Yaroslav I. KORPAN Date of Birthday: March 21, 1968 Education: higher, Lviv I. Franko State University (1990). Scientific degree: PhD (biotechnology) (1994). Scientific rank: senior staff scientist (2000). Place of employment: Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IMBG NASU). Position: Vice-Director of the Institute.

Awards: Member of Scientific Council of IMBG NASU; Member of the Editorial boards of Journals "Biosensors and Bioelectronics" (Great Britain) and “Biopolymers and Cell” (Ukraine); holder of personal grants for young scientists from Ministry of Science and Technology of Ukraine (grant № 287/96, 1996), Soros International Scientific Foundation (grant № YSU 084030, 1998) and INTAS (grant № YSF 98-131, 1999).
Publications:over 80.

Scientific activities:

• Methods of immobilization of natural and recombinant proteins, living cells, chemical molecules;
• Development of electrochemical micro- and nanosensors for needs of medical diagnostics, control of food quality and safety, and environmental monitoring;
• Design of laboratory prototypes of bio/chemosensors;
• Study of a role of bio/chemorecognizing molecules and structure of bioselective layers in optimization of analytical characteristics of electrochemical sensors.

In the last decade, over 10 international and domestic grants are obtained, wide collaboration with scientists from world known laboratories in France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Canada, Tunisia has been established, communications with research institutions of USA, China, Morocco, and Algeria are in progress.

International grants:

• 1998-2000 – Member of NATO Linkage Grant ENVIR.LG 972305;
• 2000-2002 – Co-Director of NATO Collaborative Linkage Grant LST.CLG 977342;
• 2001-2003 – Team Leader of INTAS Grant 00-00151;
• 2004-2006 - Co-Director of NATO Collaborative Linkage Grant LST.NUKR.CLG 980621;
• 2004-2007 - Team Leader of INTAS Grant 03-51-6278;
• 2007-2008 - Director of NATO Science for Peace Grant CBP.NUKR.SFP 983063;
• 2007-2009 – Member of NATO Collaborative Linkage Grant CBP.NUKR.CLG 982955.

Official telephone: (044) 5262824. Home telephone: (044) 5322263. Fax: (044) 5260759. E-mail: ya_korpan@yahoo.com та korpan@imbg.org.ua.

Main publications:

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, Anal.Chim.Acta, 271. P. 203-208.
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, Anal.Biochem, 215, # 2. P. 216-222.
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, 24, #1-3. P. 145-148.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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 & Bioelectronics, 14 #3, P. 282-287
8. 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.
9. Korpan Y.I., Dzyadevich S.V., Arkhipova V.N., El’skaya A.V., Gonchar M.V., Gibson T.D., Jaffrezic-Renault N., Martelet C., Soldatkin A.P. (2000) Enzyme-Based Electrochemical Sensors for Formaldehyde Detection, Sensors and Materials, 12 #2, P. 79-86.
10. Dzyadevich 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Martelet C., Jaffrezic-Renault N., Soldatkin A.P., Korpan Y.I., El’skaya A.V., Dzyadevych S.V. Procedure electro-enzymatique par inhibition pour la detection de glycoalkaloides steroidiques, French Patent 0107276, June 01, 2001 extended to PCT/FR02/01838, June 3, 2002.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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
17. 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.
18. Korpan Y., Raushel F.M., Nazarenko E.A., Soldatkin A.P., Jaffrezic-Renault N., Martelet C. (2006) Sensitivity 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.