Ceren Durmus is a Biochemist, currently a Bioengineering PhD student at Sensors Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Her areas of focus include Biosensors, electrochemical detection and nanomaterials.

Education and Early Career

Ceren Durmus received her bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from Ege University, Turkey in 2017. She also completed her MSc degree in Ege University in the field of Biochemistry, Turkey in 2020. She is currently a PhD student in the Sensor Lab Group under the direction of Prof. Khaled Nabil Salama at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

Research Interests

Ceren Durmus is interested in the development of biosensors for the clinical diagnosis and environmental monitoring, her interest also includes point-of-care diagnostic and biosensor platform optimization.

Selected Publications

Catechol-attached Polypeptide with Functional Groups as Electrochemical Sensing Platform for K2-Spice. Durmus, C., Aydindogan, E., Gumus, Z.P., Endo, T., Yamada, S., Coskunol, H., Timur, S., Yagci, Y. ACS Applied Polymer Materials , 2(2), 172-177, 2019.

An Electrochemical Biosensor Platform for Testing of Dehydroepiandrosterone 3‐Sulfate (DHEA−S) as a Model for Doping Materials. Balaban, S., Durmus, C., Aydindogan, E., Gumus, Z.P., Timur, S.   Wiley Electroanalysis, 32(1), 128-134, 2020.

Sensor Platform with a Custom‐Tailored Aptamer for Diagnosis of Synthetic Cannabinoids Balaban, S., Man, E., Durmus, C., Bor, G., Ceylan, A.E., Gumus, Z.P., Evran, S., Timur, S. Wiley Electroanalysis, 32(3), 656-665, 2020.

Laser‐scribed Graphene Electrodes as an Electrochemical Immunosensing Platform for Cancer Biomarker ‘eIF3d’. Electroanalysis. Balaban, S., Beduk, T., Durmus, C., Aydindogan, E., Salama, K.N., Timur S. Wiley Electroanalysis, 33(4), 1072-1080, 2020.

Chemical sensors and biosensors using laser-derived graphene: a comprehensive review. Ait Lachen, A., Rauf, S., Beduk, T., Durmus, C., Aljedaibi, A., Timur, S., Alshareef, H.N., Amine, A., Wolfbeis, O.S., Salama, K.N. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 112565, 2020.

Breath as the Mirror of Our body, is the Answer Really Blowing in the Wind?: Recent Technologies in Exhaled Breath Analysis Systems as Non-invasive Sensing Platforms. Beduk, T., Durmus, C., Balaban Hanoglu, S., Beduk, D., Salama, N.K., Goksel, T., Turhan, K., Timur, S. Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 116329, 2021.

Dye-Loaded Polymersome-Based Lateral Flow Assay: Rational Design of a COVID-19 Testing Platform by Repurposing SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Cocktail and Antigens Obtained from Positive Human Samples.

Awards and Distinctions

• Scholarship by TUBITAK Project for bachelor education 2016 - 2017
• Scholarship by TUBITAK Project for master education 2017 - 2020

Areas of Expertise and Research Interests

• Biosensors
• Electrochemical detection
• Nanomaterial