Meni Wanunu
Affiliated Faculty, Bioengineering
Associate Professor, Physics
Contact
- m.wanunu@northeastern.edu
- 202 Dana Research Center
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Office
- 617.373.7412
Research Focus
development of next-generation DNA and RNA sequencing methods; nanopores as molecular sensors; bioinspired sustainability solutions; optical and electrical analysis of biomolecular systems; electron microscopy and electron-beam shaping of nanomaterials
Research Overview
development of next-generation DNA and RNA sequencing methods; nanopores as molecular sensors; bioinspired sustainability solutions; optical and electrical analysis of biomolecular systems; electron microscopy and electron-beam shaping of nanomaterials
Selected Research Projects
- Direct Picogram DNA and RNA Sequencing Using Nanopore Zero-Mode
- – Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health
- Engineering Tunable Portal Hybrid Nanopores for High- Resolution Sequence Mapping
- – Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
- Nanopores in 2D Materials
- – Principal Investigator, Oxford Nanopore Technology
- Recognition Tunneling for Single Molecule RNA Sequencing
- – Co-Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health
- Two-Dimensional Nanopores with Electro-Optical Control for Next Generation Biotechnological Applications
- – Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
- Understanding Transport in Biomimetic Carbon Nanotube Porin Membranes for Water Treatment and Osmotic Energy Harvesting
- – Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
Selected Publications
- P. Tripathi, L. Shuai, H. Joshi, H. Yamazaki, W.H. Fowle, A. Aksimentiev, H. Fenniri H, M. Wanunu, Rosette Nanotube Porins as Ion Selective Transporters and Single-Molecule Sensors, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, 2020, 1680-1685
- X. Kang, M.A. Alibakhshi, M. Wanunu, One-Pot Species Release and Nanopore Detection in a Voltage-Stable Lipid Bilayer Platform, Nano Letters 19, 2019, 9145-9153
- M. Mojtabavi, A. VahidMohammadi, W. Liang, M. Beidaghi M. Wanunu, Single-Molecule Sensing Using Nanopores in Two- Dimensional Transition Metal Carbide (MXene) Membranes, ACS Nano, 13, 2019, 3042-3053
Apr 09, 2019
FY20 TIER 1 Award Recipients
25 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY20 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 18 different projects representing up to $900K dollars of investment in research.
Aug 21, 2018
$1M NSF Grant to Advance the Study of Single-Molecule Research
BioE Professor Jeffrey Ruberti (co-PI) along with bioengineering affiliated and College of Science faculty, including Professor Mark Williams (PI), and Associate Professors Penny Beuning (co-PI), Meni Wanunu (co-PI), and Ke Zhang (co-PI) were awarded a $1M NSF grant for the “Acquisition of a Lumick’s SuperC-TRAP correlative optical tweezers and fluorescence microscope (CTFM) system.”
Mar 19, 2015
FY16 TIER 1 Award Recipients
18 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY16 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 11 different projects representing over $400K dollars of investment in research.
Apr 04, 2012
FY13 TIER 1 Award Recipients
27 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY13 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 21 different research projects.