Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Yaroslav I. KORPAN

Last Name:Korpan
First Name:Yaroslav
Affiliation and official address: Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 150 Zabolotnogo Str., Kyiv-143, 03680-UA, UKRAINE
Telephone:+38-044-200-03-28
Fax:+38-044-526-07-59
E-Mail:
Date and place of birth:21/03/1968, Pidgaitsi, Ternopol Region, UKRAINE

Education (degrees, dates, universities):

1985-1990 Graduate student, Lviv University, Biological Faculty, M.Sc. in Biochemistry
1991-1994 PhD student, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics (IMBG) NAS of Ukraine, Department of Translational Mechanisms of Genetic Information (DTMGI)
1994 PhD degree, Biotechnology

Career/Employment (employers, positions and dates):

1989-1991 Engineer, Division of Regulatory Cell Systems, Institute of Biochemistry NAS of Ukraine, Lviv, UKRAINE
1992-1995 Junior Research Scientist, IMBG NAS of Ukraine, DTMGI, Kyiv, UKRAINE
1995-1998 Research Scientist, Ibid
1998-2000 Senior Research Scientist, IMBG NAS of Ukraine, Laboratory of Biomolecular Electronics of DTMGI, Kyiv, Ukraine
2000-2010 Vice-Director and Senior Research Scientist, Ibid
2010-2016 Vice-Director and Leading Research Scientist, Ibid
Since 2016 Vice-Director and Main Research Scientist, Ibid
2019-2020 Temporarily acting as Main Research Scientist, MBG NAS of Ukraine, Department of Biomolecular Electronics, Kyiv, Ukraine
From 2020 Leading Research Scientist, Ibid

International Career Activities:

April-October 1998Invited Researcher, iRAS Automation GmbH, Bad Klosterlausnitz, Germany
May-July 2000 Invited Maitres de Conferences, IFoS UMR 5621, École centrale de Lyon, France
March-May 2001 Invited Researcher, Institute für Chemo- und Biosensorik GmbH, Münster, Germany
June 2003 Visiting Professor, IFoS UMR 5621, École centrale de Lyon, France
1998-2000 Principal Investigator, NATO Linkage Grant # ENVIR.LG 972305
2000-2002 Co-Director, NATO Linkage Grant # LST.CLG 977342
2001-2003 Team and Scientific Leader, INTAS Grant # 00-151
2004-2006 Co-Director, NATO Linkage Grant # LST.NUKR.CLG 980621
2004-2007 Team Leader, INTAS Grant # 03-51-6278
2007-2009 Principal Investigator, NATO Linkage Grant # CBP.NUKR.CLG 982955 “Bio/Chemical Sensors for Detection of Toxins in Fish Meat”
2010 Partner Project Director, NATO SfP Grant # CBP.NUKR.SFP 983063, Initial Grant “Novel Electrochemical and Optical Nanostructured Sensors for Detection of Disease-Related Ions”
July-August 2013 Visiting Professor, Agricultural University of Athens, FP 7 Programme, MC-ITN-238084, Acronym “LEANGREENFOOD”, “Enzyme technology for Lean and Green food processing”
2013-2016 Partner Project Director, NATO SfP Grant # CBP.NUKR.SFPP 984173, “Novel Electrochemical Nano-Sensors for Toxic Ions Detection”
2013-2016 Manager and Scientific Team Leader, FP 7 Programme, PIRSES-GA-2012-318053, Acronym “SMARTCANCERSENS”, “Micro/nanosensors for early cancer warning system - diagnostic and prognostic information”
2015-2016 Institutional Coordinator, H2020 Programme, KA2 ERASMUS+ “Training professionals and students on new testing technologies for the food sector”

Fields of Specialisation:

(i) main fieldAnalytical Chemistry and Biochemistry
(ii) other fieldsBiotechnology, Food Safety, Cancer Research, Point-of-Care-Testing

Recent Research Activities:

New biorecognition molecules, 2D/1D nanomaterials and nanopolymers for sensing;
Intelligent omics-based cost-effective electronic sensing platforms for multi-target diseases detection, diagnosis, prevention, treatment and care

Honours, Awards, Fellowships, Membership of Professional Societies:

March 1996-March 1997 Personal Grant (# 287/96) for Young Scientists from the Ministry of Science and Technologies of Ukraine
Jan 1998-Dec 1999 Personal Grant (# YSU 084030) for Young Scientists from the Soros International Scientific Foundation
April 1999-April 2000 INTAS Fellowship Grant (YSF98-131) for Young Scientists
Since 2006 Editorial Board Member of the Journal “Biopolymers and Cell” (Ukraine)
January 2008-April 2012 Editorial Board Member of the Journal "Biosensors & Bioelectronics" (Elsevier B.V.)
March 2012-March 2014 Executive Editor on Analytical Biotechnology of the Journal "Current Biotechnology" (Bentham Science Publishers)

List of Main Publications

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
  1. Korpan Y.I., Gonchar M.V., Soldatkin A.P., Starodub N.F., Shul’ga A.A., Sibirny A.A., El’skaya A.V. (1993) Methylotrophic yeast microbiosensor based on ion-sensitive field effect transistors for methanol and ethanol determination, Analytica Chimca Acta, 271. P. 203-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-2670(93)80046-N
  2. Korpan Y.I., Gonchar M.V., Starodub N.F., Shul’ga A.A., Sibirny A.A., El’skaya A.V. (1993) A cell biosensor specific for formaldehyde based on pH-sensitive transistors coupled to methylotrophic yeast cells with genetically adjusted metabolism, Analytical Biochemistry, 215, # 2. P. 216-222. https://doi.org/10.1006/abio.1993.1578
  3. Zhylyak G.A., Dzyadevich S.V., Korpan Y.I., Soldatkin A.P., El’skaya A.V. (1995) Application of urease conductometric biosensor for heavy metal ions determination, Sensors & Actuators, B: Chemical, 24, #1-3. P. 145-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/0925-4005(95)85031-7
  4. Korpan Y.I., Soldatkin A.P., Gonchar M.V., Sibirny A.A., Gibson T.D., El’skaya A.V. (1997) A novel enzyme biosensor specific for formaldehyde based on pH-sensitive field effect transistors, Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 68 #2, P. 209-213. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4660(199702)68:2%3C209::AID-JCTB609%3E3.0.CO;2-3
  5. Dzyadevich S.V., Korpan Y.I., Arkhypova V.N., Alesina M.Yu., Martelet C., El’skaya A.V., Soldatkin A.P. (1999) Application of enzyme field-effect transistors for determination of glucose concentration in blood serum, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 14 #3, P. 282-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0956-5663(99)00007-X Q1, IF - 1.87
  6. Korpan Y.I., Gonchar M.V., Sibirny A.A., Martelet C, Gibson T.D., El’skaya A.V., Soldatkin A.P. (2000) Development of highly selective and stable potentiometric sensors for formaldehyde determination, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 15 # 1-2, P. 77-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0956-5663(00)00054-3 Q1, IF - 2.71
  7. Dzyadevych S.V., Arkhipova V.N., Korpan Y.I., El’skaya A.V., Soldatkin A.P. Jaffrezic-Renault N Martelet C. (2001) Conductometric formaldehyde sensitive biosensor with specifically adapted analytical characteristics, Analytica Chimica Acta, 445, P. 47-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-2670(01)01249-1 Q1, IF - 2.12
  8. Korpan Y.I., Volotovsky V.V., Martelet C., Jaffresic-Renault N., Nazarenko E.A., El’skaya A.V., Soldatkin A.P. (2002) A novel biosensor for steroidal glycoalkaloids detection based on pH-sensitive field effect transistors, Bioelectrochemistry, 55, P. 9-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1567-5394(01)00150-5 Q1, IF - 1.57
  9. Gonchar M., Maidan M., Korpan Y., Sibirny V., Kotylak Z., Sibirny A. (2002) Metabolically engineered methylotrophic yeast cells and enzymes as sensor biorecognition elements, FEMS Yeast Research., 1493, P. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1567-1356(02)00124-1 Q1, IF - 1.27
  10. Dzyadevych S.V., Soldatkin A.P., Korpan Y.I., Arkhypova V.N., El''skaya A.V., Chovelon J.M., Martelet C., Jaffrezic-Renault N. (2003) Biosensors based on enzyme field-effect transistors for determination of some substrates and inhibitors, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 377, #3, P. 496 – 506. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-003-2134-4 Q1, IF - 1.87
  11. Korpan Y.I., Nazarenko E.A., Skryshevskaya I.V., Martelet C., Jaffrezic-Renault N., El’skaya A.V. (2004) Potato Glycoalkaloids: True Safety or False Sense of Security? Trends in Biotechnology, 22, №3, P.147-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2004.01.009 Q1, IF - 4.9
  12. Arkhypova V.N., Dzyadevych S.V., Soldatkin A.P., Korpan Y.I., El’skaya A.V., Gravoueille J-M., Martelet C., Jaffrezic-Renault N. (2004) Application of enzyme field effect transistors for fast detection of total glycoalkaloids content in potatoes, Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 103, № 1-2, P. 416-422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2004.04.070 Q1, IF - 2.31
  13. Ben Ali M., Korpan Y., Gonchar M., El’skaya A., Ali Maaref M., Jaffrezic-Renault N., Martelet C. (2006) Formaldehyde assay by capacitance versus voltage and impedance measurements using bi-layer bio-recognition membrane, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 22, P. 575-581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2006.01.019 Q1, IF - 4.89
  14. Korpan Y., Raushel F.M., Nazarenko E.A., Soldatkin A.P., Jaffrezic-Renault N., Martelet C. (2006) Sensitiv-ity and Specificity Improvement of an Ion Sensitive Field Effect Transistors-Based Biosensor for Potato Glycoalkaloids Detection, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 54, № 3, P. 707-712. https://doi.org/10.1021/jf0529316 Q1, IF - 2.8
  15. Ben Ali M., Homri T., Korpan Y., Abdelgani A., Ali Maaref M., Liu L., Jaffrezic-Renault N., Martelet C. (2006) Electrical characterization of functionalized platinum electrodes and ISFET sensors for metal ion detection, Material Science and Engineering C, 26, P. 149-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2005.10.066 Q1, IF - 2.18
  16. Ben Ali M., Gonchar M., Gayda G., Paryzhak S., Maaref M.A., Jaffrezic-Renault N., Korpan Y. (2007) Formaldehyde-sensitive sensor based on recombinant formaldehyde dehydrogenase using capacitance versus voltage measurements, Biosensors and Biolectronics, 22, P. 2790-2795. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2006.10.002 Q1, IF - 5.54
  17. Korpan Y., Soldatkin O., Sosovska O., Klepach H., Csöregi E., Vocanson F., Jaffrezic-Renault N., Gonchar M. (2010) Formaldehyde-sensitive conductometric sensors based on commercial and recombinant formaldehyde dehydrogenase, Microchimica Acta, 170, P. 337-344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-010-0327-z Q2, IF - 2.66
  18. Chermiti J., Ben Ali M., Dridi C., Gonchar M.V., Jaffrezic-Renault N., Korpan Y. (2013) Site-binding model as a basis for numerical evaluation of analytical parameters of capacitance-biosensors for formaldehyde and methylamine detection, Sensors and Actuators B, 188, P. 824-830. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2013.07.108 Q1, IF - 4.52
  19. Zhybak M.T., Vagin M.Yu., Beni V., Liu X., Dempsey E., Turner A.P.F., Korpan Y.I. (2016) Direct detection of ammonium ion by means of oxygen electrocatalysis at a copper-polyaniline composite on a screen-printed electrode, Microchimica Acta, 183, P. 1981-1987. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-016-1834-3 Q1, IF - 4.66
  20. Zhybak M.T., Beni V., Vagin M.Yu., Dempsey E., Turner A.P.F., Korpan Y.I. (2016) Creatinine and urea biosensors based on a novel ammonium ion-selective copper-polyaniline nano-composite, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 77, P. 505-511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2015.10.009 Q1, IF - 7.78
  21. Chan D., Barsan M.M., Korpan Y., Brett C.M.A. (2017) Development of L-lactate selective impedimetric biosensor based on platinum and carbon electrodes, Electrochimica Acta, 231, P. 209-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.02.050 Q1, IF - 5.12
  22. Zhybak M.T., Fayura L.Y., Boretsky Yu. R., Gonchar M.V., Sibirny A.A., Dempsey E., Turner A.P.F., Korpan Y.I. (2017) Amperometric L-arginine biosensor based on a novel recombinant arginine deiminase, Microchimica Acta, 184, P. 2679-2686. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-017-2290-4 Q1, IF - 5.81
  23. Hidouri, S., Errachid, A.H., Baussels, J., Korpan Y.I., Baccar Z. (2021) Potentiometric sensing of histamine using immobilized enzymes on layered double hydroxides, J. Food Sci. Technol. 58, P. 2936–2942 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-020-04795-7 Q2, IF - 2.7
BOOK CHAPTERS
  1. Gonchar M.V., Maidan M.M., Korpan Y.I., Sibirny A.A., El’skaya A.V. (1995) New approaches for formaldehyde assay based on use of enzymatic kit or pH-sensitive field effect transistor biosensor. In: “Enviromental Biotechnology: Principles and Practice”, Ed. by M.Moo-Young, W.A.Anderson & A.M.Charkrabarty, Kluwer Acad. Publ., P. 689-700. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1435-8_60
  2. Soldatkin A.P., Korpan Y.I., Zhylyak G.A., Martelet C. & El’skaya A.V. (1998) Selective determination of heavy metal ions with biosensors coupled to immobilized enzymes, In: “Biosensors for Direct Monitoring of Environmental Pollutants in Field”, Ed. by D.P.Nikolelis, U.J. Krull, J. Wang & M Mascini, Kluwer Acad. Publ., NATO ASI Series, 2-Environment - v. 38, P. 281-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8973-4_26
  3. Sibirny V., Demkiv O., Sigawi S., Paryzhak S., Klepach H., Korpan Y., Smutok O., Nisnevich M., Gayda G., Nitzan Y., Puchalski C., Gonchar M. Formaldehyde-oxidizing enzymes and genetically modified yeast Hansenula polymorpha cells in monitoring and removal of formaldehyde, In: “Waste Water – Evaluation and Management”, Ed. by Fernando S. García Einschlag, Chapter 6, 2011, INTECH, Rijeka, Croatia, pp. 115-154. https://doi.org/10.5772/16148
  4. Mykhailo Gonchar, Oksana Zakalska, Andriy Zakalskiy, Mounir Ben Ali, Nadia Zine, Cherif Dridi, Abdelhamid Errachid, Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault and Yaroslav Korpan Impedance Response to Toxic Methylamine of Recombinant Primary Amine Oxidase Coupled with Mercaptohexadecanoic Acid Monolayer, In: “Living organisms and bioanalytical approaches for detoxification and monitoring oftoxic compounds”, Ed. by Andriy Sibirny, Dariya Fedorovych, Mykhailo Gonchar, Dorota Grabek-Lejko, 2015, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland, pp. 125-136.
PATENTS
  1. Martelet C., Jaffrezic-Renault N., Soldatkin A.P., Korpan Y.I., El’skaya A.V., Dzyadevych S.V. Procédure électro-enzymatique par inhibition pour la détection de glycoalkaloides stéroïdiques, French Patent 0107276, June 01, 2001 extended to PCT/FR02/01838, June 3, 2002.