Philippe "Phil" Buhlmann

Philippe "Phil" Buhlmann
Professor, Distinguished University Teaching Professor, 3M Alumni Professor, Department of ChemistryContact
Smith Hall Room 325 207 Pleasant Street SeMinneapolis, MN 55455
Biographical Info
Education
B.S. ETH Zurich, (Wilhelm Simon)
Ph.D. ETH Zurich, 1993 (Wilhelm Simon)
Post-Doctoral Fellow of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, University of Tokyo 1993-1994 (Yoshio Umezawa )
Research & Teaching
Research Interests
Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry: electrochemical sensors and microscopy
Environmental & Green Chemistry: ion selective electrodes
Nanoscience & Materials Chemistry: sensors
Chemical Physics: chemical sensing and imaging
Our group is interested in the use of molecular recognition for chemical sensing. On one hand, we develop chemical sensors for clinical and environmental applications. Our research focuses on new receptors that bind analytes of interest with high selectivity, novel strategies to obtain very low detection limits, and perfluoropolymers that permit long-term monitoring and eventually the implantation into the human body. On the other hand, we chemically modify metal and carbon nanotube tips, and use them in scanning tunneling microscopy for chemically selective imaging with molecular resolution.
Mailing Address
Philippe Buhlmann
University of Minnesota
Department of Chemistry
C-2, 139 Smith Hall
207 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431