Vitaly Efremov
Position:Senior researcher in the Center for sensing technologies
Academic Rank: Senior researcher
Vitaly Efremov received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Biomedical Devices of Saint-Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI” of Saint-Petersburg, Russia, in 2006. Vitaly’s main expertise is in the field of optical and microgravimetry sensors that are applied to blood coagulation monitoring and diagnostics. In addition, his research interests include but are not limited to microfluidics, optical design, finite-element simulations, immunoassays, design of experiments, and lasers. Vitaly is the author of 3 patents. He is currently involved in a few projects that aim to deliver novel integrated sensing platforms for animal blood diagnostics. His research work resulted in several international journal publications, and numerous papers published at international conferences. During his research career, he was involved in 4 international projects.
Center:
CST
Publications:
1. V. Efremov, R.S. Lakshmanan, J. O’Donnell, A. J. Killard. Rapid Whole Blood Clot Retraction Assay on Quartz Crystal Microbalance, IEEE Sensors Letters, 5 (1), 2021.
2. R. Katz, V. Efremov, C. Mooney, A. El-Khuffash, L. Heaphy, D. Cosgrave, J. Loughrey, P. Thornton. Assessment of the reliability and validity of a novel point-of-care fibrinogen device against an industry standard, International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia, 43, 2020.
3. V. Efremov, R. Lakshmanan, B. Byrne, A. J. Killard. Simple and convenient measurement of RBC deformability using QCM integrated with a novel model of cell viscoelasticity. Sensors & Actuators B. Chemical, 266, 2018.
4. D. Wencel, A. Kaworek, T. Abel, V. Efremov, A. Bradford, D. Carthy, G. Coady, R. McMorrow, C. McDonagh. Optical sensor for real-time pH monitoring in human tissue. Small 14 (51), 2018.
5. R.Baumann, T.Ahmadraji, L.Gonzalez-Macia, T.Ritvonen, A.Willert, S.Ylimaula, D. Donaghy, S.Tuurala, M.Suhonen, D.Smart, A.Morrin, V.Efremov, M.Raja, A.Killard, A.Kemppainen. Biomedical Diagnostics Enabled by Integrated Organic and Printed Electronics. Analytical Chemistry, 89 (14), 2017.
6. L. Harris, R.S. Lakshmanan, V. Efremov, A.J. Killard. Medical Biosensors for Point of Care (POC) Applications / edited by R.J. Narayan. Chapter 9: Point of care (POC) blood coagulation monitoring technologies. ISBN: 978-0-08-100072-4, 2017.
7. R.S. Lakshmanan, V. Efremov, J.S. O’Donnell, A.J. Killard. Measurement of the viscoelastic properties of blood plasma clot formation in response to tissue factor concentration-dependent activation. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 89 (14), 2016.
8. R.S. Lakshmanan, V. Efremov. Novel Smartphone-Based Optical Point-of-Care Method for Blood Coagulation Monitoring. Sensors and Transducers, 201(6), 2016.
9. G.R. Aguirre, V. Efremov, M. Kitsara, J. Ducree. Integrated micromixer for incubation and separation of cancer cells on a centrifugal platform using inertial and dean forces. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 18, 2015.