structural and morphological techniques to monitor the interfacial reactivity and plating rates, including electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and X-ray photoelectron (XPS) analysis. We have also developed EQCM based mass sensor arrays for correlating the bath chemistry with the overall plating quality on industrial wirebond samples. More recently, our group has also focused on the design and fabrication of U-PAC devices involving a biosensor and a completely automated sampling system requiring minimal user interaction.  The current prototype does not require a laptop (although optional) for signal processing and is completely battery powered.  The user must only insert the sample, turn the pump switch on or off and record the data.  The rigid alignment of the sensor components and the integrated closed fluidics system provide a durable setup for field use and can easily be adapted to remote sensing applications. These advanced sensing systems are aimed to provide individually addressable multi sensing elements, to meet the needs of each patient and/or user. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS           Sadik received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Wollongong in Australia. Dr. Sadik was a National Research Council (NRC) postdoctoral fellow at the US Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA). From 2000 to 2004, Dr. Sadik held visiting appointments at Harvard University, Cornell University and the Naval Research Laboratories. Sadik is the Chair of the first “2011 Gordon Conference on Environmental Nanotechnology.” An active scholar and researcher, Sadik has presented over 380 scientific papers, book chapters and lectures in the areas of biosensors, bioelectrochemistry, environmental and materials chemistry. She has received approximately $5.0 million in funding and contracts from various government agencies and the private sector. Sadik is currently the Nanotechnology Editor of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Journal of Environmental Monitoring; and serves on the NIH study section on Instrumentation and Systems Development. She was the recipient of the Harvard University’s Distinguished Radcliffe Fellowship, National Science Foundation’s Discovery Corps Senior Fellowship, SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Research, Australian Merit Award, SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Inventor, and National Research Council COBASE fellowship. Sadik has had a broad impact on the development of career scientists from the crucial undergraduate years through the doctorate and post-doctorate levels. She has mentored 11 postdoctoral research associates, 19 PhDs and 3 masters graduates and 80 undergraduates. All these are gainfully employed in academia, national labs or in the private sectors. Nine (9) of 21 former graduate students are women and 8 are of African or African American descent. Sadik regularly includes undergraduates in her research due to her conviction that when exposed to research early in their career, these students are better prepared for graduate studies and for critical problem solving careers. Of the 80 undergraduates, 34 are women or from historically underrepresented minority groups, 74 have gone on to graduate or professional schools in the sciences and allied fields. In addition, 16 undergraduate students were co-authors of her research publications. 33 of these students presented their work orally at local symposia and/or presented posters at national meetings. One was the recipient of the American Chemical Society's undergraduate award for outstanding performance in Analytical Chemistry. One current graduate student is a recipient of the prestigious NSF-IGERT fellowship. Another graduate student received the ACS Environmental Division’s Graduate student award. Sadik is also involved in a host of other mentoring activities, including NSF-REU program, "BRIDGES to the Baccalaureate program", McNairs Scholars Program, and the General Education mentoring for freshmen at SUNY. Dr. Sadik joined the SUNY-Binghamton faculty in 1996 as assistant professor, was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2002 and to full professor in 2005.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Summary: 110 Peer-reviewed research articles, 12 patents/patent applications, 300+ presentations, 14 Workshops and Symposia. Click here for Publications Click here for FUNDING
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