Zuzanna S. Siwy

Zuzanna Stefania Siwy (born 1972) is a Polish–American chemist at the University of California, Irvine. Her research considers synthetic nanopores and their application in ionic devices. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science and Foundation for Polish Science.

Zuzanna Stefania Siwy
Siwy in 2010
Born1972 (age 5051)
Alma materSilesian University of Technology
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Florida
University of California, Irvine

Early life and education

Siwy is from Poland.[1] She studied chemistry at the Silesian University of Technology in Poland. She graduated with a master's degree in polymer technology in 1995, before completing a doctorate in chemical sciences in 1997. Siwy was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Florida.[1]

Research and career

Siwy joined the faculty at the University of California, Irvine in 2005. In 2012 she was made Professor of Chemical Physics. She studies synthetic nanopores, which she looks to use as templates for biomimetic channels as well as ionic diodes and transistors.[1]

Awards and honours

Selected publications

  • Howorka, Stefan; Siwy, Zuzanna (2009-07-21). "Nanopore analytics: sensing of single molecules". Chemical Society Reviews. 38 (8): 2360–2384. doi:10.1039/B813796J. ISSN 1460-4744. PMID 19623355.

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