Mehnaaz F. Ali, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 2006
BS, Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 2000

General Chemistry I, II (Lecture, Lab and Drill)
Quantitative Analysis Lab

Dr. Ali earned a B.S. in Biochemistry in 2000, and received her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry in 2006 at the University of Texas at Austin. She worked on the development of three dimensional sensor arrays for the detection and amplification of nucleic acids and was a recipient of the Dorothy B. Banks research fellowship. Dr. Ali served as a postdoctoral fellow at Tulane University’s School of Medicine from 2007-09 where she worked with miniaturized antibody sensors engineered for the detection of heavy metal contaminants. She joined Xavier University of Louisiana in 2010 as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry.

Dr. Ali’s research interests are in the field of bioanalytical chemistry and include developing detection strategies for clinically relevant biomarkers. Specifically, she is interested in aptamer based sensor scaffolds for the direct and indirect detection of miRNAs, SNP’s and protein biomarkers.

Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium Bridge Fund (LCRC)
NSF-Supervised Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE)
Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA)-Cottrell

Sitaula, S.; Branch, S. D.; and Ali, M.F., (2012), GOx signaling triggered by aptamer-based ATP detection; Chemical Communications, (48), 9284-9286

Jokerst, J.V.; Camp, J.P.; Wong, J.; Lennart, A.; Pollard, A.A.; Floriano, P.; Christodoulides, N.; Zhou, Y.; Ali, M.F.; McDevitt, J.T. (2011) Nano-Scale Control of Sensing Elements in the Programmable Nano-Bio-Chip, Small, (7), 613-624

Melton, S.J.; Yu, H.; Ali, M.F.; Williams, K.H.; Wilkins, M.J.; Long, P.E.; Blake, D.A. (2008) Detection of hexavalent uranium with inline and field-portable immunosensors, Uranium, Mining and Hydrogeology, (Springer-Verlag), 27-36.

Melfi, P.J.; Camiolo, S.; Lee, J.T.; Ali, M.F.; McDevitt,J.; Lynch, V.L.; Sessler, J.L. (2008) Immobilization of a hexaphyrin(1.0.1.0.0.0) derivative onto a tentagel-amino resin and its use in uranyl cation detection, Dalton Transactions, (12), 1538-1540.

Li, S.; Fozdar, D.; Ali, M. F.; Li, H.; Shao, D.; Vykoukal, D.; Vykoukal, J.; Floriano, P.; Olsen, M.; McDevitt, J.; Gascoyne, P.R.C.; Chen, S. (2006) A Continuous-Flow Polymerase Chain Reaction Microchip with Regional Velocity Control, JMEMS, 15, (1), 223-236.

Li, S.; Floriano, P.N.; Christodoulides, N.; Fozdar, D.Y.; Shao, D.; Ali, M. F.; Dharshan, P.; Mohanty, S.; Neikirk, D.; McDevitt, J.T.; Chen, S. (2005) Disposable Polydimethylsiloxane/Silicon Hybrid Chips for Protein Detection, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 21, (4), 574-580.

Christodoulides, N.; Mohanty, S.; Miller, C.; Langub, C.; Floriano, P.N.; Dharshan, P.; Ali, M.; Bernard, B.; Romanovicz, D.; Anslyn, E.; Fox, P.; McDevitt, J.T. (2005) Application of Microchip Assay System for the Measurement of C-Reactive Protein in Human Saliva, Lab on a Chip, 5, (3), 261-269.

Schougaard, S. B.; Ali, M. F.; McDevitt, J. T. (2004) Evidence for High Stability against Water Corrosion of NdBa2Cu3O7+D relative to YBa2Cu3O7-D and EuBa2Cu3O7-D, App. Phys. Lett., 84, 1144-1146

Ali, M. F.; Kirby, R.; Goodey, A. P.; Rodriguez, M. D.; Ellington, A. D.; Neikirk, D. P.; McDevitt, J.T. (2003) DNA Hybridization and Discrimination of Single-Nucleotide Mismatches Using Chip-Based Microbead Arrays, Analytical Chemistry, 75, 4732-4739.