Roya Maboudian (Advisor)

Research Advised by Professor Roya Maboudian

Maboudian Group: List of Projects | List of Researchers

BPN995: Growth of Metal Organic Framework (MOF) Crystals under Microgravity and their Prospects for Chemical Sensing

YoungJun Kim

Yaprak Ozbakir

HyoJun Min

Carlo Carraro

Liam McDonough

Sai Munagavalasa

Pat Taedullayasatit

2025

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous, high surface area materials that consist of metal-cluster nodes connected by organic linkers to form highly ordered structures with various pore geometries and chemical properties. Due to their unique and tunable structure, MOFs have shown substantial promise in a broad range of applications, including chemical sensing, gas adsorption and separation, and catalysis. To investigate the intrinsic properties of MOFs for their sensing performance, single crystals are ideal platforms that mitigate the impact of defects, impurities, and grain...

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Exploring Characteristics of Palladium-loaded Tin (IV) Oxide Nanohybrids Towards Chemiresistive Gas Sensing

Yaprak Ozbakir

Zhou Li

Qi Zheng

Jiyun Hong

Jorge E. Perez-Aguilar

Simon R. Bare

Afnan Ali Alghannam

Nishit Goel

Stephen Bart

Carlo Carraro

Roya Maboudian

2025

Nanocrystalline pristine and Pd-loaded tin (IV) oxide (SnO2) nanocomposites with different loadings were synthesized via facile impregnation and in-situ reduction, followed by annealing. The crystal structure and morphology of the samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and ex-situ extended X-ray
absorption fine structure (EXAFS) confirm PdO nanoclusters stabilized on SnO2 surface. Results revealed that Pd/SnO2 with 2.8 wt% loading exhibits the best sensing...

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Jonghyun Shin

Postdoctoral Researcher

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Professor Roya Maboudian (Advisor)

PostDoc 2024 to 2025

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Copolymer-Assisted Hydrogen Sensor with Improved Humidity Tolerance

YoungJun Kim

2025

Fall 2025 BSAC Research Review Presentation View Presentation View Slides...

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Jiaxin Liu

Graduate Student Researcher

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Professor Roya Maboudian (Advisor)

Visiting Scholar 2025 to present.

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Isaac Zakaria

Graduate Student Researcher

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Professor Roya Maboudian (Advisor)

Ph.D. 2025 (Anticipated)

Isaac joined BSAC in January 2021. He obtained his B.S. in Chemical Engineering (2019) and M.S. in Materials (2020) from UC Santa Barbara.

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BPNX1037: Cellulose-Based Nanosensors for PFAS Detection

Jonghyun Shin

2025

The persistent use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has resulted in their accumulation in ecosystems and biomagnification in humans, posing severe health risks, including kidney, breast, and testicular cancers, along with metabolic disruptions. However, the lack of platforms capable of simultaneous PFAS self-adsorption and self-detection has limited eco-friendly solutions, hindering effective PFAS management. Herein, we introduce an eco-friendly cellulose-based nanosensor platform capable of PFAS separation and monitoring through self-adsorption and self-sensing....