Marija Drndic

Marija Drndic (born February 11, 1971) is the Fay R. and Eugene L. Langberg Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania. She works on two-dimensional materials and novel spectroscopic techniques.

Marija Drndic
Alma materHarvard University
University of Cambridge
Scientific career
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Pennsylvania

Early life and education

Drndic studied physics and mathematics at Harvard University and spent a year at the University of Cambridge in the Semiconductor Physics Group.[1] At Cambridge Drndic worked on quantum transport of coupled gases with Michael Pepper.[1] At Harvard University she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and graduated summa cum laude. Drndic was awarded a Clare Booth Luce Fellowship, the Harold T. White Prize for Excellence in Teaching and the Robbins Prize from Harvard University. She remained there for her doctoral studies, working with Robert Westervelt on microelectromagnets for cold-atom experiments. She before joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Pappalardo Fellow.[2] As a postdoctoral researcher Drndic worked on electron transport in cadmium selenide nanocrystals. She worked alongside Marc A. Kastner and Moungi Bawendi on novel spectroscopies.[1]

Research and career

In 2003 Drndic joined the University of Pennsylvania. She was awarded an American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Award in 2004, and has since been supported by the National Science Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and DARPA. In 2005 Drndic was awarded a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.[3]

Her work considers low-dimensional materials including nanowires, nanocrystals and biomaterials.[1] Drndic uses electron beams to image and shape materials.[4] In particular, Drndic works on two-dimensional nanopores, which are nanoscale size holes that can be used to detect single molecules. They are typically used for biomoelcular analysis, but were unable to sequence DNA.[5] Drndic demonstrated it is possible to use light to control the shape of nanopores, indicating it may be possible to fabricate them using light.[6] By removing individual atoms from the nanopores using ion beams, Drndic demonstrated that the nanopores can also be used in water desalination.[7] She has shown that nanopores can be integrated with field-effect transistors to sense nearby ionic and electrical currents.[8] They can also provide information on the physical and chemical properties of biomolecules including DNA and proteins.[8][9][10]

Selected publications

Her publications include;

  • Drndic, Marija (2010). "DNA translocation through graphene nanopores". Nano Letters. 10 (8): 2915–2921. doi:10.1021/nl101046t. PMID 20698604.
  • Drndic, Marija (2010). "Rapid electronic detection of probe-specific microRNAs using thin nanopore sensors". Nature Nanotechnology. 5 (11): 807–814. doi:10.1038/nnano.2010.202. PMID 20972437.
  • Drndic, Marija (2008). "Electron beam nanosculpting of suspended graphene sheets". Applied Physics Letters. 93 (11): 113107. doi:10.1063/1.2980518.

Drndic holds several patents for electronic devices and thin film structures.[11]

References
  1. "Marija Drndic | Department of Physics and Astronomy". www.physics.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  2. "MIT Department of Physics". web.mit.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  3. "Two Penn School of Medicine Professors Honored at White House for Research and Community Service – PR News". www.pennmedicine.org. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  4. "Materials Research Society of Serbia - Marija Drndic, 2D Materials Nanosculpting and Bioelectronics Applications". www.mrs-serbia.org.rs. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  5. Drndić, Marija (2014). "Sequencing with graphene pores". Nature Nanotechnology. 9 (10): 743. doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.232. ISSN 1748-3387. PMID 25286264.
  6. "Penn Researchers Control the Size of 2-D Nanopores With Light". Penn Today. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  7. "Creating atomic water filters". Penn Today. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  8. "Marija Drndic: Once upon a time, there was a 2D nanopore - Carbonhagen2019". www.carbonhagen.com. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  9. "Two Penn Projects Will Look at Biological Applications of New 2-D Materials". Penn Today. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  10. "Penn Researchers Use Nanoscopic Pores to Investigate Protein Structure". Penn Today. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  11. "Marija Drndic Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
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