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Lai rounded picDr. Lai received her B.S. degree in Biochemistry from California State University, Los Angeles. She conducted undergraduate research in the lab of Dr. Feimeng Zhou. She received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin under the mentorship of Dr. Allen J. Bard. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her mentors were Dr. Alan J. Heeger and Dr. Kevin W. Plaxco. Dr. Lai is currently an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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E-ION Sensor: Application of Calcium-binding Motif of E-cadherin for Electrochemical Detection of Pb(II). Lofti Zadeh Zhad, H. R.; Lai, R. Y. Anal. Chem. 2018, 90, 6519-6525.

E-DNA Sensor: Folding- and Dynamics-based Electrochemical DNA Sensors. Lai, R. Y. Enzymes as Sensors, Methods in Enzymology 2017, 589, 221-252.

E-AB Sensor: Towards the Development of a Sensitive and Selective Electrochemical Aptamer-based Ampicillin Sensor. Yu, Z.; Sulief, A. L.; Lai, R.  Y. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2018, 258, 722-729.

E-PB Sensor: Threonine Phosphorylation of an Electrochemical Peptide-based Sensor to Achieve Improved Uranyl Ion Binding Affinity. Thompson, C. C., Lai, R .Y. Biosensors 2022, 12, 961.

Nanosensor: Fabrication of Electrochemical DNA Sensors on Gold-modified Recessed Platinum Nanoelectrodes. Salamifar, S. E.; Lai, R. Y. Anal. Chem. 2014, 86, 2849-2852.

Electrochemical and Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor: Application of Electrochemical Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy for Characterization of Electrochemical DNA Sensors. Salamifar, S. E.; Lai, R. Y. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 2014, 122, 835-839.

Spin Crossover Polymer Composites: Evidence for Long Drift Carrier Lifetimes in [Fe(Htrz)2(trz)](BF4) Plus Polyaniline Composites. Mishra, E.; Ekanayaka, T. K.; McElveen, K. A.; Lai, R. Y.; Dowben, P. A. Organic Electronics 2022, 105, 106516.

NV Diamond Quantum Sensor: Nitrogen-Vacancy Magnetometry of Individual Fe-Triazole Spin Crossover Nanorods. Lamichhane, S., McElveen, K. A., Erickson, A., Fescenko, I., Sun, S., Timalsina, R., Guo, Y., Liou, S.-Y., Lai, R. Y., Laraoui, A. ACS Nano 2023 (in press).

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