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Director of the Technology Futures Institute

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Professor Zulfiqur Ali

Assistant Dean, School of Science & Engineering
T: 01642 342466 | E: z.ali@tees.ac.uk

Professor Zulfiqur Ali

Professor Zulfiqur Ali is Director of the Technology Futures Institute and also Assistant Dean of the School of Science & Engineering. His research interests include nano and microfabricated systems; miniaturised systems for chemical and biological analysis; chemo and biosensors; pattern recognition and multivariate analysis. Professor Ali is the Editor-in-Chief for a new journal launched by Bentham Science Publishers entitled Micro and Nanosystems.

Research projects

  • Project co-ordinator for DVT - IMP, EU FP6 STREP, IST Programme, Teesside University - €3.3m (2006-09).
  • Project co-ordinator for MAPTech, Marie-Curie, Teesside University - €1.1m (2006-09).
  • Helena / Bionet, £40,000 - Protein Separation Microchip (2006-09).
  • EPSRC-CASE with IDS Ltd, £64,343 - Polymer Microfabricated Lab-on-a-chip for Immunoassays (2004-07).
  • Centre of Excellence Nanotechnology and Microsystems, £340,000 - Bio-micro sensors (2004-06).
  • Science Research Investment Fund, £180,000 - Nanotechnology for the Life Sciences (2002).
  • ERDF, £840,852 - Nano-microfabricated sensors (2005).
  • ONE Single Pot, £60,000 - Nano-microfabricated sensors (2005).
  • University Stephenson Building, Nanotehcnology, DTI, £395,000 - Nano-microfabricated sensors (2005).
  • ERDF, £343,200 - MicroArray Sensor Systems (2002-05).
  • SRIF, £170,000 - Development of Advanced Sensor Systems (2002).
  • ERDF, £90,000 - Chemical and Biosensors Unit (1999-2001).
  • HEFCE, £30,000 - Coated Piezoelectric Quartz Crystal based Electronic Nose (1996-99).
  • EPSRC-CASE (SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals), £34,000 - Piezoelectric quartz crystal for under-liquid sensing (1994-97.)

Selected publications

Book chapters

  • Z Ali, WT O'Hare and S Scott (2003), 'Fuzzy Pattern Recognition in Analytical Science' in Soft Computing Approaches in Chemistry, HG Cartwright and L Sztandera (eds) (Springer: Springer-Verlag), pp95-134.
  • JM Grigor, BJ Theaker, C Alasalvar, WT O'Hare and Z Ali (2002), 'The Analysis of Seafood Aroma/Odour by Electronic Nose Technology and Direct Analysis' in Fish Processing, C Alasalvar and T Taylor (eds) (Springer: Berlin), pp105-121.
  • Z Ali, WT O'Hare and BJ Theaker (2001), 'Application of a piezoelectric quartz crystal based electronic nose for the sampling of heated edible oil', in Artificial Chemical Sensing, (eds) WR Penrose and JR Stetter (The Electrochemical Society: New Jersey), p187-193.
  • Z Ali, B Theaker, WT O'Hare, FJ Rowell, T Sarkodie-Gyan and S Scott (2000), 'Electronic nose for discrimination of fresh edible oils' in Electronic Noses, JW Gardner and K Persaud (eds) (Institute of Physics).

Journals

  • M Islam, LN Seetohul and Z Ali (2007), Liquid-Phase Broadband Cavity-Enhanced Absorption Spectroscopy Measurements in a 2mm Cuvette, Applied Spectroscopy 61(6), pp649-658.
  • Z Ali, V Auger and SM Scott (2007), Making Laboratory Measurements on a Chip, Measurement and Control 40(3), pp76-79.
  • D James, SM Scott, Z Ali and WT O'Hare (2007), Pattern Recognition for Electronic Nose Systems, Microchimica Acta 156 (3-4), pp183-207.
  • Z Ali, S Pruneanu, G Watson, S-Q Hu, D Lupu, AR Biris, L Olenic and G Mihailescu (2006), Particulate Science and Technology 86 (13), pp2092-2098.
  • Z Ali (2005), Lab-on-a-chip for terrorist weapons, Measurement and Control 38(3), pp87-91
  • D James, SM Scott, Z Ali and WT O'Hare (2005), Chemical Sensors for Electronic Nose Systems, Microchimica Acta 149, pp1-17.
  • Z Ali, SM Scott, D James, WT O'Hare and FJ Rowell (2004), Classification of fresh edible oils using a coated piezoelectric sensor array based electronic nose with soft computing approach for pattern recognition, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control 26, 1, pp3-18.
  • SM Scott, D James, Z Ali, WT O'Hare and FJ Rowell (2003), Total luminescence spectroscopy with pattern recognition for classification of edible oils, Analyst 128, pp966-973.
  • A Caduff, E Hirt, Y Feldman, Z Ali and L Heinemann (2003), First human experiments with a novel non-invasive, non-optical continuous glucose monitoring system, Biosensors and Bioelectronics 19(3), pp209-217.
  • T Gast, T Brokate, E Robens, Z Ali and K Pavey (2003), Survey on mass determination with oscillating systems - Part I: Fundamentals and history, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 71(1), pp19-23.
  • T Brokate, T Gast, E Robens and Z Ali (2003), Survey on mass determination with oscillating systems - Part II: Instruments and weighing of matter from gaseous environment, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 71(1), pp25-29.
  • Z Ali, K Pavey and E Robens (2003), Survey on mass determination with oscillating systems - Part III: Acoustic wave mass sensors for chemical and biological sensing, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 71(1), pp31-35.
  • Z Ali, SM Scott, D James, WT O'Hare and FJ Rowell (2003), Application of a radial basis neural network for the classification of fresh edible oils using a piezoelectric sensor array based electronic nose, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 71(1), pp147-154.
  • Z Ali, WT O'Hare and BJ Theaker (2003), Detection of bacterial contamination of milk by means of a quartz crystal microbalance based electronic nose, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 71(1), pp155-161.
  • Z Ali, D James, WT O'Hare, FJ Rowell and SM Scott (2003), Gas-phase pre-concentration for a quartz crystal microbalance based electronic nose, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 71(1), pp163-171.
  • KD Pavey, L-M Barnes, GW Hanlon, CJ Olliff, Z Ali and F Paul (2001), A rapid non-destructive method for the determination of bacterial adhesion to surfaces using quartz crystal resonant sensor technology, Letters in Applied Microbiology 33(5), pp344-348.
  • S Armstrong, Z-F Miao, FJ Rowell and Z Ali (2001), A simple dip strip ELISA for airborne estrogenic steroids, Analytica Chimica Acta 444 (1), pp79-86.
  • Z Ali, CJ Olliff, F Paul and KD Pavey (1999), Application of QCM to monitoring of Staphylococcus epidermidis antigen/antibody agglutination, Journal Of Pharmaceutical And Biomedical Analysis 20(1-2), pp241-245.
  • Z Ali, B Theaker, WT O'Hare and T Sarkodie-Gyan (1999), Gas-sensing system using an array of coated quartz crystal microbalances with a fuzzy inference system, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 55(2), pp371-381.
  • Z Ali (1999), 'Acoustic Wave Microsensors', Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 55(2), pp397-412.
  • Z Ali, B Theaker, WT O'Hare, T Sarkodie-Gyan and E Watson (1999), Organic vapour sensing using a coated piezoelectric sensor array, SPIE, Environmental and Processing Monitoring Technologies II 3853(45), p116.
  • Z Ali, R Gimblett, D Lax and D Meakins (1999), Atmospheric deposition of TiO2 films on glass substrate for antibacterial activity, SPIE, Environmental and Processing Monitoring Technologies II 3853, pp409-414.
  • Z Ali, B Hodgson, J Timmins and S Keith (1999), Microbial Analysis using Sharma's Reaction, SPIE, Environmental and Processing Monitoring Technologies 3534 (75), p641
  • Z Ali, CJ Olliff, F Paul and K Pavey (1997), Piezoelectric quartz crystal and surface plasmon resonance study of boronic acid self assembly monolayer interactions with NAD, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 49 (S4), p91.
  • Z Ali, CJ Olliff, R Faragher, S Sandeman, F Paul and K Pavey (1997), Monitoring of human cell growth in culture: the application of piezoelectric quartz crystal microbalances, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 49(S4), p91.
  • Z Ali and WT O'Hare (1997), Analysing food flavours, Chemistry Review 6 (5), pp2-7
  • Z Ali, CJ Olliff, J Rodgers, F Paul and K Pavey (1995), A Piezoelectric quartz crystal based sensor for the rapid determination of Staphylococcus epidermis infection, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 47(12B), p1093.
  • Z Ali, PN Bartlett and V Eastwick-Field (1992), Electrochemical Immobilisation of Enzymes, Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 88(8), pp2677-2683.
  • Z Ali, CLP Thomas, GB Marshall and JF Alder (1992), Denuder Tube Preconcentration and Detection of Gaseous Ammonia Using a Coated Quartz Piezoelectric Crystal, Analyst, Vol 117, pp899-903.
  • Z Ali, D McStay and A Sharma (1992), Indicators for the Optical Measurement of Sulphur Dioxide Gas, SPIE, Environmental and Processing Monitoring Technologies 1637, p280.
  • Z Ali and A Sharma (1992), Measurement of Hydrogen Sulphide Gas Using Fluorescence Quenching, SPIE, Environmental and Processing Monitoring Technologies 1637, p112.
  • Z Ali, IJ Higgins and A Sharma (1992), Measurement of Ammonia Gas Using Fluorescence Quenching, SPIE, Environmental and Processing Monitoring Technologies 1637, p107.
  • Z Ali and A Sharma (1992), Measurement of Hydrogen Chloride Gas Using Fluorescence Quenching, SPIE, Environmental and Processing Monitoring Technologies 1637, p91.
  • Z Ali, CLP Thomas and JF Alder (1989), Denuder Tubes for Sampling of Gaseous Species, Analyst, Vol 114, pp759-769.

Conference papers

  • AA McMurray, Z Ali, J Kyselovic, C Mills, N Jaffrezic-Renault, H Santha and C Strohhöfer (2007), A Novel Point of Care Diagnostic Device: Impedimetric Detection of a Biomarker in Whole Blood, IEEE, Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Lyons, Paris.
  • M Rashid, V Auger, L Williams, Y Dou, S Pruneanu, Z Ali (2007), Polymer Based Microchip for Combined Capillary Electrophoresis and Electrochemical Detection, IEEE, Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Lyons, Paris.
  • Z Ali, V Auger, A Henderson and A Dean (2007), Teesside University Nanotechnology, Newcastle University, UK.
  • Z Ali, M Carlin, M Islam, V Auger and S Scott (2007), Lab-on-a-chip for forensic measurements, International Crime Scene Conference, London, UK.
  • Z Ali (2007), Strenthening the links between Technology and Healthcare Research, Research and Development Annual Conference, Sunderland, UK.
  • Z Ali (2005), Nanoporous Membrane Biochip Devices for Impedimetric Analysis of DNA hybridization, Nanomedicine.
  • Y Hayashi, L Lifshits, A Caduff, Z Ali, J Alberton and Y Feldman (2002), Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Dielectric Response of Specific Glucose Reaction on Blood Cells Membranes, Electromagnetic Methods in Pharmacy and Medicine, Institute of Physics, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
  • S Scott, Z Ali, WT O'Hare and D James (2000), Influence of plant materials on cheese maturation, Plant Microbial Interactions: positive interactions in relation to crop production and utilisation, University of Sunderland, UK.
  • Z Ali, D James, WT O'Hare, FJ Rowell, T Sarkodie-Gyan, SM Scott and BJ Theaker (2000), 7th UK Workshop on Fuzzy Systems - Recent Advances and Practical Applications of Fuzzy Systems, University of Sheffield, UK.
  • Z Ali (1999), Environmental Monitoring and Remediation Technologies (session chair), SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering), Boston.
  • Z Ali (1999), Oral and poster presentation, International Symposium on Environmental and Industrial Sensing, SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering), Boston.
  • Z Ali (1999), Oral presentation, 1st International Conference on Forensic Human Identification in the Millenium, London, UK.
  • Z Ali (1999), Overview of Electronic Olfaction and its Application to Medicine, EuroLabAutomation, London, UK.
  • Z Ali, A Caduff, WT O'Hare, T Sarkodie-Gyan and BJ Theaker (1998), The Use of an Array of Coated Piezoelectric Quartz Crystals to Discriminate Between Milk Samples Contaminated With Different Bacteria, AD Research and Development Topics, RSC Congress, University of Durham, UK.
  • Z Ali (1997), Electronic Nose, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Seminar Series, University of Sunderland, UK.
  • Z Ali (1997), Acoustic Wave Microsensors, 27th International Vacuum Microbalance Techniques Conference, Lublin, Poland.
  • Z Ali, B Theaker, WT O'Hare and T Sarkodie-Gyan (1997), Gas Sensing System Using an Array of Coated Quartz Crystal Microbalances with a Fuzzy Inference System, 27th International Vacuum Microbalance Techniques Conference, Lublin, Poland.
  • Z Ali, CJ Olliff, F Paul and K Pavey (1997), Flow injection monitoring of interactions using peizoelectric quartz crystal detection, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Analytical Sciences Colloquium, Cambridge.
  • Z Ali, CJ Olliff, F Paul and K Pavey (1997), Diol interactions with novel boronic acid containing species determined in real time using quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) detection, Royal Society of Chemistry Faraday discussion meeting #107, Interactions of acoustic waves with thin films and interfaces.
  • Z Ali (1996), Acoustic sensors in liquids, Biosensors in Medicine Group, St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, UK.
  • Z Ali, CJ Olliff and K Pavey (1995), The application of Piezoelectric quartz crystals and surface plasmon resonance to monitoring Staphylococcus epidermis bacterial adhesion, Royal Society of Chemistry, Sensor and Signals III, Dublin.