Zoraida P. Aguilar

Details

Sex: Female

Education

  • University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, M.S. in Biochemistry, 1984
  • University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, B.S. in Chemistry, 1978
  • University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA, PhD. in Analytical Chemistry, 2002 Je

Field of Specialization

protein conjugation to nanoparticles, enzyme-antibody conjugation, Electrochemistry, microfluidics, in vitro diagnostics, Assay development, medical devices, project management, product development, ELISA, cell culture, bacterial culture; cosmetic formulation, botanical skin care, Biotechnology, biosensors, drug delivery, vaccine delivery, Nanomaterials, nanosensors, nanotheranostics, nanoimaging, nanobiotechnology, Medicine, Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, DNA-hybridization

Researches

Aguilar, Z.P., Arumugam, P., Fritsch, I., (2006) Study of magnetohydrodynamic driven flow through LTCC channel with self-contained electrodes
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry Volume 591, No. 2

Aguilar, Z.P., Vandaveer, W.R., Fritsch, I., (2002) Self-contained microelectrochemical immunoassay for small volumes using mouse IgG as a model system
Analytical Chemistry Volume 74, No. 14

Aguilar, Z.P., Fritsch, I., (2003) Immobilized enzyme-linked DNA-hybridization assay with electrochemical detection for Cryptosporidium parvum hsp70 mRNA
Analytical Chemistry Volume 75, No. 15

Sebastian Neugebauer; Stephanie R Evans; Zoraida P Aguilar; Marcus Mosbach; Ingrid Fritsch; Wolfgang Schuhmann, (2004) Analysis in ultrasmall volumes: microdispensing of picoliter droplets and analysis without protection from evaporation 2004;76(2):458-63.
Analytical chemistry Volume 76, No. 2

Boyaci, I.H., Aguilar, Z.P., Hossain, M., Halsall, H.B., Seliskar, C.J., Heineman, W.R., (2005) Amperometric determination of live Escherichia coli using antibody-coated paramagnetic beads
Analytical and Bioanalytical chemistry Volume 382, No. 5

Aguilar, Z.P., (2006) Small-volume detection of Plasmodium falciparum CSP gene using a 50-microm-diameter cavity with self-contained electrochemistry
Analytical chemistry Volume 78, No. 4

Fakunle, Aguilar, Z.P., Shultz, J.L., Toland, A.D., Fritsch, I., (2006) Evaluation of screen-printed gold on low-temperature co-fired ceramic as a substrate for the immobilization of electrochemical immunoassays
Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids Volume 22, No. 25

Fritsch, I., Aguilar, Z.P., (2007) Advantages of downsizing electrochemical detection for DNA assays
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Volume 387, No. 1

Aguilar, Z.P., Sirisena, M., (2007) Development of automated amperometric detection of antibodies against Bacillus anthracis protective antigen
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Volume 389, No. 2

Xu, H., Aguilar, Z.P., Yang, L., Kuang, M., Duan, H., Xiong, Y., Wei, H., Wang, A., (2011) Antibody conjugated magnetic iron oxidenanoparticles for cancer cell separation in fresh whole blood
Biomaterials Volume 32, No. 36

Xu, H., Qu, F., Xu, H., Lai, W., Wang, Y.A., ; Aguilar, Z.P., Wei, H., (2012) Role of reactive oxygen species in the antibacterial mechanism of silver nanoparticles on Escherichia coli O157:H7
Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine Volume 25, No. 1

Ming Li, Cushing, S.K., Zhang, J., Lankford, J., Aguilar, Z.P., Dongling Ma, Nianqiang Wu, (2012) Shape-dependent surface-enhanced Raman scattering in gold-Raman probe-silica sandwiched nanoparticles for biocompatible applications
Nanotechnology Volume 23, No. 11

Su, H., Xu, H., Gao, S.,Dixon, J.D., Aguilar, Z.P., Wang, A.Y., Xu, J., Wang, J., (2010) Microwave Synthesis Of Nearly Monodisperse Core/Multishell Quantum Dots with Cell Imaging Applications
Nanoscale Research Letters Volume 5, No. 3

Richardson, J.R., Aguilar, Z.P., Kaval, N., Andria, S., Shtoyko, T., Seliskar, C.J., Heinemen, W.R., (2004) Optical and Electrochemical Evaluation of Colloidal Au Nanoparticle-ITO Hybrid Optically Transparent Electrode and Their Applications in Attenuated Total Reflections pectroelectrochemistry,
Electrochimica Acta

Aguilar, Z.P., Fritsch, I., (2003) DNA-hybridization Sensor for C. parvum hsp70 mRNA gene
Analytical Chemistry Volume 75

Arumugam, P.U., Fakunle, S., Anderson, E.C., Evans, S.R., King, K.G., Aguilar, Z.P., Carter, C.S., Fritsch, I., (2006) Redox Magnetohydrodynamics in a Microfluidic Channel: Characterization and Pumping
Journal of Electrochemical Society Volume 153, No. 12

Aguilar, Z.P., Sirisena, M., Gertsch, J., Pacsial-Ong, E., Yoga Narasimhan, P., Wansapura, C., Kuzmicheva, G., Henrichs, A., Aday, J., Norman, M., Aguilar, Y., Estorninos, L., (2008) Development of Self-contained icroelectrochemical Array Assays for Whole Organisms
ECS Transactions Volume 16, No. 11

Aguilar, Z.P., Narasimhan, Y., Wansapura, P., C., Henrichs, C., Aday, J., Aguilar, Y., (2008) Electrochemical Immunoassay Detection of Bacillus anthracis Protective antigen
ECS Transactions Volume 13, No. 22

Heineman, W.R., Halsall, H.B., Seliskar, C.J., Aguilar, Z.P., Farrell, S., Jurkevica, A., Kuramitz, H., Matsuno, J.H., Thomas, Tiwari, U., Tu, J., Wansapura, C., (2007) Rapid Detection of Bioterrorism Agents in Water Supplies
AWWA Research Foundation and USEPA, AWWARF, Denver

Dudak, F., Boyacci, I., Agnese, J., Mahmud, H., Aguilar, Z., Seliskar, C., Halsall, H., Heineman, W., (2008) Determination of viable Escherichia coli using antibody-coated paramagnetic beads with fluorescence detection
Anal and Bioanal. Chem Volume 393, No. 3

Z. P. Aguilar, C. Van Nguyen, M.Wansapura, Y., Aguilar, and J. Homesley, Sirisena, J. Gertsch, P. Arumugam, D. Spencer, C., (2006) Automated Microarray Technology for Biomedical and Environmental Sensors
ECS Transactions Volume 3, No. 10

Neugebauer, S., Evans, S.R., Aguilar, Z.P., Mosbach, M., Fritsch, I., Schumann, W., (2004) A New Approach for Analysis in Ultrasmall Volumes: Microdispensing of Picoliter Droplets and Rapid Analysis without Protection from Evaporation
Analytical Chemistry Volume 76

Boyacci, I., Aguilar, Z.P., Halsall, H.B., Seliskar, C.J., Heineman, W., (2005) Amperometric Detection of E. coli in Drinking Water
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Volume 382

Aguilar, Z.P., (2006) Rapid Small Volume Microelectrochemical DNA-hybridization Detection of Plasmodium falciparum
Analytical Chemistry Volume 78, No. 4

Aguilar, Z.P., Arumugam, P., Fritsch, I., (2006) Magnetohydrodynamic Driven Flow through a Straight LTCC Channel
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Arumugam, P.U., Fakunle, E.S., Anderson, E.C., S. R. Evans, S.R., K. G. King, K.G., Z. P. Aguilar, Z.P., C. S. Carter, C.S., I. Fritsch, I., (2006) Redox Magnetohydrodynamic Pumping in a Microfluidic Channel
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry Volume 591, No. 2

I. Fritsch, R. R. Beitle, Jr., and Z. P. Aguilar,, (2003 Ap 24) Self-contained Microelectrochemical bioassay Platforms and Methods
US Patent Application 20030077642, Serial No. 253187

Fritsch, I., Beitle, R., Aguilar, Z.P., (2003 Ap 24) Electrochemical methods for detecting water borne pathogens
US Patent Application 20030108922, Serial No. 252,342

Fritsch, I., Carter, C.S., Aguilar, Z.P., (2004 My 11) Microfluidics and Small Volume Mixing based on Redox MHD Methods
US patent # 6733244

Fritsch, I., Beitle, R.R.Jr., Aguilar, Z.P., (2005 My 3) Microvolume Immunosorbant Assays
US Patent # 6,887,714 B2

Lorica, A., Aguilar, Z.P., Ralleta, A., (1981) Quality Salt by Solar Evaporation
25. A. Lorica, Z. P. Aguilar, and A. Ralleta, ?Quality Salt by Solar Evaporation?, Science Research Bulletin, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines

Aguilar, Z.P., Arumugam, P., Fritsch, I., (2006) Magnetohydrodynamic Driven Flow through a Straight LTCC Channel
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry Volume 591

Heineman, W.R., Halsall, H.B., Seliskar, C.J., Aguilar, Z.P., Farrell, S., Jurkevica, A., Kuramitz, H., Mwale, N.R., Matsuno, J.H. Tiwari, U., Tu, J., Wansapura, C., (2007) Rapid Detection of Bioterrorism Agents in Water Supplies
AWWA Research Foundation and USEPA, AWWARF, Denver

Aguilar, Z.P., (1978) Potassium Permanganate for the Oxidation of Water Pollutants
Department of Chemistry undergraduate thesis, University of the Philippines

Lorica, A., Aguilar, Z.P., Ralleta, A., (1981) Quality Salt by Solar Evaporation
Science Research Bulletin, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines

Go-Yao, S., Basas, G., Aguilar, Z.P., (1982) Laboratory Manual in Analytical Chemistry
Goodwill Bookstore, Manila, Philippines

Aguilar, Z.P., Arumugam, P., Fritsch, I., (2006) Magnetohydrodynamic Driven Flow through a Straight LTCC Channel
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry Volume 591

Aguilar, Z.P., Arumugam, P., Fritsch, I., (2006) Magnetohydrodynamic Driven Flow through a Straight LTCC Channel
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry Volume 591

Aguilar, Z.P., Arumugam, P., Fritsch, I., (2006) Magnetohydrodynamic Driven Flow through a Straight LTCC Channel
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry Volume 591

Aguilar, Z.P., (1984) Antimutagenic Effects of some amino acids on Metronidazole and Mitomycin C
Thesis submitted for the completion of Master of Science in Biochemistry, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines

Aguilar, Z.P., (1984) University of the East Drinking Water Analysis
National Science Research Foundation, University of the East

Aguilar, Z.P., Magtoto, N., (1987) Laboratory Manual in General Chemistry II
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of the Philippines, Manila, Phillippines

Aguilar, Z.P., Nicolas, M., Magtoto, N., Llanos, N., (1987) Laboratory Manual In General Chemistry
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of the Philippines, Manila, Phillippines

Aguilar, Z.P., (1989) The fla genes of S. typhimurium responsible for flagellar movements
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Aguilar, Z.P., (1989) Greatest Common Subsequence in the Aromatic Amino Acid t-RNA of H. volcanii, S. cereviseae, and E. coli
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Aguilar, Z.P., (2002) Development of Self-contained Microelectrochemical Bioassay Platforms for Small Volumes
Dissertation submitted for the completion of PhD in Analytical Chemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

Papers Presented

Studies Toward Developing Electrochemical Devices for Biochemical Sensing in Small Volumes, Pittsburg Conference, New Orleans, LA

Exploiting electrochemistry for analysis in and control of microscopic systems, DACS, 224th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA

Eectrochemical Analysis in Confined Spaces Involving Immunosorbent and DNA-hybridization Assays, 201st Meeting-ECS, Philadelphia, PA

Exploring a New Approach to Microfluidics,, 221st ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA

Self-contained Microelectrochemical Immunosensors for Small Volumes, 2001 ECS/ISE Joint Int'l Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Development of Bioassay Platforms for Small Volumes, Invited speaker, Department of Chemistry University of Louisville, KY

A New Approach to Microfluidics, US-Japan Joint Symposium on Molecular Recognition and Separation in Nanostructured Media, Tuscon, AZ

Surface Modification of Self-Contained Microelectrochemical Detectors for Small Volume Analysis, US-Japan Joint Symposium on Molecular Recognition and Separation in Nanostructured Media, Tucson, AZ

Selective Surface Modification for Construction of Microelectrode-Based Devices, Symposium on Chemically-Modified Surfaces, Joint Southeast/Southwest Regional Meeting of ACS, New Orleans, LA

Individual- and Array-Microcavities for Self-Contained Electroanalysis in Micro to Picoliter Volumes, 3rd International Symposium on Electrochemical Microsystem Technologies, Garmisch-Partenkirchin, Germany

Fundamentals of Small Sample Analysis with Microcavity Devices, Symposium on Chemical Sensors IV, 196th Joint International Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Inc. and the Electrochemical Society of Japan, Honolulu, HA

Studies Toward Developing Electrochemical Devices for Biochemical Sensing In Small Volumes, Pittsburg Conference, New Orleans, LA

Studies Toward Developing a Micro Electrochemical Immunosensor on a Chip, Biosensors 2000, San Diego, CA

Interfacing Chemical Sensing Materials with Electochemical Microcavity Devices for Small Sample Analysis, 8th International Meeting on Chemical Sensor, Basel, Switzerland

Awards

  • Balik Scientist Award, DOST, 2010
  • A Tribute to Outstanding MASCIAN, , 2013 O
  • Grant: Nanoparticle enhanced antibody production, , 2001 Ja
  • Grant: Quantum dots based-qualitative and quantitative multiplex strip test for malaria, , 2010 Jl
  • First Place in Chemistry Poster Presentation, Idea Networks for Biomedical Research Experience on Se, University of Arkansas, 2007 O
  • Scholarship, Graduate research fellowship, Molecular Biology, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 1988 Ag
  • Summer Graduate Fellowship, American Chemical Society, DAC, 2002 My
  • Excellence in Graduate Research, Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society, 2003 Mr