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Dr Tunca Karasu
Senior Research Associate
School of Engineering
Type of address: Postal address.
Engineering Building
LA1 4YR
Lancaster
Email: t.karasu@lancaster.ac.uk

Qualifications

PhD, Hacettepe University

09/202002/2025

MSc, Sinop University

09/201806/2020

BSc, Ege University

09/201006/2016

Employment

Senior Research Associate in Electrochemical Biosensors

Research

School of Engineering

Lancaster University

Lancaster, United Kingdom

13/01/2025 → present

Scholarships

2022-2025Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)-BIDEB 2211-C National Ph.D. Scholarship Programme in the Priority Fields in Science and Technology
2020-2024Turkish Higher Education Council 100/2000 Priority Fields Doctoral Scholarship Program
2021-2022Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Research Projects; 120M308, Design of Portable Immunosensors for On-Site and Simultaneous Explosive Detection and Application of Trinitrotoluene (TNT) Detection, (Scholarship Researcher).
2018-2020Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Research Projects; 117Z166, Development and Applications of Polymeric Membranes with Different Physical and Chemical Properties to Investigate the Effects of External Stimuli on Cell Viability and Proliferation, (Scholarship Researcher).

Articles

2025Deniz, A., Karasu, T., Özgür, E., & Uzun, L. (2025). PolyPyrrole based-impedimetric aptasensor for selective determination of beta-HCG from urine sample. Bioelectrochemistry, 161, 108820.
2024Kalkan, H., Karasu, T., Uzun, L., & Temelli, B. (2024). Corrole-based conjugated monomer as a new functional molecule for designing affinity interfaces. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 703, 135252.
Karasu, T., Çalışır, F., Pişkin, S., Özgür, E., Armutcu, C., Çorman, M. E., & Uzun, L. (2024). An intriguing future is approaching: Artificial intelligence meets molecularly imprinted polymers. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis Open, 100041.
Karasu, T., Armutcu, C., Elkhoury, K., Özgür, E., Maziz, A., & Uzun, L. (2024). Conducting polymers as a functional recognition interface to design sensors for pathogen and cancer diagnosis. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 117705.
Ünal, B. K., Karasu, T., Özgür, E., & Uzun, L. (2024). Development of green molecularly imprinted polymers for the treatment of wastewater samples. In Green Imprinted Materials (pp. 171-191). Elsevier.
Karasu, T., İdil, N., Özgür, E., & Uzun, L. (2024). Pseudomonas aeruginosa imprinted polydopamine@ graphene-coated pencil graphite electrode for selective bacterial detection. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 681, 132788.
Deniz, A., Karasu, T., İdil, N., & Uzun, L. (2024). Effects of propolis coating on antibacterial resistance of intrauterine devices. Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition, 35(3), 295-305.
2023Öztatlı, H., Erenay, B., Karasu, T., Biradlı, F. Z. E., Uzun, L., & Garipcan, B. (2023). Small‐Molecule Chemistry Effect on the Functionalization of Polydimethylsiloxane with Hydroxyapatite. Advanced Engineering Materials, 25(24), 2301082.
Armutcu, C., Karasu, T., Pişkin, S., Özgür, E., & Uzun, L. (2023). Selective aptasensor for trinitrotoluene detection: Comparison of the detecting performances from liquid and vapor phases. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 676, 132258.
Kaya, S. I., Corman, M. E., Cetinkaya, A., Karasu, T., Uzun, L., & Ozkan, S. A. (2023). Nanotubes tethered laccase biosensor for sensing of chlorophenol substances. In Sensing of Deadly Toxic Chemical Warfare Agents, Nerve Agent Simulants, and their Toxicological Aspects (pp. 331-356). Elsevier.
Karasu, T., Özgür, E., & Uzun, L. (2023). MIP-on-a-Chip: Artificial receptors on microfluidic platforms for biomedical applications. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 115257.
2022Karasu, T., Erkoc-Biradli, F. Z., Öztürk-Öncel, M. Ö., Armutcu, C., Uzun, L., Garipcan, B., & Çorman, M. E. (2022). Synthesis and characterization of stimuli-responsive hydrogels: evaluation of external stimuli influence on L929 fibroblast viability. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, 8(5), 055004.
Çorman, M. E., Armutcu, C., Karasu, T., Özgür, E., & Uzun, L. (2022). Highly Selective Benzo [a] Pyrene Detection Even under Competitive Conditions with Molecularly Imprinted Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor. Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, 1-14.
2019Armutcu, C., Özgür, E., Karasu, T., Bayram, E., Uzun, L., & Çorman, M. E. (2019). Rapid Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water Samples Using an Automated On-line Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 230(10), 1-11.