Vuslat Juska

Together with sponsor Catalyst Analog Devices, Tyndall celebrates the winners and finalists of the 2019 Postgraduate Publication of the Year .

Dr. Fatima Gunning, Senior Staff Researcher & Acting Head of Graduate Studies at Tyndall, praised the entries, saying: "This was an exceptionally competitive year with outstanding articles and publications in a cross-section of high-impact journals showcasing Tyndall’s research breadth and excellence."

Mike Morrissey, Technology Manager, Analog Devices echoed this:

“The long-term and strategic partnership between Analog Devices and Tyndall provides continuity of innovative research capability as well as access to a diverse and world-class talent pipeline. We are delighted to sponsor the Postgraduate Publication of the Year as it exemplifies the excellent deep-tech research Tyndall is renowned for and is aligned with core technologies of mutual interest for communications, energy, agri-tech and advanced manufacturing”

To help inspire other postgraduate students, both in Tyndall and those around the globe, we decided to profile this generation's future research leaders.

Vuslat Juska

Finalist

What encouraged you to submit your application to Postgraduate Publication of the Year?
I was the winner last year and it was a great achievement on my CV. This encouraged me to apply again.
What inspired you to choose the subject of your paper?
The research paper discusses my main research area which is electrochemical sensing. It's about one of my sensors that I have been developing for my Ph.D. study.
What’s your paper about and how did you prepare for it? What role did research excellence play in your approach?
It is about electrochemical sensing at micro scale. I was aiming to achieve a rather innovative development in biosensors which would be of interest to high impact journals. This is essential in order to accelerate my career towards independence.
The selection for Postgraduate Publication of the Year is extremely competitive. What is your advice for those aspiring for nomination next year?
I would advise them to try to publish in high impact factor journals of prestigious publishing groups such as Nature, Elsevier, etc.
What is the single most significant support Tyndall has been able to offer you in achieving your research goals?
Facilities. I appreciate that I have access to all the facilities that I need in Tyndall. This helped me to publish in high impact journals. This is really important for me to achieve my goals to establish my research career. For example, I develop micro scale surfaces and nanomaterials to be used as biosensor matrixes. The characterisation of such surfaces and nanomaterials is highly important: electrochemical, morphological, elemental analysis. I am able to provide all necessary characterisation details including SEM, AFM, XRD, TEM, EDX and electrochemistry since I have access to those facilities in Tyndall. Moreover, my electrodes are microfabricated electrodes which are fabricated in Tyndall clean room facilities. Those high quality fabricated microelectrodes are one of the main focuses of my research.

Research Publication Link

Cu Nanodendrite Foams on Integrated Band Array Electrodes for the Nonenzymatic Detection of Glucose”, Vuslat B. Juska, Alain Walcarius and Martyn E. Pemble, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2019, 2, 5878−5889